New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
SHOW SEASON FOR AUTOS
vmuorters' Salon Opens on Tues
day at Hotel Aston.
EXHIBITION IN GARDEN
Saturday Will Bring Inaugural
ton of Domestic Car Displays
for Coming Year.

New York's automobile show season
reriod Of the year that appears to grow IN
Importance as time passes, Is again AT
hand. Tho first Of the displays on the
schedule. the Importers Salon. is TO open
on Tuesday morning In the Hotei Astor' TO
be followed by the inauguration OF the
BOARD of Trade Show. on Saturday night
IN Madison SQUARE Garden. The next OPEN
INC will be that OF the Grand Central Pal
ace. I'm the middle of the following week.
LAST of all will come the commercial We
lclc show at the Garden.
In the volume Of business transacted II
Is improbable that the Importers Salon
will equal any Of the shows that follow,
for the increasing excellence of American
EARS renders il more and more difficult to
sell the higher priced European made ma
chimes here In point OF class, however
the initial display Of 1912 cars Will court
comparison with the others. for they VIII
he shown In the famous gold ballroom Of
the big hosiery. and the exhibits will IN
doubtedly be The finest ever staged in New
York as representatives of EurOpes best
factories
There is no doubt that the approaching
salon Will be one Of the most interesting
automobile events Of the winter. Not only
arc the importers meeting the sufest sort
o. competition from American manufact-
urers but conditions abroad are such that
the American market has become a most
important one, and there is keen effort on
The part Of the individual dealer to retain
and TO enlarge. if possible. the business
shat has been built up. For this reason
tie admirer OF automobiles that are arts
Ncafy constructed in every detail will not
be able TO form a thorough opinion Of re-
cent developments without a VISIT to the
Aston during the course Of the salon.
Sixteen makes Of cars will be on display
Including exhibits from several factories
that were producing when tho automobile
was still a novelty IN America. The makes
OF cars TO be shown are Benz, De Dion
Bouton English Daimler. italia, Metsllur-
CLIQUE, Panhard, Renault. Fiat. Lancia,
Isotta, Minerva, Napier. Charron. DarracQ.
Mercedes and Piccard-Pictet There Will
also be an exhibit Of bodies by at least one
American concern, Iolbrook & Co.
From what has been seen and heard Of
the foreign creations for 1872 the car body
rather than the chassis will be the strong
point. Nearly every famous body builder
O. Europe Will be represented by one or
more examples If his art and there APP
pears little reason 70 doubt that much Of
the selling WI. hc due 10 the attraCtiveness
Q. the whole, rather than the mechanical
excellence Of the various makes. The
American body maker, too. Will be given
Lany opportunities at the salon 10 show
O. advancement of the last twelve months
There will be no radical departures, so
i4r a. is known al present from accepted
practice either in mechanical features or
in body styles The Knight engine. which
WAS exploited here last year. and which has
since become familiar to automobiles
Through its adoption by American makers
&iH be shown on several cars. and there
Mn be at least one development of the
&leeve valve principle on view. In bodies
&llere will be seen a greater striving than
kver for luxury by increased depth Of up
holstery and greater richness Of fittings.
7 The machines to be displayed by Benz g.
60. are J0-horsepOWer polished chassis
end FIVE complete cars. Among the latter
are a carnation touring body and a carna-
lion limousine, both by Quinby; two Brew
ter limousine bodies, and a semi-inclosed
body, combination touring and laudaulet.
The carnation limousine is decidedly new
and is built low, like the oldtime coaches.
J has a double roll top.
I1cassc & co. will show a Darracq with
torpedo body. driven by one Of the new
tarrdCQ Henriod Valveless motors. This
g. Of the rotary sleeve type, the first Of
the kind 10 come 10 this country. A worm
DIVE is another feature. Three Charron
cars, a landaulet by Felber, of Paris, a
limousine and a town car will also be
shown in tins exhibit. The Chsrron, which
was formerly called the c. q. v, has a
long stroke motor and Enclosed valves.
one Of the most complete exhibits Of the
salon will be that of the De Dion Bouton.
il will consist of three polished chassis
and five complete cars. The latter are a
touring car with body, by Demarest, a
limousine by Burr, a landaulet by the
Blue Ribbon Company. a foredoor touring
car BY Burr. and d chassis with similar
,ype OF body. by the Stee-Walcher Com
uauv. in addition 10 the eight-cylinder
motors. which are Of the type, on two
of the models the leading features OF the
DE Dion Bouton are the use Of the Cardan
shaft drive and long stroke motors on all
J. ydels.
Two chassis and three complete cars-a
coupe. a laudaulet both for town use, and
Il
exhibit. There is also a possibility that one
Of the n.w big siX-cylinder models Will
arrive before the close of the salon.
Aionobloc motors arc feature Of all Fiat
models. Fiat victories in the French and
American Grand Prize races Of this year,
and the new worlds competitive twenty
four-hour record Of la miles made at
Los Angeles last winter, will draw many
visitors TO this exhibit.
Iolbrook ( Co, the American BODY
builders, will show two bodies new 10 this
country. one is styled q landaulet-gun-
boat and the other is a special touring
body incorporating new lines and mover
ideas. Three polished chassis and strlk-
ing seven passenger limousine body by
Ouinby make up the Isotta exhibit A
feature OF the italian car Is the use OF
brakes on all four road wheels.
Two chassis and four complete cars
make I'D the Mercedes exhibit. On one or
The cars with a Silent knight motor will
he shown a lsndaulet body by Helner.
i've passenger touring and Limousine
iody by the same builder will also be ex-
hibited, together with a large working
model Of Silent Knight motor These
cars are part Of the exhibit which re-
cetyed an award at the recent Turin eX-
positiop and were shown ar the Berlin
and Olympia shows.
In addition TO a polished chassis there VIII