El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-23
AVERAGE
TYPE Of AUTOS
Engineers Take Specified
lions of 439 Makes and
Strike Average.

a direct comparison OF cars and
specifications just made reveals some
interesting facts and figures about
Studebaker cars. from the standpoint
OF the features that go TO make up
value and the features which show the
tendency in motor car design
This ingenious comparison. based on
averages and taking in 4Se models Of
cars. includes under the heading Of
value the items OF price. seating ca
pacity. and power. Under the heading
Of tendency in design. il includes such
features as number Of cylinders. cast
ing Of cylinders type Of motor. gasoline
feed system. ignition timing gears.
cooling system starting system
springs rear 1xle and bearings.
The consideration Of number OF CYL
inders shows that Az PEI cent Of the
cars are "fours." while Al are skies"
or a total Of SIS percent, the other l4-2
percent being Fights" and 'twelves-"
Studebaker cars are Of the fOur-cylin-
der and six-cylinder types.
That engineers pretty generally agree
on the L-head type Of motor is shown
by the fact that I'll percent Of the cars
use this type. as compared with 1913
percent Valve-in-head. 12.Z percent T
head. and ~ percent sleeve valve
Vacuum feed gasoline system. a com
paratively recent development. has al
ready gained great Roadway. 50 percent
Of the cars using this type. 34.4 percent
the gravity feed and 1o.6 percent the
pressure feed
Casting of six cylinders en- bloc has
become a feature Of 1876 percent of the
cars built with 10.4 percent cast in
pairs. and Is percent cast singly and in
threes
The generator battery system Of ig-
milton has taken the leadership away
from the magnetic system. according TO
figures. 56.+ percent using the gener-
atOr battery
Helical gear driven timing gears are
used on 20 percent of the cars Silent
chain drive is employed on 16 percent
OF the cars, and spur gears on Il per
cent
Pump Circulation Popular.
The balance in favor of the pump cir
culating system Of cooling is striking.
SOS percent Of the models having this
plan. SIS percent the thermo-syphon.
and - percent air cooling.
For several years after electric start
ing and lighting systems We're intro
duced. the single unit system was by
FAR most widely employed. Today the
Two unit system is in the lead. with
d per cent of the cars using this
type Another fact is that the six volt
system is Installed on 69.3 per cent OF
the cars, while 23.6 per cent use the
i volt system. and - per cent mis-
cellaneOus systems
M &c quarter e4lpIc springs nave
the call over other types. 46-5 percent
of the cars having adopted this kind.
with 26.7 using the cantilever, 109 per
cent the semi-elliptic, So per cent. the
platform. and 80 miscellaneous
Full floating rear axles predominant.
according TO the figures. On 5L1 PEI
cent Of the cars fun floating rear axles
are used. on 81 percent three-quarter
floating. and on 21S per cent semi
floating
In each instance where mechanical
features are mentioned and statistics
given. the Studebaker cars incorporate
the types Of construction that lead
In the matter Of price, il is shown
by the comparative figures that tho
average price OF cars is $500.
The feature Of seating capacity cen
tiers about the seven passenger type
Of car The average price OF seven
passenger cars. skies. Fights and