Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-10 | Page 35 | Saxon Cars Used by U. S. Army in Mexico

4 SAXON CARS USED BY U. S. ARMYIN MEXICO Gruelling Test as Pilot Car Results in Purchase of Eight Cars. It took a Saxon to demonstrate to "Uncle Yarn's engineers tha-t a i.icyiln-dcr i.icyiln-dcr motor car is fit for the cruel'lns service serv-ice of Pernhing's expedition in Mexico. Since the boys in khaki crossed the Rio Grande every motor truck supply train has ben piloted by a four-cylinder motor car. The quartermaster's department refused re-fused to believe that a six-cylinder could Ftand the hardships uf the mountain trails. Finally it was decided to give the "Six" a trial, and a Paxon motor car dealer was asked to furnish a car at his own risk as nilot for the supply train. The Saxon "Six" was sent as pilot from Columbus. Txan. to Ojo Federico, a distance of rntles. The mud was so deep on this road that at one point it took the train nearly all day to go a disiance of seven miles. The Saxon was V driven with the mud pans dragging. The bottom of the crank caee was polished briKht from the rubbing of the mud. Kven with thin condition, there was absolutely ab-solutely no trouble encountered with the car, and, arriving at its destination, it was washed and sent to the machine shop for Inspection, and the citizen Inspector made the report that the car was mechanically me-chanically perfect and a Bale wa3 made on the spot. The success with which this Saxon "Six" survived thin" gruelHnsr test has led the United States government to place eight six-cylinder Faxons on trial in the last week, and every one of them is making mak-ing good. The government demands an extended trl.il of every car before making mak-ing its purchase. They operate on the theory that no car is worth having whose manufacturer Is not willing to back its dualities against the toughest conditions which can be imposed on it. ' The progress which motor car manufacturers manu-facturers are making in placing cars with ihe army should he of interest to every motorist. The qualities which can survive sur-vive the army test are qualities which will carry the average motorist "there and back." -with absolute surety and safety.