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Friction 



Is the Problem Solved in 



Hudson Super-Six 



This is to give you a clear under- 

 standing of what the Super-Six motor 

 means. 



This is why it holds unquestioned 

 the leading place in Motordom. Why 

 it won all the worth-while records. 

 Why it stopped the trend toward 

 Eights and Twelves. And why it 

 gave supremacy — perhaps forever — 

 to this new type of a Six. 



What Friction Does 



Motion causes friction. You know 

 this in farm machinery. It is friction 

 that finally destroys it. 



In a high-speed motor the vibration 

 makes friction a big problem. A 

 large part of the power is consumed 

 by it. The motor's endurance is 

 limited. 



So the chief problem in motor car 

 engineering has been the reduction oi 

 friction. 



Sixes Disappointed 



The Six-type was adopted to lessen 

 this vibration. The Light Six, with 

 small bore, was made to lessen it 

 further. But the highest attainment 

 in a Light Six proved a disappoint- 

 ment. Motor friction was not reduced 

 as engineers had hoped. 



So some leading makers, including 

 the Hudson, started tests with Eights 

 and Twelves. It was hoped that twin 

 motors, set at angles, would solve the 

 friction problem. 



Then Came This 



That was in 1915. Many engineers 

 thought the Six type was doomed. 

 That the V-types would displace it, 

 as they had in certain cars. 



But in that year Hudson engineers 

 invented the Super-Six. In December, 

 1915, we were granted patents on it. 



Tests proved that this invention 

 added 80 per cent to the efficiency 

 of the Six. And it did that solely by 

 reducing friction beyond any other 



type. 



All Records Won 



Last year, in a hundred tests, the 

 Super-Six won all the stock-car records 

 which can prove a motor's value. It 

 won the records for speed, for hill- 

 climbing, for quick acceleration and 

 endurance. 



It broke the 24-hour endurance 

 record by 32 per cent. It twice broke 

 the transcontinental record in one 

 continuous 7000-mile round trip. 



So, in performance snd endurance, 

 the Super-Six has no rival. And that 

 is due to the fact that friction is 

 reduced almost to nil. 



The Economy Car 



This endurance will probably 

 double the life of the Hudson car. 

 The reduction of friction saves im- 

 mense power waste. 



In addition, we this year add to the 

 Hudson a wonderful gasoline saver. 



So the Hudson Super-Six means 

 economy to you. It means a daily 

 saving — in the long run, a very big 

 saving. 



It means pride in your car. The 

 Super-Six owner knows that he rules 

 the road. And, in beauty and luxury, 

 the car stands out as a master-piece 

 in any crowd. 



You can have all this, and still save 

 money, because of the Super-Six 

 economies. These are things to con- 

 sider well when you buy a car to keep. 



If you don't know the nearest 

 Hudson dealer, ask us for his name. 

 Let him show you all the ways in 

 which this master car excels. 



Phaeton, 7-pasaenger, $1650 

 Roadster. 2-pas5enger, 

 Cabriolet, 3-pas>enger, 1950 



Touring Sedan . . . $2175 



Limousine 2925 



( Ait prices f.o.b. Detroit) 



Town Car $2925 



Town Car Landaulct 3025 



Limousine Landaulet . 302S 



HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



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