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Show uu AUTO MEN SURPASS THE DEEDS OF 76 To what an extent the American manufacturers of popular-priccr motor cars dominate the British market la Jlustratcd by YV H. Lalloy, forelcn sales manager of the Studcbakcr corporation, cor-poration, who has Just returned from the scene of Industrial strife. The Studebaker corporation of England, Eng-land, Limited, has just finished Its first year of existence. During this period Mr. Lally says, this branch has distributed dis-tributed virtually as many Studcbakcr cars as were sold In England by any British manufacturer Xo British manufacturer has as his selling representative rep-resentative half the number of dcal- ers who now handle Studebaker cars through the LTurted Kingdom. The fact that automobiles are taxed , In Great Britain on a basis of cylinder cylin-der hore has brought especial popularity popu-larity to tho Studebaker "200" n car famous for tho great power developed by its small motor. The car's wonderful won-derful economy In gasoline has also been a pronounced fnctor. Gasoline "petrol" they call It across the water sells there at a rate which cnuscs even tho plutocrat to count his car's miles per gallop. B. H. Watson, mantling director of the London Studebaker branch, Is spending a few days at the companv's Dotrolt plant. . Mr, Watson believes It Impossible for British manufacturers to compete' with Amorlca In present conditions The Immense volume of business done by the American factories at homo permits thorn, ho says, to produce for export cars which. In material and accurate workmanship, cannot be equalled by British methods of building build-ing each car to the customer's individual indi-vidual order oo |