Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
MANY NEW MODELS
FOR MOTOR SHOW
Over Three Hundred Passenger
Vehicles Will Be ON Exhi-
bition in New York.
FEWER LOW-PRIcED CARS
Eighty-Six Different Makes of
Cars and 260 Accessories
in Big Show.

4 ciear-cut object Lesson that the
war cannot dim the popularity of the
motor vehicle either for utility or
pleasure touring IS shown in the an
nouncement that the forthcoming nat
tional automobile show I'm New York,
says the Times. January to Il VIII
contain larger number of indiyiduai
exhibits of cars. accessories and parts
on the four floors OF the building
than ever before and many products
viii he shown for the first time. In
all there will be S6 different makes
Of cars and 260 accessory displays ut
the show and a like number will ex-
h.bit at the Chicago exhibition Jam
uary 26 to February 2 S. A. Miles.
general manager OF both the New
York and Chicago shows which are
held under the auspices CT the ma
tional automobile chamber OF com
merce, has been compelled to turn
down applications for space from late
comers. despite the fact that arrange
rlents provided little more room
than last year.
over three hundred models Of auto.
mobiles, ranging all the way from
tiny runabouts selling for a few hun
dred dollars TO the largest, roomiest
limousines costing more than $4,000,
will be shown. Among the exhibitors
are several makes of electric and
steam cars. In diversity aud magm-
tudc il will exceed all previous auto
mobile shows in the world.
All Kinds of Cars.
The exhibits will include cars meet
ing every purse. Due 10 the increased
cost of material and labor, the per-
centage of low priced cars will be less
than last year when about 10 per
cent of tho models mot producuonJ
rold for under $3.50. This year slight
~ under 8 per cent Of the models ON
the market will sell undcr this mark.
An Indication of thc price changes Is
provided by recently compiled Stats
tics which show that 2iG per cent of
tho 1918 models wlll list for under
$1,000. Last year this price class rep
resented 27.7 per cent. \ man desir-
inc to spend between $1,000 and S2-
0e0 for n car this year will have ~
per cent Of the models to select from,
while last year he had 53.G per cent.
Carrying the classification still fur
ther to the cars selling for over $4,000
one finds that the 1917 and 1915 per-
cottages are 1871 and 20.4 respec-
lively.
As the most important barometer
of automobile design and construc-
ton. the show will demonstrate that
me 1878 car shows very little change
mechanically from that of 1917.
What changes have been made, as
was the case last year, will chiefly be
in the nature OF inlnor refinemenrs.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the show to the person giving at
iention to design tendencies will be
found in coach work. Present mar
cations are that there will be a num-
ber of new body designs introduced
at the show. with special attenllon
given to details in connection with
the fitting of auxiliary seats, interior
panels, lockers. etc.
There are now i.5O0,000 automo-
biles registered in the United States,
MS compared with about 3,225,000 at
this time last year. The increase in
Importance Of the forthcoming exhi-
hition over its predecessors is in rela-
tive proportion to the increase IN the
number of motor vehicles in service.