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the driver is in the same compartment
with the passengers, an arrangement
most satisfactory to the owner-drfver.
but not pleasing where a chauffeur
is employed. These sedans are of both
the permanen style and the converti-
ble and the latter is the more in de-
mand because of the fact that II may
be opened to touring car freedom when
conditions ma Ike the admission of plenty
of air desira BILE. Great improvements
have been made in the convertible Sc
dan. SO that either closed or open IL has
no rattles and when closed is as snug
as permanently closed sedan.
Among the new models of the season
some of the most striking novelties are
in the two. three and four passenger
cars, and these are offered in three
general types, the coupe. the converti-
BILE and the cabriolet. All the seats are
inclosed and there are doors on either
side. The three passenger generally has
the drivers seat set forward a little
ahead of the others. The four-passen-
ger is a roon1y. comfortable vehicle
with seats for two in the rear and
seat alongside the driver, which is
much better arrangement than the
fourth seat that used to occupy cor
ner and the occupant of which had TO
sit backward. This four-passenger car
is preferred by many to the sedan on
account of its sociability, the occupants
being all grouped closely together
Attractive Styles.
In styles the inclosed cars are most at
tractive The designers have taken a
hint from the popular favor given the
long. low. straight-line effect in open
cars and have made their inclosed bodies
after the same lines. These bodies set
we'll down on the frame and, while there
is ample head room. the roofs appear
low. The general straight-line effect from
radiator to the back is carried out with
just enough curve at the corners to give
an attra ctive appearance. Cloth of weaves
made especially to Withstand hard wear
is the common upholstery material,
though some soft leat is used. and We
lours in colors to match the exterior finish
are preferred in some cases for lmousines
and coupes.
Among the low-priced cars, the sedan
has become exceedingly popular and is
taking the place, to- "a large extent. of the
winter top. as the coupe is replacing the
cabriolet. With the greater demand for
such bodies their prices have been made
materially lower than they were when the
factory output was limited to a few.
While touring cars and roadsters have
gone up rapidly in price in the past year.
inclosed bodies have not increased in tho
same proportion and In some instances
have been lowered.
The inclosed body is the natural result
OF the coming of the motor car into place
as an indispensable utility. The average
owner nowadays expects to use his car
for his daily coming and going at busi-
ness and after business. and he buys with
the expectation of keeping his car IN
commission twelve months OF the year
Summer jaunts are incidental to this
everyday usage and the inclosed car is
as essential to his comfort as his rain
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showing complete lines OF inclosed cars
and others will have them on their show
room floors in the course of the next few
ION fh, In
of stock models, nearly all the dealers
have departments devoted to meeting a
customers wishes in the way of special
designs IN bodies.