Show PACKARD CAR CA GIVEN Briton Describes Its Performance PerS Per- Per S romance on Test d Grounds I Id A n B Cr The hC Motoring nd t don In Dally Daily Mail lUaU i All Ml cars made In the tates are not necessarily mass mus- produced mass produced and this does not ImPlY any reflection on the cars are produced mass B But t the lox lux- lux luxury ury cars are made in the United States Slate tata ate are not so famIlIar familial In this country There Thre re re it is true a number lii In commission 0 e here but bin they are few tew compared with sIth ith the flocks ot or standardized st USA 13 S A cars which 1 le e to be bo seen oi ori our roads They are perhaps more familiar to kine- kine ma kine-ma ma audiences being used frequent frequent- frequently ly Iy by the hero In the rescue ot of the heroine B By request of ot the W W- W WC C Gaunt company Piccadilly W V the BrItish of ot the Packard car I took the 1923 sI six clInder model 27 3 h hp P Packard 0 oer er the Dally Daily Mail Ial test route This route which Is the thc one gen gen- gen followed in my tests o of 1923 cars Includes two famous Surrey test hills name namely Hill Ith a J gradient of ot 1 In 11 II and Fit Tit Tit-sey sey Hill which In parts has a 0 use Iise ot 1 I In 8 V VIt It also includes a drive drle e through the London traffic the fine tIDe stretch o of open road on the Portsmouth road 0 over oer er the Seven Sister hills be- be l eon een her and Cobham the nar- nar narrow nar narrow row lanes between een Cob Cobham ham and Reigate and a private park nar-I nar It Is possIble to test for speed HOLDS HIGh lIACE The Packard car has as englI ranked a ai q one ot Of o the the best heat engi engl- engi- engi engineering I I nee ring prod products in iii the tho USA U S A Before Detore and during assembly the car and its lis various arlous parts Arc re sub sub- subjected sub subjected to no fewer fener thin 15 dIf dIf- I dit Inspections The same pol- pol lit II v ls I adopted as tl h some ot of o OUI own O leading makes of ot tar tar- car that Is stead steady pro In design rather than an annual turning out Of new models the fite follo following Ing arc are some some- o of the chief features of ot the Packard car Lagine c Under cast east In block ont c block point 3 suspension BorO Borl BorOto 34 to In Stroke stroke 5 s In 27 S 9 Ta ra Tail 2 p pounds Detachable cylinder heads Cran shaft Seen shaft Crank shaft Se Seven en bearings Semi Springs front and andreal andrear andrear rear real Clutch Clutch- MultIple Clutch Clutch Multiple disc plate dry dry type Transmission lon Three forward and reverse erse Central changet Rear Brakes Brakes sheel Brakes wheel Rear heel drums In- In In and external Thermostatic Cooling Cooling Thermostatic control ot of water temperature It will be seen that the car is iso o of simple and orthodox design The biggest progress I nave noticed In Inthe Inthe the 1923 engines I ha hae have e so tar far tested li it In regard LIKE IGIE EGI I GINE The Packard sho showed cd this to a sup superlative c degree It II Is more like lIe a steam engine In this respect than an internal combustion en- en engine engine en engine gine It li iq obvious ob that with aith a awell balanced neil six six six-cv Under engine four gears arc are superfluous Con Con- Continual chan geat-chan changing gear ln Is becoming a athIng athing thing of ot the tho past and driving mg is IB consequently consequently becoming e easier ler and safer sater The Packard has three gears I For climbing anything except Alpine climb climb- ing only t two tao 0 of these are necessary sa sar sary P Perhaps as engines C still more we no e shall come conic to the da day ot of ode orle one gear motor CArsA carsA cars carsA A great deal of ot the flexibility of the Packard engine Is 15 due to the seven bearing crank crank- crank bhart and sad the pert perfect ct balance of 1 tb tin engine in 11 general I started off oCt on top gear goar on a slight Incline This Is la of course possible on od most call but bt Ills it Is not always as as 9 In roost ost cases It puts an un- un unnecessary un unnecessary necessary strain on the engine and transmission Hut it if t there thOre Is a strain the en- en engins gina en-gina gins lets vou ou know it In this case there was vas no protest All the way the London traffic no change of gear was mide e esen een en hen the tha car eke caras was as as brought to a stand standstill Now loi when an engine 1 a Ill do there is often orten a catch In catchIn it When high speed Is required I ed d the engine being geared low has to race and as a result 6 setS t up uncomfortable vibration So at the earliest opportunity I tried her at high speeds From a standing start I accelerated grad grad- grad Up to 60 tO miles an hour and At this speed the engine was wag turning 0 oe over er lii with an almost ost lazy Indifference to the extra TESTS O 0 HILL Westerham 1 and Hills Hulls pro pro- pro provided vided the only where here eec eec- sec ace end ond second gear seal became neco ari Both lore lare good test hills the latter which is Ie Ion long and at its lt st steepest ep t at the beginning It Is the nearest In this thle part ot of the country to the Bet De hills On second gC the Pack Pack- Packard Packard ard arli can travel tra at an houi though of ot course the engine Is often orten turning over oter at t u a high speed With such euch an Immense reserve ot of po pouter er it In d made both boUt hills appear like hillocks himIn In tact fact there could be few fel hill hili In Ingland England which would ouM require the use uee of bottom gear After Arter this strenuous test I 1 I felt th the radiator It II was as cold Stone This speaks Volumes volu for tor or the Iho efficiency of the cooing system sY tem |