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Show ENGINE VALUE IS COMPARED ; 'Small Bore European Type; Not Adaptable to American View I i 'ccaslonally discussion Is heard jthese days on this bide of the Atlantic as to the practicability or Impracticability Impractic-ability of the small bore automobile' engine. J. J. Cole, president of tho Cole Motor Car company of Indlun-I japolls. a pioneer automobile munufae- turer of this country, recently returned re-turned from Kurope. where he mad'1 a close personal investigation of European Euro-pean motor car manufacturing n l i practices. According to Mr. Cole, the small bore engine Is popular In Europe, Eu-rope, largely due to economic conditions condi-tions which do not apply In America. "In Europe." says Mr Colo, "motor car taxes are based on the bore of anl automobile engine. This hits resulted In manufacturers striving for an, efficient effi-cient small bore engln. wltn a long stroke thus evading taxes. This, coupled with the fact that gasoline retails abroad for around 7C cents a gallon, has given the European on-glnesr on-glnesr a decidedly different problem to face. ' It must also be taken Into consideration consid-eration that the small bore European engine Is not as long lived as our American engines, because these engines en-gines revolve at a higher rate of speed, to bo powerful mid efficient. "In this country, where gasoline is far cheaper and where taxes are based on horsepower, WS need not go to extremes on the small bore engine. Beyond a certain point American ei glneers are pausing In this country and considering carefully how far they can go safely on this small bore, high- speed engine development We must not overlook the economy side and the Influence on long life and low rate of depreciation of running an engine at high speed. 'Another point to be considered in, this connection Is tho fact that th" fSmiBl on a small boro. high-speed car! have to be shifted oftener and the average American driver does not like to bo fussing with or changing gears too frequently. Americans will not accept European engineering without certain modifications to meet American Ameri-can conditions. Unless they can do-velop do-velop a small-bore engine that re-aulres re-aulres little gear shifting. It will b difficult to get the small-bore lde across from a sales standpoint in this country. " 1 in |