Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-22
HUPP TO ABANDON
YEARLY MODEL
Will Designate Models by
Series; Present Model Known
as Series IN"

The yearly model-the most con-
fusing thing that was ever perpetrated
upon the automobile buying public
has been abandoned by at least one
big automobile concern, and it is to
be hoped that others will follow.
President j. Walter Drake of the
Hupp Motor Car Corporation, has an
nounced that, starting with January
1st, Hupmobiles will be designated by
series and not by alleged yearly types,
such as 1916, 1917, 1918, etc. The
present model Hupmobile which was
first brought out as the 1916 Model
M will be known hereafter as the
Series IN" Hupmobile.
"One of the bad habits the auto
mobile manufacturer fell into early
in the business, was the announcement
each season of yearly model" said
MI Drake. AT first, these models
were legitimately announced at the
hrst OF each year. at the time of the
New York Shows. but gradually one
manufacturer after another kept
moving up the date of announcements
OF these yearly models, until the
competition to be the first to bring
out new models became as keen as
the production of high grade auto
mobiles 1t became so bad that some
companies, this season, brought out
their 1916 cars in April of 1915. Other
companies, in order to meet the
competition, followed in rapid order.
This practice has been most con-
fusing to the automobile buying
public, and most unfair to owner,
dealer, and manufacturer alike. 1t
also lead to many mis-statements
and in some cases, when a certain
type of car would not sell readily, the
maker would make a few minor
Il L..
model The public, unaware of this
clever selling scheme, would demand
the new models of the more reliable
concerns, and l am sorry to say, We
were often led into making early an
nouncements.
The old plan was also unfair to
those who had already purchased
cars, for Immediately upon the an
nouncement of the new yearly type
the value of the former years model,
and all its predecessors decreased in
value, hnjustly, both for cash sales
and trading purposes.
The Hupp Motor Car Corporation
with seven body types. The Series
M Hupmobile is a four cylinder car
the company's policy being to produce
the best possible four-cylinder car at
a medium price. In producing the
present model, the Hupmobile en-
gineers have devoted their time and
skill to Improvements and refine
ments of the four cylinder type car,
rather than trying innovations in
strange fields. In producing this car
Hupmobile engineers were given but
one order MAKE the Hupmob bile
series N the best value ever offered
in performance, power, sturdiness,
economy, comfort and finish" That
they carried out this instruction isl
~ hn nd Of ,ipI
have already been placed in the
hands of satisfied owners.
Purchasers of cars are given seven
different types to select from, accord |
ing to their needs. There is the five
passenger standard touring car, two
passenger roadster, seven passenger
touring car, the sedan, the limousine, |
the year round touring car and the |
year round coupe.
Special features of the. Series an" |
are the Tungsten steel valves, alum |
mum pistons, the best starting and
lighting system that is used on some
of the highest priced cars of the Am
erican and European manufacture, |
disc clutch, which are the |
strongest that can be devised and at
the same time smooth in operating, !
Atwaterkent battery-type ignition; |
spiral bevel driving gear; bronze bab- |
btt-lined motor bearings, the same |
as uSeQ on Sf,UUU ana SO,OUU cars, !
cam shaft driven by silent chain run |
ming in oil, Pinch tubular propeller |
shaft and nickel steel drive axle shafts |
the best rear axle construction on
the market.
Prices for the various series IN"
are:
Five passenger touring, s1,0S5; |
wo-passenger roadster, $1,OS5; five
passenger sedan, $1.365; seven-pas-
senger touring, $1,225; five-pasensger
year round, s1,1S5; passenger |
year round coupe, $1,165; seven-pas-
senger limousine, $2,365.
The obnoxious yearly models have |
been abandoned by the Hupp Motor
Car Corporation and the machines are |
now being built in series which al
lows for changes in construction for
more efficiency as they are proved !
technical by the Hupmobile en-
eineers. The present Hupmoblle
model is known as series N.