Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-03-16
OVERLAND FIRST TO
Make ENTIRE LINE
NEW MODELS MEET DEMANDS
OF ALL CLASSES OF AUTOMO-
BILE BUYERS.

| 10 JOnn N. WHY'S and the WHY'S
Overland company belong the honors
of the 1917 automobile show recently
held at the Grand Central Palace,
says w. E. Bronson, the company's
local representative, pointing out
that at this event a complete line of
cars by one manufacturer was pub
licly disclosed for the first time.
For years it has been the ambi-
ton of Mr.. WHY'S to market a COM
plete line cars,f" Mr.. Bronson says,
from Automobiles that emphasize
economy without sacrificing quality
to the very highest type of cars in
the luxurious class. The automobiles
he has just placed on the market are
a realization of this aim. In the line
there Is car for every purpose at
every price. In fact the entire line
is SO complete that but a partial
showing could be made at the Grand
Central Palace"
Three Glasses Of Buyers.
The automobile trade divides itself
into three sections: the buyer in the
$3.50 class or less; the purchaser who
is willing to spend little more than
that. the $1,000 class. and last of all,
the class that has the money to spend
for cars over and above a thousand
dollars.
To take care Of the first class, the
Willys-Overland company announces
the Light-Four. light. economical.
four-cylinder, five-passehger design,
which is real achievement in smart
style and luxuriousness for q car Of
its size. 1t has a new motor that has
been thoroughly tested over rough
roads, through deep mud and soft
sand.
Soft. deep cushions. large four
inch tires, generous wheelbase and
resilient cvantilever springs, COM
bined with carefully studied balance
throughout. give this car exceptional
riding qualities.
Besides q touring car in this class
the Willys-O Overland company also
announces q two-passenger roadster
on the Light Four chassis. The
Country Club, which has been Great
ing q sensation since its announce
ment = short time ago, IL also con-
structed on this chassis.
For tho Next Glass.
To fill the requirements Of the
next class the Willys-Overland COM
pany offers the new fve-passenger
Light Six and Big Four. introduced
last summer. The new models are
the same as their predecessors with
the exception of the body lines, which
are the latest In streamline design.
Three-passenger roadsters on both
the four and six-cylinder chassis are
also announced.
OF course, the leader of the WHY'S
Overland company's line Is the lux
urious Willys-Knight Eight. At
times vague rumors had been heard
that theI Willys-Overland company
would build an eight-cylinder Knight
motored car for 1917. but it was not
until just recently that the WHY'S
Knight Eight became an assured fact.
It's greatest feature is the eight-cyl-
inder sleeve-valve motor. the result
OF years of designing. developing and
perfecting by the Overland engineer
ing staff.
| In addition the line includes the
Willys-Knight Four and the WHY'S
Six.
Many Closed Models.
Besides open cars, the WHY'S
Overland company is now turning out
more closed cars than any other au-
tomobile makers in the world. Five
passenger Four sedans and Skies and
Four coupes and Skies are manufac-
tured on the Overland Big Four and
Light Six chassis. Seven-passenger
sedans and limousines are also being
mounted on four-cylindered Knight
motored chassis.
Three delivery wagons round out
the new line Of the Willys-Overland
company light wagon Of the ex-
press type. another Of the panel type
and a 1,200-pound delivery wagon of
the express type.