The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
AUTOMOBILE SALON
OPENING TONIGHT
AristOcrats of MotOrdOm at
Commodore Hotel for
Week.
CARS OF FIVE NATIONS
Eleven American Motors Vie
With Best Foreign
Models.
CARS OF FIVE NATIONS

The Automobile Salon. the exposition
1t which most Of the finest motor cars
and custom built bodies of American
and European manufacturers are shown,
opens this evening at the Hotel Commo-
dore. The salon will continue until next
Saturday night.
The aristocracy of motor vehicles
this year. There are a number of new
and interesting designs and modiflca-
lions of old designs which make the
exhibit of interest to the engineer rs
well as to the prospective purchaser.
AS the West is q decided factor In
the market of the motor car de luxe, the
salon will be repeated from January 29
to February In the great ballroom OF
the New Drake Hotel in Chicago.
Five MISUNDERSTANDING. France, Bel
GUM, Italy and America-are repre-
sented among the twenty makes OF
motor cars exhibited. In addition nine
prominent American custom body build
ers have separate exhibits. while several
OF the foreign chassis mount the latest
creations of English and French carros-
siers. The makes of chassis on exhibit
ton are Brewster, Collins. Cunningham.
Daniels, Delage, Duesenberg. Lancia.
Manchester, Locomobile. Meteor, MI
nerva, Napier. Packard. Panhard, Por-
ter Rolls-Royce. Sunbeam and Winton.
Special custom coachwork exhibits are
by Aircraft Brooks-Ostruk. Fleetwood,
Healey, Holbrook, c. p. Kimball, Locke
Leon Rubay and United. In addition,
two famous aeronautical engines VIII
V7ae wi
two transatlantic flights to It's credit
and the Wright Hispano.
Interest in chassis design and con-
struction will be revived at this sea-
sons salon because the new models
shown enbody the real postwar Ideas
and the ultimate adaptation OF military
practices The advent of the English
Manchester. of which no end of stories
have come across the Atlantic, and the
return of the Napier. also OF England
the Minerva of Belgium and the Pan
hard OF France after long absences
hold promise of many developments
and innovations. No less interest CEN
tres in the new models OF Rolls-Royce
and Sunbeam of England Delage of
France and the Lancia of Italy
That Americas products suffer moth
ing in comparison with these naughty
aristocrats from abroad is proved by
the eleven makes of high grade domes-
tic chassis on exhibition. The Winton
makes its salon debut. while Packard
and I,ocomobile, chassis of latest model
are to be found at various custom
coachwork exhibits. The latest product
cf Deusenberg brothers, the develop
nent of noteworthy success IN racing
In the last few years. also makes Its
ton debut at the Commodore.
TIE practice among the distinguished
clientele of these aristocrats of motor
dom Is to purchase chassis and body
separately and in the design OF the
latter to have individual tastes and
ideas carried out Thus visitors to
the salon are particularly concerned
with the samples Of custom coachwor<
.-ri.-:.a.ad 90 thu vari3,5 chassis. They
will have rare feast, for there arc
over a hundred bodies on view rep
resenting a full score of types and no
two alike. The leading carrossiers Of
Europe and America embrace the an
nual Automobile Salon as the logical
time to introduce new creations which
serve to set the fashions in custom
coachwork for the following twelve
months. In this respect the salon VIII
be notable, as the custom coachwork
firms have been just as progressive as
the chassis makers and, being truly
artistic far more daring ia carrying
out their conceptions. As maximum
service and efficiency are the Goals
sought for by the high grade chassis
maker, so are extreme comfort and
convenience the aim of the carrossier.
Beauty of line, richness of finish. the
use of silver and gold fittings and rare
cloths and feathers all help to attain
this end.