El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-13
MOTOR CARS FOR 1878 ARE FAR
SUPERIOR To PREVIOUS MODELS
Expert Says Cars Cost More But Buyers Get Their
Moneys Worth as Cars Cost Less to Maintain and
Are Easier to Control Many Refinements De-
spite the War; Beauty of Lines Noticeable
Nv MERLE SHEPPARD.

TIE 1913 motor car is a better per-
4 former than the one OF 1917. It
VIII accelerate faster It will start
easier; Il does not requi-s as Irrg a
time 20 warm ups 10 IS easier 20 con
troll; IL Is better sDpezIins, and Il Is
less expensive % maintain.
The manner IN which lhcso m
Proponents have been made are OF in
terest to every car purchaser. and
they spell the story Of improvement
during year when conditions have
been disturbed as never before.
Each year the difference between
the uptodate car and the product Of
the year before IS becoming less and
less, and yet It would not be correct
state that the 1918 car is not better
than that Of 1917. Refinements have
gone in in spite Of distributing cOndi-
tons due to the war and the man who
buys a car today Is getting q better
can than the man who bought his car
g year ago.
It is true that purchasers Of cars
today must pay more their vehicles.
Almost monthly q large crop Of price
Increases have been reported In all
but the very lowest priced cars. some
Of these price Increases have been
jumps OF as much as $500 and S4Oe; l
others have been SIS and s50-but the
trend this year has been ever up
ward.
Probably the point which interests !
american buyers more than anything {
else is that Of acceleration. They de-
El2nG q car which can get away so 4
rapidly mat the occupants can feel ]
themselves being carried forward I
with almost resistless impulse. The I
hacks Of the seats must always pro- I
Sect the occupants through the air IN /
order to satisfy the demand Of the 4
American buyer for the quick pickup I
- mich he demands on high gear.
There are Just two factors in accel- /
erationi weight and power, or pro- /
puisiTe effort If the propulsive er- /
FORT OF the engine IS increased and !
The power remains the same, the car
VIII have more acceleration- on the +
other hand, If the propulsiv6 effort
remains the same and the car Is light
ened, the acceleratIon viii be in
creased. As a matter Of fact during
me year, By various little tricks OF
design. the power Of the engine has
been increased and the car itself i
] ightened through the more scientific
distribution OF the material in chas-
Probably the worst feature with
which the designers have had 20 deal Z
during the year has been the descend
ing quality Of gasoline. More and
more the fuel bought from the pump l
stations along the city streets or
from the country garage has APP
preached kerosene. II your hand Is
dipped into modern gasoline 10 viii
have an oily coating which was not
visible with the gasoline on the mar
zet three or four years ago.
The heavy constituents OF the fuel
are hard 20 eTlpOrate and difficult TO
gnite, and 20 has required improve
ments o. almost inconreivable inEenu-
-ty 70 enable the engine to handle
this heavy product as efficiently as
The more volatile fuels Of the past
Vear- The methods by which the re- Z
suits have been accomplished vary IN
different factories Mainly. they may
be classified as better evapora ton OF &