Evening journal., 1910-09-24
AUTO PRICES NOT
LIKELY TO DROP
Official Of Great Corporation
Discusses Conditions Sur
rounding Cars for 1911
(By Horace Delisser, L. 5. Motor Com.
pany.)

At no time in the history of the
automobile has there been offered
such a diversity OF cars to choose
from as the present. Manufacturers
have evidently outdone themselves IN
offering buyers the best that labor.
skill, capital and ingenuity can de-
wise AS a matter of fact the cars
of 1911 will be nearly perfect.
Ma matter how fatidious a pur
chaser may be he can surely find to-
day his ideals in construction. Those
who are waiting for prices to be low
cred. however, will never be owners.
Il is impossible TO make a good car
"a car that will do what is expected
OF it-any cheaper than at the price
now listed.
BY this ] do not mean that all cars
are worth the price asked, but the
standard makes-those made by we'll
known and reliable concerns-are be-
ing sold as cheaply as is consistent
with service. dependability and safety.
Owners are now so we'll versed in
construction, finish and design that
il is an easy matter to choose those
cars which are being sold at reason
able prices.
Surely no wider range of price,
! bodies and horse powers can be offer
/ ed by the makers The buying pub
! lie always demands variety, and in
this it will not be disappointed in the
new models. A few years ago, af-
ter the period of crudeness had pass
ed, the touring car was the accepted
automobile; anything else was freak
! ish and not to be considered. This
condition could not last, and the pub
( lie quickly learned that no one style
could meet its demands. The rapid
| ~ growing diversity in types is evil
dence of the new life the industry
has taken on.
In mechanical construction there is
a wide diversity, with motors having
one to six cylinders and horse power
ranging from ten to one hundred.
Transmission gears simpler, lighter,
more compact and more serviceable
than in the past are found on all
sides
The selective type has grown in
popularity. although the planetary
type is also in use. Ignition is al
most wholly by jump spark. although
there are high grade exceptions. A
AtW manufacturers dAf HAilA huohih-
the make aud break, and yet meet
the popular view in favor of the jump
spark by fitting both systems. That
there is a tendency I'm favor Of the
make and break can hardly be claim
ed, but its ability Is sure to keep it
alive, and It is likely to be a factor
for some time to come.
Manufacturers are offering so many
different styles in body construction
that a buyer should have no trouble
in finding what meets with his re-
quirements. He can have two or
three seated runabout, roadster
with two rear bucket seats or a tour
ing car seating five or seven, while
the light touring car fitted with a
top tonneau has met with much popu'
larity
Limousines. landaulets and towl
cars include every requisite for com
. fort, and our grades and hues o
leather and cloths which cannot bu
appeal to those buyers who demanl
the best in closed body types.
Many makers are Offering but on
chassis, giving giving options on an.
of the bodies named, while other
make various chassis and a wild
range of bodies The torpedo bod.
and bodies with the fore door desigl
seem to be the most popular Of th'
present day, although the open road
ster and touring car type Will Away
be in great demand.