The Washington times., 1921-11-27
AUTO SHOW
NOTES

eCtlvltios-Ilr0t the salon IN NeW
York, scheduled for November 27-De-
cember > q the Commodore; then the
National New York show in the Grand
Central Palace. January to is. and
two weeks later the second national
show In Chicago.
Consequently, We find the car man.
ufacturers extremely busy In planning
for these annual exhibitions, writes c.
@. Sinsabaugh In Motor Life. An
nouncement Of new models follow each
other with bewildering rapidity and
the stage IL being Get for the car own
srs who Will be invited to study 1922
styles and place their orders accord.
insly.
ule, necessarily II being talked of most
right now, for the indications are that
It win eclipse any previous effort on
the part OF Emanuel Lascaris. In the
Salon we will find such well-known
makes ~ Brewster cunningham, Dan
iels, Delage French). Doris, Dueoen-
berg, Fergus. Fiat Utalian). La Fay
cite. Lancia utalian). Lincoln. Loco
mobile. McFArlan, Mercedes (German),
Minerva Belgian), Packard. Panhard,
Pterce-Arrow. Renauit French), Rolls
Royce English), Stevens Duryea. sun
beam (Engiish), Winton, Biddle. Cadil-
lac. Richelieu, Lancaster English),
and Mailer. Then. too. there win be
custom coachwork exhibits by Brews.
ter. Brhsoks- Ostruk, Fleetwood. Heal
ey. Holbrook. Locke. New Haven Car.
rage Company. Smith-Springfisld,
Clark Peace. De Cause. and the Wal.
ter M. Murphy Company.
Fine body work. Of course, win be
the keynote OF the salon, and there
10 keen rivalry on all sides to exhibit
the finest that the designers of this
country and Europe can produce. The
fAct that the salon only permits the
exhibition Of high priced cars has pro
duced this rivalry.
Never before have the national
shows stirred the manufacturers to
extraordinary efforts to give the car
owners something to talk about a.
have New York and Chicago this time.
There are to be ninety-four different
makes at New York ~ compared with
eighty-seven last year and eishty.two
Will be shown at Chicago. New York
will have only two foreign cars, the
italian italia and the English Vaux-
hall. The Italian FRAT. after being
fifteen years In the national shows,
has Como TO the salon because of
better display advantages. On the
other hand. We will find several new
ones At New York. namely the Ricken.
hacker. DurAnt, Ambassador, Mona,
leach. Stanley. Hatfield. Essex. Bour.
nonville. Hadley.Knight. Willis Sainte
Claire and Kelsey. Some of these.
notably Essex. Stanley and the Hand.
ley-Knight have been on the market
for several years. but this IL the first
time the show gates have been opened
to them.
The Rickenbacker undoubtedly win
be the baby OF the show. for II 10 going
to rush Americas ace OF aces to get
his product ready for exhibition. The
Rickenbacker company was formed
only a few months ago, but in this
fine plant in. Detroit and Is all set
for the invasion Of the American mar
ket. 1t will be a nix cylinder around
the 81 500 mark but up to now Captain
Rickenbacker has not gone into de-
tails. saving his story for the New
York show. 1t IL a testimonial to
him that the National Automobile
Chamber OF Commerce should break
a precedent by admitting his company
to membership before II has been a
year In production.
THE National show list Of car ex-
hibitors this year 10 an interesting ono,
reading as follows: Buick. Dodge.
Studebaker, Cadillac, Willys-Overland,
Chevrolet. Nash, Hudson. Oldsmobiie.
Paige. Chandler, Hupmobile. Packard,
REQ, bort. Cleveland. Marmon. Peer.
less, Pierce-Arrow. Haynes, velie, Lin
coin, Lexington, Maxwell, Jordan, Au-
burn. Stephens, Stearns, Chalmers.
Gardner, Stutz, Cole. Locomobile.
Moon, Liberty, Briscoe. Mitchell, FL
gin. Grant. Mercer, La Fayette. Case.
National. H. c. s., Apperson, Roarfier.
Westcott kisssl Templar Columbia,
Holmes, Elkhart. Davis, Premier.
Standard Steel, Crow. r q v. McFar.
Ian. Saxon. King. Maibohm, Anderson,
jackson, Doris. Dixie Flyer, Savers,
Milburn, Detroit. Electric Paterson,
Pilot. -Duryea, Monroe, Han.
son, Du Pont. Commonwealth, Kline,
Rauch a Lang. Durant. Hadley-
Knight, Wills Sainte Claire. Ambassa-
dor, Stanley, Mona, Leach. Hatfield.
Bournanville, Essex. Rckenbacker
and Kelsey.
"As proving they are ready for the
shows, several of the makers have
just made 1922 announcements. They
are not first to do this, however, for
some manufacturers have been out
with 1892 Jobs for several months. But
right now we find interest In the an.
nouncemsnts Of Cadillac, Hudson. Jor-
dan and REQ. old timers, and Richie
lieu. which 10 just coming on the mar
ket.
Cadillac comes out with its new
model 81. which retains the basic fea-
turs OF the old line but which has
many mechanical changes. First Of
all, only one chassis and that with
a wheslbass OF 132 inches, IL made and
the car 10 lower to the ground through
the fitting Of wheels equipped with
3ax6-inch tires in place of the S6x5.
axle housing, which Ia the low point
of the chassis. the car Is brought
lower to the ground and with the
same clearance ~ In other models,