The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-24
DEIRO|TtR is GETTING
PRAISE At AUTO SHOW
Car Named After the Worlds
Automobile Capital Is
Making Good

The Detroiter, the newest car on the
market, named In honor OF the Auto
mobile Capital OF the world. is max
me It's frst public appearance at the
Detroit Autombile show ut the Wayne
Iafdens. The reception given IL by
critical crowds OF automobile experts
has been nothing short of landslide
81 popular praise and approval.
Claude s. Briggs and w. s. Lee. who
f are responsible fer the engineering
features OF the new car, are carrying
IHmo right arms Just now as a result
~ shaking hands with hundreds who
have congratulated them I'm a very
lemonstrative manner after looking
over the car.
A very clean job" said Edwin 8.
George. after scrutinizing the mechan-
ical features OF the Detroiter closely.
Engineers from practically every De-
tfoit factory came TO the Briggs-De-
tfOiter booth on the main floor and
cxpressed themselves in much the
scme way after an examination OF the
stripped chassis.
THE old time automobile men or
Detroit had pretty good reason TO be
1cIighted with the fine showing made
~ the car which bears the name OF
The worlds greatest automobile cen
teri The Detroiter is a car which
honorably represents the most ad-
<unced ideas OF the best designing
skill in the city. II plainly shows
that early mechanical faults in cars
0f low price have been eliminated. Ii
really looks big and classy, as car OF
that name should. | think Mr.. Briggs
and Mr.. Lee. who are responsible for
the design, should be delighted with
the reception accorded the car. and
certainly they should be congratulate
Cd upon taking such pains with a
low priced car which was TO carry
with II a good deal of the prestige OF
. the greatest of all automobile cities.
II would have been a shame IL the
ear had come out without the mani
fest ability to represent the city as ~
should be represented.
The Briggs-Detroiter exhibit isn't
large because in 1912 only one model
will ba put out, that being the five
passenger touring car. So. all that is
shown In the Detroiter booth is the
stripped chassis and the fully equipped
fouring car. Naturally the stripped
chassis would demand most of the at
tenffon from engineers and designers.
They were crowding around II all
Monday evening. yesterday and last
night The touring car body pre-
8enfed an unusually attractive appear
allce- on account of the considerable
amount OF nickel used in finishing the
hubs. door handles, and other places.
"A blue band about ? LIS inches wide
which runs around the body near the
top, sets off the colors beautifully and
Elves the car an unusually attractive
appearance. The steering wheel Is on
the left hand side in accordance with
the views of many of the leading en-
sfneers of the present time.
ThegfuIl floating rear axle and fiat
form springs in the rear We're among
the, features which surprised the spec
tators most. They had not expected
to find such improved ARRANGEMENTS
on a car in the low priced field. Scores
Of automobile dealers throughout the
rites and towns OF Michigan, stopped
at the Briggs-Detroiter booth, and
lack Barber, who has charge of the
Michigan distribution, has already Sc
1ected several dealers TO handle the
car in the state.
The popularity OF the Detroiter isn't
confined TO the city after which it was
named. as was shown yesterday by
President Claude S. Briggs, who ex-
hibited a telegram from an irate Wis
consin automobile dealer who threat
ened TO sue the Briggs Detroiter COM
pany for not awarding him the state
Of Wisconsin as a field for selling the
new car He claimed that former
Telegram from him asking for the
agency had bound the Briggs-Detroiter
company. cit takes two 10 make
hareain,- said MIR. Briggs, "and fear
we won't be sued
mother Wisconsin dealer offered