New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
By Henry Caldwell

Il New York's premier closed car show,
Il sAieh viii be held for one week. be-
/ ginning tomorrow night, is interesting
I rem several angles.
1 Aanv OF the leading men in the auto
/ motive industry now firmly believe that
Il he ultimate vehicle of motor trans
L purtation viii be the closed car.
Il New York is bit tardy in holding
Il IN exhibition OF this character. Closed
/ car shows have been held for several
\ yesrs pas, a other and smaller cities
Nth marked success.
II Show VIII Have Fine Setting
/ But now that the empire city of the
/ United States has awakened to the pub
/ nc demand for such an exhibition, this
4 cne will be put on with fine setting.
\ It Will be representative display of
the eoach-builders' art. All the luxury
and fashion which so with the closed
motor carriage will be concentrated
under the roof of the 18th Infantry
Armory. 1t is inconcei7ablc that any
prospective buyer of car of this ex-
tlusive type will not be able to select
from this halfmillion dollar collection
Of limousines, broughams, Iandaulets.
soupes, etc, a carriage within the lin
its or his purse and adequate to his
! pleasure
Following the Closed Car Show there
viii be a Used Car Show. With four
snovs this winter it may be said that
the Motor King" has literally show
cred Father knickerbocker with his
tsvcrs, and the public may be bit con-
fused as to why We should have this
sudden burst of automobile exhibits.
Since the beginning of the automo-
bile industry the car manufacturers
nara always held an annual national
srov'r win the exception of 1919, in
New York, and for a number of years
the Importers Salon has been a winter
feature in the city's life. The car
makers. speaking through their orrani-
cation. the National Automobile Cham
uer of Commerce, have never per
mtted the automobile distributors of
/ New York to hold a show, with the ex-
\ eeption of 1919, when the makers
elected not 60 hold their regular ex-
aibition in this city
National Body Sanctions Show
This year Walter A. Woods, presi-
dent OF the Automobile Dealers AS
ISOLATION, Inc, of New York, went to
the Chamber of Commerce with such
strong argument that that august
Socy relented and gave sanction for
NOT only closed but a used car ex-
anit, under the auspices and direction
q tne dealers association to precede
Inc National show.
Il the affair is a sNccess, and it bids
20 oe reaf one, it IS quite likely that
N the future the New York automo-
olie distributors will be allowed to
aold an annual show. It may come to
pass, forsooth, that If the closed and
used car shows this year are as sue
eessIul as their promoters believe they
VII De, the Chamber of Commerce may
.orego the holding of national an
auai exhibit in New York and turn
ms important territory over to the
New York distributors. 4
\ ,ine closed models which arc to be
\ paced on exhibition tomorrow night
h VII oe, with possibly very few excep-
Iohs, the same as will be shown next
January by the manufacturers at the
1fand Central Palace. The show may
therefore, be correctly called curtain
Hlser for the national show of 1929.
while we in New York have for
many years been accustomed to see
spon our streets some stunning ex-
smpies of the closed car and while we
may De trife advanced beyond the
"eseern cities in this respect, the COM
.as crossed car exhibit will not only be
curtain raiser for the coming year,
Il wai also be an eye opener.
Il ihe very uniformity of the exhibit,
\ With no chassis or open models in view,
\ shouid make the exhibit far more at
aactive IN it's tout ensemble than a
nsslohai show where all types and
/ many freaks in body and chassis de-
1 1,sh are ciuttered haphazard together
sacer an old and absurd rule. accord
/ hhs hs 10 quantity production" rather
/ nsa1 uSan according to quality or beauty of
Il 70 vast number of visitors to for
/ Vet ssr national automobile shows in New
/ a aaorA and Chicago the crowds have
\ h.. Nv hot only too large for comfort,
sa.sS ny 90 large that it has often been i'm.
sSssDle for visitor to properly view
'"s ears In which he was Interested
me promoters of the coming clased
lat EXHIBIT naturally anticipate and
sspe to see generous attendance, |
Il sap'ed wlth animated buying, at the !
sme time they hope it will not be nee
;Ss'aiy to close the doors at O'Clock |
,sae evening and call out the police
4 'sserves to drive the angry mob away. |
1 eiosed Car an Acquired Taste
i Not every prospective car buyer in
NV iork, of course, is yet interested !
aa closed car. This is something of
ssa y, scquired taste, accompanied By the |
4 rssssssssary i bank account and position
4 o,; isie which is in keeping with the
oussientai LUXURY modern closed model
i sa,sss sas.s; At the same time there will !
:, aspsless be thousands of visitors with
sos,d Josed car appetite and an open car
..ss ms ! have already pointed out, the
ssIsuency Of the times is unquestion- |
y mss NJ toward the closed car Not 50
M Sears ago it was 20 consider |
nss ny extent town vehicle, greatly nd
sasa sso py women, but rather looked |
4 sh ~ upon By the gentlemen who had |
70 the buying. 1t WAS only to be
sSssE sssseEed that the woman would wins
ny nv sa1 snaiied upon sthe closed car and |
Ma ifs standfp- was assured. |
n'y" y IS no. for tlseman to decide.
= practically fesces snfp she limou-