New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
MYSTERY" MACHINE
PROVES A MARMON
Well Known Maker Was Hold
ing Surprise for Show,
but It's Out.

The new automobile about which
there has been so much speculation
especially in trade circles, for the past
several weeks, is a new model Marmon.
The trade press has been full Of mys-
FERROUS advertisements for almost two
months, the car being fully described
but no name given.
The fact that the new car was a
Marmon, the product Of Nordyke g.
Marmon Company, Of Indianapolis, was
learned through a descriptive article
which appears in this weeks issue OF
"The Automobile" II is understood
that the Marmon Company had planned
to keep the car secret until the opening
of the New York show, but that in
quirers got so insistent upon knowing
the name of the mystery car" as il
has been termed. that the trade publ
cation was allowed to give the descrip-
ton of the new car.
1t is stated that the new Marmon is
a distinct innovation in automobile con-
struction, that it marks the beginning
of a new method of construction and
the more extensive use Of lighter ma
terials.
IL is understood that, for the first
time. aluminium is used for motor
cylinder construction. 1t is true that
some experimenting has been done by
engine manufacturers in putting out a
few engines with aluminium used very
freely in the construction, but that the
Msrmon is the FIRST car 70 use it as
standard.
4 Luxury Machine.
The writer Of the article in "The
Automobile" speaks very highly of the
/. new Marmon, which has been desig-
mated as Model "a, and speaks of it as
one of the most interesting develop
ments of the year.
The new car, it is stated, is luxury
machine, but the great feature lies in
the fact that IT is 1000 pounds lighter
than the great majority Of cars Of its
class. In speaking of the weight fea.
| ture OF the new car, the article says:
THE light weight has been secured
| by means of highly scientific design In
combination with careful choice of ma
te,ials. There is much aluminium en-
[ ployed and much high tensile steel in
| thin section. The new car is new from
/ stem 10 stern: from the motor TO the
/ rear axle, no single opportunity has
/ been missed where there was a chance
/ 10 increase efficiency and reduce
weight"
/ II is interesting 10 note the remark.
/ able performance of the new car. The
/ fact that the weight has been reduced
/ Sc greatly and that the Msrmon engi-
roers have developed an extraordinary
| ~ efficient valve-in-head motor and
| transmission system, is responsible fol
| the statement that the new car will
| Cut-perform previous types OF Mar
mons. which have been known as high
| powered and costly cars. To quote
again from the article:
Good Road Performer.
/ Gas a performer on the road its &C
/ celerative power of high gear is indi
/ Gated by its ability to speed up from
| ten TO fifty miles an hour in substan
/ TALLY less than. eighteen seconds. II,
maximum speed is between sixty anC
/ seventy miles an hour, il seats sever
passengers with the comfort which j:
] expected of the most expensive cars
and it ha. an unexcelled ease Of steer
/ ing and control"
Not alone is the engine feature OF
| the car, for there are 10 be found ne"
/ constitutional ideas in almost every
part Of the car. For instance, the
/ flame is different than ordinsry-it Il
/ Of deep section, higher carbon poin'
steel. Of thin section. stronger YET
/ lighter in weight than the usual frame
/ The touring car body. aside from being
/ made OF aluminium, is also interesting
/ in that IL is made in three sections
cowd. front seat and rear seat Each
of these sections bolt direct &c thu
frame, without stills, Sc that the ca