The Washington times., 1913-06-28

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WE REGRET THAT SOME MAKERS Of skies are prone
to indulge in statements and to advance claims for
skies that when they not ridiculous are, to say the
least, inaccurate and therefore misleading
EVIDENTLY INTENDED to appeal to the unhinking or
the uniformed such claims cannot but make the judi
cious greve. And we, of the leading makers of
sixes feel that the six is injured rather than ad
vanced by such tactics.
WE FEEL VITALLY CONCERNED because, you will
recall it unequvocal statement, made in ad
some months since, that precpitated the tremendous
demand for skies. We sad 'You entitled to six,
if you are buying a car above q certain price or OF
more than certain horsepower You recall that ad Of
course
WELL, THAT STARTED THE TROUBLE, Makers who
had not anticipated the six demand found themselves
compelled make skies by adding to the four they
already had in the old model These makers very evi
dently had not believed in skies before that Made
them under pressure, as it were.
PERHAPS THAT EXPLAINS WHY such makers are now
claiming unreasonable impossible things for the
six type of car They don't know-never having been
thoroughly converted. Like the Chnaman, they en-
brace our religion for revenue-but return to Confucius
as they return to China.
WE BELIEVE IN SKIES PROFOUNDLY. That is why
we regret to see the injured by misplaced zeal
that's charitable Term, 1Sn III 6
LET US TAKE FEW of the more glaring and more
general Of the mis- statements We can't take all OF
them Space forbids But few.
YOU DON'T BUY SIX FOR SPEED-that is to say,
the man who knows doesn't. glance at the speed
records of the past should teach that Yet the as
seron is made by many makers that the six is faster
than the four. No. mailed. OF this more later.
THE SIX WILL NOT CLIMB sleeper hills on high
than four of the weight and power. Again, you
can prove by the records Such statement is there
fore as futile as it is foolish
NOR WILL THE SIX GET AWAY QUICKER than
four This last is frequent offender Away with him.
LET US BE REASONABLE-wha the use Of making
assertions that anyone at all familiar with such things
can Immediately disprove? Especially when there is
so much of truth be said about skies that will ap-
peal to the judicious-to men who know.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS about sixes-that is to say,
SKIES that are true to name having been designed as
the Maxwell 1906" designed, from the ground up
as six by an engineer whose religion was sixes and
who knew wherein the six principle excelled and how
to obtain the result
FIRST LET US ESTABLISH Standard bass-for
our considerations This is essential because it is the
custom to careessly compare "60-6" with "4o-4.
FOR EXAMPLE-and this is the reverse side OF the pic
ture-you have often heard it stated that the six uses
more gasoline than four 1t isn't true Or else 1t IS
mighty poor six. Probably-most likey-a con-
verted four" (Have you copy of our booklet Two
Added to Four Does not Make (a) Six? No? Send
for it. It's goodD
THE MAXWELL "5O-6" averages about IA miles per
gallon of gasoline-on average country roads, No four
cylinder, seven-passenger car will average more
(Ouery-pertinent query: Does car ever average
considering there are average" roads or drivers
HOW THEN DOES 1T HAPPEN often hear of the
lack of fuel economy" of the six? Simply because
folk compare "6O6" with "4O-4" theresbout.
The maker adds cylinders to the former four; the
customer buys the later model and-says it uses more
gasoline 1t doesnt-or rather it certainly shouldn't
use more than so per cent And of course it is
entitled that by every rule
NOW WE DO CLAIM for the Maxwell "50-6' that it
gives more miles per gallon of gasoline than four of
the same passenger capacity and power-but, frankly
the difference is slight and the difficulties of DEM
onstrang the fact great-snce as we've noted roads
are never average other conditions the same
we do not use it as selling argument
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