Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-24
EUROPEAN MOTOR CAR
EXPERTS TO AMERICA

III III " ~ UlttItttIl
There has been an influx Of Euro
pean automobile experts % this com
try for the purpose OF learning tie
highest principles % American motor
car engineering practice. This in-
vasion is significant by reason OF the
fact That america. Il is conceded, hls
a1rht up' with the Old World In
motor car design and is heeinuius 20
ortstrip the Europeans.
This presents unique sit alton.
Realizing that such American experts
as Howard r Coffin are today build
inc as great cars as were huin In
Europc's palmicst DAYS. the engin-
GERS have come here - odd their
vast fund OF experience 20 the value
represented by car built ga the
United States
u ia interesting IN this connection
thar the foreign engineers are nov
members Of Howard p Cof,in's s'afi
and are now buildina tho New self
Starting Hudson "S2
This interesting news. en- coniunc.
ton with the fact hat America has
caught its pacemaker. makes certain
tho truth Of now eroch in tmerl-
can motor cor ongirccrlng history.
The pupil has turned teacher
One ~ the foreign ereiucers who
Is now member ~ the STAFF rcsnon
si'lc for the remarkable qualities %
fh" New Self-S'1riine Hudson 99"
is an expert who was formerly with
The parac0u. one Of the we'll known
French cars ln addition ~ his on
eincerine experience he has lone
string Of racing victories to his cred
30 one ~ his notable achievements
hcine the winning Of race of some.
thing over 400 miles while suffering
with broken Jaw
An English enainecr who has latel,
come TO this country for the purpose
Of STUDYING AZ the Hudson factory
vas formerly with the English Daim-
Ter this being the car that King
George V. owns Ne Is well-known In
British engineering circles and has
made an enviahlc record on this sid,
OF the water.
ltaly has also contributed 10 the
prestige of the HUDSON by sending
an engineer with tho Fiat car. who
has aeon In America short time.
His excellent methods used in the old
worlf are heing adapted to American
conditions with splendid success
Austrian eneineering practice
which has boon crowded with a huge
measure Of success In Frrone Is also
represented In the GALAXY NJ sAarg
who comprise the hudson engineer,
inc board in the person Of ~ Ans
trian Of noble blood.
Recognizing the advanced Strides
In automobile engineering That are |
ombodics IN 'he NsaxeaF r'ins !
HUDSON 80" and approaching
Howard + Collins prominincc IN !
the United States, the McNlcin gov I
eminent instead Of sending two Of It's J
engineers 10 Erropc. has sen, 'fli-
gineers Ernestra Silva ad Eduardo d
Fscobar 10 tho Hudson factory At De-
troit for three year course that car
ries them clear through the immense
Hudson plants They come from
noted Mexican families and are eN-
rert engineers IN Mexico
Z he presence of European onrin-
GERS az the Hudson factories NJ De-
troit," is evidence OF the fact that
America has AT last come abreast
vita the ola World i'm the manufac-
ture OF automobiles In which .aso
coming here 10 learn more naturally
follows Coffin. the Hudson en- ,iu-
ecring chief. lrives the mile. stones OF
progress-as Thomas \.
Edison In electricity. II Is natural
that the influx shorld be felt by him
first II simply presaees that Ameri-
ca must outstrip Europe eventually
In automobile designing. providing
the progress that has been made in
catching up with that country is kept
up"