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Show StXON LEADS II ECONOMY TEST Today, as never before motorists' r.re seekings the car which combines low upkeep cost with low operation expense. Except for the small minority, mi-nority, automobile owners are men of I moderate means and the expense of I their car for replacement as well as! fuel and oil forms a definite point In' their selection of an automobile. One of the many reasons why 1 Saxon motor cars have won such a' Splendid place in the opinion o. the public ll their remarkably low re-I re-I placement cost. An accurate record I of the replacement costs for all Saxons I during the last year showed that the, I average was $8.."j). In this survey; I was included the repairs for thousands thou-sands of Saxons after nearly two rears' service. This figure, Saxon of-( ficials believe, is lower than ihe average for cars in the Saxon class. While It Is generally conceded that I the motorist is more forcefully struck' with the economy of a car in replacements replace-ments than in general running ex-J penses, because repairs usually come in good sized amounts while oil and gasoline costs dribble along, the fact remains that he is also vitally interested inter-ested in operati- economy The Saxon Motor Car Corporation always has realized this and last summer held a .stupendous demonstration to test finally the operative economy of Saxon Six. On the same day 203 different Saxons were started in 203 cities all over the country and were driven over 300 miles of city and country roads, and an accurate record was kept of the gasoline consumption Tin mileage to the gallon ranged from seventeen to thirty-four and two-third miles and the grand average aver-age for all the cars was 23 5 miles to the gallon. |