Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-13
MONTE STONE WILL EXHIBIT
HIGHEST GRADELIGHT CARS
Packards Offerings Excel Even Expectations of the
Ma wake on Display Give Unusual Gasoline
Mileage and Supply nsistent. Demand of Public

. The present Automobile Show Is
orheu 10y "a" nrst appearance OF
Eht cars OF the highest sradc--cars
hich VIII undoubtedly lie the pio-
GERS OF many competing models
'ys Mont" Stone. For "A humber OF
Ears practically all ~ the makers
nigh grad" automobiles have been
experimenting IN the effort To bring
W an automobile which should COM
me Win the utmost quality that
~ science OF automobile" making has
n rN'topcd, light weight, greater econ
Dmy ana the other advantages which
are desired by men OF moderate in
come who sun demand the tnes, type
OF equipment. Packard feels that
II Is peculiarly fortunate in that il,
has been successful in producing The
hrst OF thcs. vehicles and that it's
product Is even better than 1t had
Qualities nesidrs Price.
There has for many years been an
insistent demand on the par; OF the
TO supplement- the large cars. con
tinues MIR. stone. which have hereto
fore be"n the only Grst-clas. vehicles
mnnutactnrcd There have becn other
qualities wanted beside Il price lower
than thc one II has been necessary
TO put on the big cars. The public
mas wished vehicle OF shorter wheel
base and lighter weight. q general
purpose car more easily maneuvered
in traffic. one that would park in "A
shorter space at the curb and that
would be more easily driven by WON
en-. II dcina nded also that this light
ear should give unusual gasoline
mileage and tire mileage and that IL
should nc able TO keep out OF the re-
pair shop III" longest possible time
and REQUIRE the least possible atten-
ton from its owner or driver.
IN snort, what has hern demanded
wns moderate priced. high grade
car. particularly suitable for the
owncr-drivcr. especially If the driver
We're TO he woman.
The efforts TO produce this kind
Of car have been exhaustive. and
nave hnally hccn successful. The
issht car opens II new field in Amer
lean ear Manufacture. Cars OF this
Tyne are the NJ companlons Of the
ienrst cars. Comparisons show that
they are less descrhnhis only In those
things which go with weigh; and
size, TheE have almost equal speed.
liability and great smoo;hne<s Of
operation. AS an Offset to their
nile sic. they have The greater
ease OF mancuvering and also the
grrater. rro;.lmy both in hrst cost
Is suitable Equivalent.
The HELD that they Will occupy is
entirely distinct from that OF the
and In speed: the larger automobiles
VIII always hold first place. In this
the smaller car can never cnmnetc.
but the high-grade light car viii iii
hitherto been occupied in America
only hy cars OF inferior grade. There
VIII be large number Of automo-
bile owners who Will feel tina their
motor equipment IL incomplete with
out cars of both types in their ga
rage; and another large number, un-
able or unwilling to meet the costs
of the larger car, will find In this
smaller car OF equal grade. satis-
factory equivalent.
It is inevitable that as the public
learns that cars OF this Tyne arc now
rapidly. II is impossible to forecast
low great this demand will ultimately
but there e no question that IL
Al be far greater than any possible
ysE3Dly for some years to come.