The New York herald., 1921-01-09
REQ LINE SHOWS
MANY REFINEMENTS
Improvements in Design and
Fittings Add Value to Well
Known Chassis.

Refinement in design and distinctive
ness In appearance has for fourteen
years been the aim of the REQ Motor Car
Company. and the models shown in the
Palace .%::.,>ct the standard Of the COM
pany to the highest degree.
There have been few changes and none
of them radical in the REQ during the
last year. In designing the present
models the company looked ahead, with
the result that the present car Is not a
season or a yearly model. but machine
that will be up to date for years to come.
Automobile building has practically
reached the top when 1t comes TO famil-
lar models, and except for specially built
tops there really have been few changes
In body designs.
OF the three REQ cars on the floor the
six" sedan is one of the show cars of
-the exposition. In outward appearance
a most beautiful example of motor car
building, ii avoids the extreme, because
REQ engineers have made point to turn
out a type that will not be out of style
in two or three years. The note of re-
finement that predominates' in the con-
struction is apparent even to a novice,
and the finish and mountings are OF a
nature that will appeal to persons OF
good taste.
Nothing is skimped in the interior OF
the car. It being roomy both as regards
width and leg room. while the bevelled
edge stream lines add to its attractive
appearance from an external view.
In stability and peauty the REQ six
coupe is considered one of the classical
models of this type on the market. This
car also is more strilIingly handsome in
appearance and more luxuriously equipped
than last years model. The changes
are. as with all REQ models. of con-
servative character, and the vehicle as
whole is one the most fastidious could
be proud of. Womenfolk who prefer to
drive their own car find the REQ coupe
well adapted for shopping. calling and
even touring cross country with friends
Professional and business men have also
found the coupe to be adaptable for their
needs and it enjoys immense popularity
in the two last named classes.
A six" touring car that would i'm
mediately interest the motor public was
what was asked of the REQ engineers
and designers when the REQ company
decided to put new model in the field.
The manufacturers wanted something to
fit into the REQ standard. and that is
what they got Thoroughly tested, the
the critical REQ clientele. and always
the demand has been greater than the
supply.
Probably the feature Cf the REQ Is the
six" engine The company protited
greatly in experiments during the war,
and the motor that has been designed
Is really six" of power and STABILITY.
Static balance and dynamic balance are
as nearly perfect as it is possible 70 get
them. For the benefit of the layman II
might be stated that crankshaft Is in
balance, statically, when the weights on
either side of its longitudinal centre ere
equalized. But it may be badly out Oh
balance dynamically. the effect or TINS
being to make the opposite ends gyTate
violently when revolving. This is caused
by a slight excess OF weight at one emu
By means of a new device the REQ smart
is equalized at the vertical centre, II
thus being balanced both staucaily anu
dynamically and all vibrations elnh-
mated. Such an Accomplishment is one
of the greatest strides ever made IN
motor manufacture
REQ cars continue to be placed on tne
same REQ standard chassis, such as is
shown along with the car. No one mas
ever suggested an Improvement, so tnat
the changes that will be noticed are OF
refsnement only. The REQ chassis mas
never had any revolutionary, freaklsn
or sensational features, and 1t never VIII
have any. Yet the chassis eliminates
many little Inconvenience that some
times bother an owner-orlVer
"dona gun" olling method being the
most important. This is standard on
every car. and as it is most easily
s,lled. II will be fillcd oftener. and thus
aid the careless owner or driver tc ada
to the life of his car.