Silence and Comfort That quietness is almost absolute. I have
never driven any engine that made less noise. In ordinary circumstances you cannot hear it because it is inaudible at low speeds and at high speeds any noise it makes is drowned by the wind- rush over the body, the whirr of the tyres or the surface of the road. The gears are all silent. The flexibility is also very real ; shameful top-speed crawling comes to it as easily as to a car of half the weight. You really do get a steam impression. I found that it would reach 8o miles an hour very pleasantly, with 55 on third. The £1,695 saloon is a fine piece of coachwork, with long windows, excellent visi- bility and immense luggage-accommodation. It is extremely comfortable. The Wraith is what you have learnt to ex- pect ; that is, it is altogether better than you expected. And that is saying a great deal. Let us be very candid.
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