The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
car FEiTt RES AVERAGED.
Psints tissui the tbll prosiurt Given b,
tstir, 90. Trrhnaral Eaprrf.

The pn.n'~ IA which The automobiles OF
tpll DINER from IT,. ,rr- ~ the preceding
season Will l.. th..-.. improvements in oht-
line. chances "a " heel bases. increases IN
wheel md tire -,rn- aud improvements IN
practically every detail. all these alterations
being slight That ~ IN" opinion o' Chares
p Dury-l the Technical expert writing Tor
IN" \ l.. \ NJ. Which wIll hold two weeks
show IN Madison square Garden. beginning
.Iuuuury Nj puyN-a has prepared com
putl;t,u- - average, in ear.
a." i..' .....s-tt,u "A me mouth ot many
Prospective brNss-' avs h". - that of
pri,. IA average 81 such prices a. nav"
bsru made public contains a surprise. hut
NOT t,, surprise the buyers hls" been
hoping for aud -' p"Crug NIcr has been
said about a r,'dg, ton Ia Prices being prob
ahl,.. that tine ut,p would h" cheaper. that
quantity production must bring increased
sales 10y lowering the pr'ce~.
Eur what at Tho facts NJ these shows
will he found Il gucdy number OF makers
who exhibited IN m" iuaependen, show last
wear and whose vehicles are smaller ana
lower priced than the goods al last years
exhibitors Among ~" new aCce-sion-
may ha mentioned "a" Brush. Maxwell.
Mcintyre, Odhllni. REQ. Cart.rcar and
others whose products are not IA the price
altitude class that many OF last years
exhibitors are. such n Tho Alec. NInton.
Thomas torhtn SJevcns-Duryea. Stearn-.
Royal Tourist. Pope Hartford. Pierce Ar
row. ,sard. Peerless. lo,ier. Knox and
Franklin
The natural expectation is that there
would be shown a great price reduction
"a a result 81 thi. blending of classes. but
such - not the ease. Tn. average price
last year. a. taken from a table recently
com piled was 81 80 ~. while this years
average shows 81. ~. Thisisa reduction.
II - true hut when the though, - kept in
mind that last wears price did not include
th. lower price vehicles u appears that
1911 shows an increase rather than de-
creA--.
That u has done - not surprising
" hen the constantly rising prices OF nearly
all products entering into the costs are
con -dsrcd Living and labor are higher.
leather and wood are sCarCcr. and on every
hand the mark 81 Improvement instead
Of rheapenIng is To- he seen Better ~ de-
rrnnsi.d by the buyer and II he gets better
he same price he IL getting the results
DO, lower prices although he pays the same
money
Mr. Duryca then enters upon fields OF
speculation that cannot fail to provoke
ronfrovcrSv lie declares himself for the
short stroke engine and cites eases Of many
automobiles which have bore and stroke
equal. There are some Others in his list
and they include some important cars.
which have the stroke LONGER than the bore
II was thought by many that the tendency
of the season was toward the longer stroke.
and the white gives ~ a reason for .thelRreat
economy Of gasolsnc nv its engine he long
stroke MANY al tha foreign cars are being
made with longer stroke motors but this
MIR Dury-R ascrihes 10 laws and regulations
about taNinG. which make smaller horse
power necessity.
Last wear. SAYS he, III ) per cent Of
the engines had equal bore and stroke.
Ihi- rear iJI per cent. hsnr this relation.
a gain Of IL p"r cent This relation is 10
be found on cars -nch a. The American.
Ampicx, Buick. CartcrCsT. EMF. Jack
son kl--sl-kar, Lambert, locomobiie.
Maxwell oakland. Oldsfnobile. Regal, sim
plcI ~peciNe ell Thomas and Winton.
Dther- show very closely this relation
some employing n larger bore as the Cor
hin fillmore. Franklin. kis-eI-knr. knox.
1.oItrT and Stcvens-DIryea and others
like the Cadillac. Columbia. Hupmobile
Flanders. Glide. Marion, Moon. Mercer
Packard Pierce arrow. Pullman, Rainier
and StOddard DAYTON smploy bores only
slightly smaller than the strokes
Mr. purvea gives n a. his view that
We large bore and short stroke engine 10
lighter and moro compact. and therefore
better suited to auto work, and the tendency
TO return to sloping hoods will accentuste
the value Of the short stroke engines in
future. ~ - believed
The number of IS lndPrs .ho va hangez =
he continues 81 b Us lasT year 20 per cent
w"rc four cylinder cars. whereas this year
onlr = per cent show them a decrease
Of per cent This does NOT can thar
there are less four cylinder cars than a
wear ago. but that the SKIES and twoa hayr
! increased IN number The -i1 cylinder