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We Now Present a 

 Marvel Motor in the 



Patented by Hudson 

 December 28, 1915 

 Patent No. 1165861 



Officially Breaking Jill Stock Car Records up to WO Miles. JUso Jill 

 Stock Car Records for Quick Acceleration — Under A.A.Jt.Supervision 



\ too miles in SO minutes, 21.4 seconds, averaging 



i 74.67 mites per hour, with driver and passenger. 



I The previous best record of 72. 4g was made by a car with 



: more cylinders, more cylinder capacity and driver only. 



i 75.69 miles in one hour with driver and passenger. 



\ During this trial speed laps were made at 76. 75 miles per hour. 



I 70.74 miles in one hoar, carryings passengers, with 



I top and windshield up 



\ The previous best record for stock car similarly equipped 



I was made by a car with more cylinders, more cylinder 



: capacity, and with only two passengers. 



Mark what these achievements mean. 



No other stock car, in all the world's 

 records, has done what this car has done. 



This is not a mere new model with minor 

 refinements, but an epoch-making car. 



Even the rumor has for months kept 

 Motordom on edge. But the wildest rumor 

 was tame compared with truth. The Super- 

 Six begins a revolution. 



Note first that this change comes at the 

 zenith of our success. 



Only last fall a new-model Hudson won 

 a new empire for us. It doubled our sales, 

 and made a new record for fine cars. 



We stopped that model in the height of 

 demand, losing thousands of sales. We spent 

 $1,500,000 to again double production. We 

 committed ourselves, on materials, etc., for 

 $42,000,000 worth of new-type cars. All 

 because of what we now announce. 



Jl GREATEIl HUDSON 



On June 28, 191 5, we applied for patent on 

 the Super-Six. It was issued on December 28. 



The claims we made were startling. They 

 meant an almost twice-better Hudson. They 

 meant reduced vibration in seemingly impos- 

 sible degree. 



They meant an increase of 50 per cent in 

 possible motor speed. They meant an addi- 

 tion of 80 per cent to our power, without 

 added size or cylinders. 



From standing start to SO miles an hour In 16.2 sec- \ 



onds. This 7-passenger stock touring car was driven \ 



rsso miles at speed exceeding 70 miles an hour | 



without discoverable wear on any part. = 



All the above Hudson records were made with the same | 



stock car, using the same motor, at Sheepshead Bay = 



Speedway in November, under American Automobile = 



Association supervision. = 



The most powerful motor per cubic inch displace- = 

 ment which the world has known. = 



They would give a new meaning to flexi- 

 bility, silence and ease of control. It was 

 clear that such a motor was bound to super- 

 sede the best types in existence. 



CLAIMS PROVED TRUE 



Those claims were based on shop tests. Now, 

 after months of road tests, we pronounce them 

 true. 



We compared the Super-Six with our old Six, 

 with results told on next page. 



We built and bought Eights to compare with it. 

 Then we built and bought V-type Twelves. We 

 were, by the way, among the first to test out these 

 types in cars. 



We convinced ourselves in a hundred ways that 

 this new motor would dominate the field. Then 

 we abandoned forever the old-type Six, and all 

 idea of an Eight or Twelve. 



ALSO A SUPER-CAR 



In the months between every detail of the car 

 has been raised to this motor standard. 



We designed a new body with larger room and 

 with perfect flowing lines. We built it -with the 

 double cowl — in two compartments, each with a 

 rounded dash. The finest grain leather is em- 

 ployed in the upholstery. The new windshield 

 is slanted. There are disappearing seats in the 

 tonneau. 



We called in famous coach builders, experts 

 and artists. And we gave them free hand to reach 

 luxury's limit in the bodies for the Super-Six. 



You will see that they did it. There's no need 

 to argue that. A single glance at this new car will 

 impress its superb distinction. 



