Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-02

Overland 4. the new car of light
weight construction for which the
public has been waiting since its in
PRODUCTION was first rumored at the
automobile shows about two years
ago, will be placed on exhibition at the
automobile show tomorrow by the H.
H. Hotchkiss Overland company local
distributors.
The men and women who will in
spect the Overland will be represent
atives of the visitors to Overland
salesrooms in a thousand cities, towns
and hamlets of the United States. The
company's dealers, from Maine to Cali
fornia. and from Washington to
Florida, now have on display one or
more of the new models described as
embodying "the greatest Improvement
in riding comfort since the introduce
ton of pneumatic tires
New Type of Springs
This improvement is the use Of
three-point suspension springs I'm
usually graceful in body design, Over
land makes a splendid impression on
the visitor. 1t was this new spring
suspension, however, which absorbed
motorist attention at the salesrooms
| 1t is combination of two principles
that have been used to greatest ad
vantage in automobile construction:
First, that of cantilever springs; sec
ond, the flexible three-point construc-
ton.
| The luxurious riding comfort these
springs furnish the car is Immediately
understood and appreciated 1t is this
| feature which gives to the new Over
land car, designed for light weight
that degree of riding comfort and Sc
curity possible only in high priced
heavier cars.
But this is only one of many fea.
lures in Overland which back thu
WHY'S Overland company's claim t.
success in giving the public "a new
standard Of riding comfort"
The actual creation of Overland
began more than two years ago. Thu
last two years have been devoted t.
testing and perfecting each detail o
the car. Back Of its development stan,
ten years of successful manufaeturin.
and engineering experience in givin,
the public godo motor cars For tn
immediate development and produc
ton of Overanld 4, John n WHY'S ha
concentrated the vast resources of tn
Willys-Overland company. Produc
ton will be on a scale which will as
sure the greatest economies in manu-
featuring
Ideals Guide Design
Guiding the development of this re
markable new car was Mr. WHY'S idea
iof motor car which would combjn
with the economy of light weight al
the comfortable riding qualities an
the stamina of the heavy and expen
slve automobiles. He proposed q ca
Of built-in quality which would fire
the owner from all possible upkeep ex
penses. This was not possible. tn
company claims, until the Wills Over
land company devised this interestin
three-point spring suspension. a sprin
seating radically different from tn
conventional design of four spring
paralleling the chassis frame. New a
this spring suspension is. it is interest
ing to note that the design has bee
approved by the Society of Automo
: tive Engineers.
Before the final adoption of the ner
springs, special breaking and bumpin
machines were rugged up at the factor,
and the cars. after that supposedly de
structive test, were sent out on tris
trips which carried them into ever
section of the, country in all sorts {
weather conditions The cars wer
driven over the Rocky mountain
through the desert roads and boulde