The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-14
AUTO TENDENCIES.
FOR 1878 1878 MODEL



ness or equipment. and the addition
Of conVeniences such as self-starters
aud electric lights.
The coming season a car that does
not offeT To purchasers fore door
body, and an equipment including all
the usual features such as top, speed
nmeter.- windshield and other Access
SORES, and in addition electric lights
and self-starter will not be easy to
sell The self-starter was the great
Improvement Of the 1912 season, but
many manufacturers had not antici-
pated it's popularity and rushed to get
in line. For their 1913 product, how
ever, Icy have considered the situa-
tion well and advance announcements
indicate that the Seif-starter Will be
almost as much part of the engine
as the carbureter. The electric self
starter appears to be the kind that lie
most favored, and those who are in
Guiding IT in the equipment are also
Including electric lights, The gas
headlight appears to be going the
way Of the starting crank.
Skies More Numerous.
Skies will be more than ever num-
erous in the new models, for the news
coming daily from Detroit and the
other manufacturing centres tells or
new SKIES that are being built for next
seasons business The Marmon COM
paay, which heretofore has stuck
closely to the four~cylinder engine.
has recently come out with an an
nouncefnent of tts six, AT price that
brings the Marmon SIX into direct
competition with all tho high priced
cars. The Hudson company has made
it known that it Is 10 have a six, and
rs4 5yr Cole
Jackson. Cutting, Speedwell and War
rem An interesting recent announce
ment says that the AmpleX. which in
the past has been two~cyCle era, Will
appear as a fouT-Cycle and the line
will include "A SIX. There are also
numerous new concerns in the bust
7esa who are starting out with six
cylinder models. Several of the older
manufacturers, who have previously
built only one type Of six, are to have
big and little SKIES. And SKIES Will
be on~red ar prices that nave in the
past been asked for moderate sized
tours,
The sleeve valve motor Is to have
more representatives among American
cars, it having been made known that
several manufacturers are to put cars
on the market with knight engines, In
addition to the Stearns. Columbia and
Stnddard Dayton, who We're the
pioneers with this style OF power
plant. These companies will continue
with the knight engine, which mas
won much favor. ana il Is reported
that the Specdweil is TO have a knight
euetNed four-cylinder car and the
Amplex also will have a knight-engin-
ed machine. The Atlas began build
ing ears with knight motors last
season
Some distinct Innovations are also
scheduled To he brought out with the
1913 cars, prominent among Them
being the worm drive and wire wheels,
Worm Gear and Wire Wheels.
both Imported from England, The
worm gear has long been used in Eng
land on pleasure "a we'll az on COM
mereiai motor vehicles, but ii has not
been introduced in~r the nited states
except on the Pierce Arrow truck. The
coming seasons II reports are true,
there Will be more trucks using the
worm gear aud several pleasure cars
Wire wheels were used in America ex-
tensively n the bicycle days, but when
it came to building motor ears the
American manufacturers dropped the
wire wheel almost entirely and fol-
low ed carriage practice with wood
wheels In England, however. promi-
meut manufacturers developed the
wire, wheel for large cars and nave
used it right along. The past few
months this type Of wheel has been
used some in this country, and has
given such satisfaction that 1t will un-
i44.A14AI-h l2-Aa- adopted by some of
the makers for the 1918 models,
though ii may be made optional until
its advantages are better known
among car owners.
The output of ears will be increased
over the high len rt IT 1912. for in all
grades the mauufa cturers have been
Increasing their producing facilities
with the idea Of building more cars
than In the past season Further than
this new tacs are 10 be put on the
market at all sorts If prices. The
manufacturers look forward to an
other big seassu and they are doing
their best 10 get as much NJ the busi-
ness as they possibly can, not only
IN the local markets but IN the mar
keta of the world.