The Detroit times., 1909-12-31

mobile show the gain In popularity
which the friction driven automobiles
have made: In 1905. when the Sartes,
the Grand Central Palace show, IL was
looked upon an a freak AZ present
there are thousands OF these cars IN
daily service.
The wonderful nexibiiity OF the fric-
ton transmission has made II a raw
orite with nearly all who have ever
driven one of these cars. There Is , no
Jerking In starting or Stopping. no noise
when driving on the slower speeds. no
racing OF the motor, and the car mas
wonderful hill-climbing ability because
all power Is utilized to as great 40
vantage on the lower speeds as on high
Packard's show Cars
The exhibit of the Packard Motor
Car Co, at the Tenth National Auto
mobile show In Madison-sQ. Garden.
has been designed TO express the great
progress which has been made 1y tns
enclosed bodies. The feature OF this
exhibit Is a blue and gray Packard
Thirty" with Limousine body. The
as a lantlaulet. painted In brown and
strikingly trimmed In orange and light
blue. The third car In the exhibit u
in white. with Roman gold trimmings
On account Of the lack OF space. ths
older types OF cars with which the
public is more familiar, such a: tht
standard touring car and runabout, are
not shown. ALI three OF the exhibited
cars are exceptional examples OF har.
monious and beautiful effects obtained
by the careful, matching neo Q. dese ans sns
especially imported materials. The In
terror Of the limousine IL In exact keep
ing with the painting Of the car. beins
done In blue and gray silk brocade. AL
OF the bright metal parts are silver
plated.
Il. saaas has Sesn
along the line of providing hne car
riages for those who are replacing
their previous horse eauipasss with
enclosed bodies IN one OF the most I'm
portant features of the Packard car
rage building departments. In add.
bodies are built entirely In the Packard
shops. and are especially designed fol
Packard chassis. they possess the fur
thsr sdyartaEe Of
ers have both open and enclosed bodies
for the same Packard chassis.
SKIES Gain Ground
Through q careful collection OF thu
specifications OF motor cars made in {
number of European countries, copie,
OF which have been received In this
country. IL has become possible to OBJ
tain q good idea of the main structural
tendencies shown there. From lis
land. the Pierce-Xrrow Motor Car CO.
OF Buffalo. has drawn some interesting
deductions and averages and these
have just been sent to All dealers II
In ali. lis makes and So, models ar,
included I'm the resume. the principa
countries being England with 81 makes
"A Franco
and III models. and Germany with fouI
makes and 10 models. OF the 522 mod
els. 1853 are OF the four-cylinder type
cylinders, 81 single-cyiinders. and on'
only of that type OF which great thingI
were promised q scant five years ago
the three-cylinder.
This list OF the number of cylinder,
used In the various models taken from
the makerS specifications, shows In ~
irrefutable manner. that. instead o.
ment in Europe is steadily advancing
In fact. II may be said that an ever
greater advance In being made than or
this side OF the Atlantic. This II shown
not connning their six-cyiinder worl
to high powered models, q number o.
them showing chassis whose horsepow
ers range from ~ to rs
One OF the most pertinent features o,
information brought out by an exam
ination OF the list of models, In thai
the manufacture OF sfx-cylinder carr
well established basis and the output
II confined to a great extent to the bet
ter known and larger manufacturers.
The vanderbflt wfsper-
ing difrerent views Of H Grant and s III,
victorious Alec car In the Vanderbilt
cup race, are being distributed by the
American Locomotive Co. and agencies