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Rh they are frequently swift and easy to manage. The very light voiturette is giving way to the light car. Perhaps the most perfect model of the newer type is the 7 h.-p. Panhard. The 'tum-tum-tum' of its double-cylindered motor is by many considered a little objectionable, but otherwise the car is delightful. It may be said to be the direct outcome of racing.



Its top speed is thirty miles an hour, and it will average twenty miles an hour in any country. But far cheaper vehicles can be purchased which are sound and serviceable carriages. One costing 250l. ran without a hitch through the Automobile Club's Glasgow trial of 535 miles, and climbed the hills at good speeds. I cannot do better than refer readers to the