The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
Much to See in the Way
of Comfort, Efficiency
and Luxury at EX-
tremelyLoW Cost

they have brought the mechanical side of the
making of automobiles pretty near to a point
where they can almost ignore il.
More than this, what is offered is such fine
value for the money Less than $500 will
buy now an automobile that three times that
would hardly have bought seven years ago.
In fact, less than $1,000 will buy pretty near
all that the heart of the average man desires
in the way of motor car. Really comfortable
touring cars adequate to the needs Of small
families can he purchased nj figures away low,
and with the development of the demouutablc
closed body an az wear automobile is pro-
vided so that the old buEbear Of winter driv-
ing no longer need deter the motorist.
To the end Of better winter driving the
self-starter has purveyed Where formerly it
was matter of hard physical labor to wind
up" the car of a winter day, now it is Il simple
affair. and the sef-starter is efficient
spinner that the motor usually gets going
after only moment or 50 of turning, pro-
vided. of course. that the motor has otherwise
a chance to get heated up right.
1t is natural step from what the automo-
bile makers provide to what i; has meant to
them. Elsewhere in this section will be found
a notice from the newly installed Secretary
of State of New York, Francis NJ, Hugo, that
there were about 100000 automobiles regis
tered throughout the United States in 1914,
a gain of about 100000 over the year preced-
ing As the sporting men say, this is the tip
off on the motor car situation. The reward of
building good motor cars is the selling of them,
and the motor car manufacturers Of this coun-
try certainly have been at great pains TO build
what the public has shown that it likes.
The automobile show is very much worth
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interest in motor cars in the winter season; it
brings together the makers and their dealers
and it sets the pace for the motor car year.
Unfortunately, the show is not the first view
of new models for any save scattering few
makers. Their cars have been out for some
time, in most instances. But it gives them a
chance to compare at close range what they
are doing with what their neighbors are doing,
and it also helps to make more of an associa-
ton spirit among the members.
II helps TO knit the motor car makers into
an organization worthy the industry they
represent. For certainly there is nothing else
like it in the world. The automobile which
old Karl Benz, who just celebrated his seven
tieth birthday, put on the road in Germany in
1885, was the progenitor of u wonderful race.
1t was some years before the automobile idea
got it's growth in this country, but once
started it has gone ahead here most wonder
fully. The old country has been fairly out
stripped, although there are still many things
in respect of which we still learn from Eu-
rope.
But go up to the Grand Central Palace and
spend wonderful day or several days look
ing at the cars and the accessories and see for
yourself the extraordinary things that the in
dustry has wrought, What luxury, comfort and
efficiency in a motor car way for how little
money only personal visit to the show
can TELL