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HILLMAN "16"
1936 - 1937
The Hillman "16"
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The Argus, Melbourne by Accelerator
15 June 1937
Strong, powerful, and fast the latest Hillman Hawk refutes the argument that Britain cannot make a medium-priced car suitable for work in the Dominions. Yet this Hawk possesses an elegance of line and fine imported coachwork which give it a distinction of which any owner would be proud.
If proof were needed, in addition to the steady rise in overseas sales, of the stamina and top-gear performance of the Hawk, it is to be found in the results of the recent Cape-Rand-Cape trial in South Africa. In this trial a Hillman Hawk was the winner in the big car class and won first prize for the best performance irrespective of class. More than 20 British, American, and German cars started, and 17 finished, after having covered a course of nearly 2,000 miles through an extra-ordinary variety of weather conditions and over all sorts of ...................
Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland
22 March 1937
One of the most distinctive British cars on the Queensland market is the 1937 Hillman 'Hawk,' a well-performed 'six,' with many notable features, including 'Evenkeel' suspension.
THE 'Evenkeel' suspension incorporates a system of individual springing to each front wheel through the medium of a transverse leaf spring. One of the claims made by the Hillman engineers is that the car is as comfortable for the rear passengers as for those at the front, due to the fact that reciprocal action between the front and rear springs is very, largely avoided. It is claimed that, due to the vastly different performance characteristics of the springs, the 'kick' sometimes experienced when a car is traversing bumpy roads at speed....................
Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland by Traveller
2 May 1938
The 1938 Humber Snipe, a new, smaller, and lower-priced' edition of the luxurious 'Snipe' formerly on the Queensland market, performed nicely on The Courier-Mail test course last. week,
its most impressive feature being excellent roadability.
THE new Humber Snipe, which has a six-cylinder engine rated at 20.9 h.p., with a brake horse-power rating of 78 at 3300 r.p.m., rode and travelled beautifully on all types of roads. It’s a pleasingly flexible car to drive in traffic, and quickly attains a comfortable cruising speed of 45-50 m.p.h. on the open road. The virile engine seems to relish bursts of high speed, and when at the wheel one forms the impression that ...................