Evening star., 1922-03-29
EXPECT AUTO SHOW
TOBREAK RECORD
Yesterdays Attendance Was
3,50OHMany Orders OBJ
tanned at Exhibit.

That the attendance at the 1922 edi-
tion Of the automobile show. being
held at Convention Hall this week,
will eclipse any previous mark is in
dicated by the large crowds when
have been passing into the fuilding
day and night since last saturday
when the show opened. Thirty-f1ve
hundred persons attended yesterday
and las. night. some of them on their
second and third visits.
Orders are being clicked up and
general air of prosperity and we'll
being exudes from the nearly fifty
di distributors who are acquainting the
motorists of Washington with the
latest in motor car designs. w nile tne
purpose of the show is not primarily
to sell cars off the floor, the general
air of optimism prevailing is sufficient
to show that not only is the auto
mobile industry as a whole emerging
from the depression of present times,
but that many sales are being maze
nightly and daily to enthusiastic mo
torists who see in some particular
car their ideal.
Place to Select n Car.
b. And, when all is taken into con-
sidera tion, the automobile show is
the place to select a car. There the
motorist has the opportunity to look
over and compare practically all the
cars on the American market II the
car ne selects can stand this test or
comparison the buyer is almost sure
to be satisfied with it. He is not in
a position to say, after he has bought
the car, that he did not see such and
such a make before he did so. He
can see them all, hear about Them
from courteous statesmen and decide
at his leisure. Many of .he second
or third time visitors returned to the
show for the sole purpose of putting
their names on the dotted line fer
delivery next Monday of the shining
creations which now adorn the show
floor.
Any Investment Good
The automobile has unquestionably
reached a stage in development where
investment in any make is good
one. The manufacturers have striven
to bring the industry to this point.
Conveniences and equipment are now
offered to the buyer which heretofore
have not been thought of.
Along with the passing of the hand
cranked motor and the bulb horn,
motorists. on the average car of to-
day, are offered radiator devices for
the automatic regulation of the tenn
perature of the motor, special vapor-
izing devices on the carburetor.
motcrmeter which tells at all time
the exact temperature of the motor.
spotlights. r-lighters. rear-view
mirrors. windshield cleaners, wind
shield sunshades. bumpers. compart-
mentS and trunks. OF course, the
special items of equipment vary on
the different cars.
Complete In Every Sense.
For instance, makers of one car
have adopted a speciality of selling
their product in Washington on the
following plan: The buyer will walk
into the salesroom and order the car.
He is told that the price is s3.475
complete. He asks, What does that
mean somplsts The salesman ;n this rse ase
means that for the price mentioned
the car will be delivered to the GUS
toner with bumper on front. motor
meter on the radiator, rear-view mir
and tire cover. anti-freeze solution in
the radiator, ten gallons of gas, two
gallons Of oil and a District license.
In other words. the car is complete"
in every sense of the word-the owner
Is able to drive the car Immediately
onto the street with no tiresome de-
lays to take away any of the pleas
ure of the possession of a new au-
tomobile.
Accessory Industry Large.
The accessory industry. which has
kept pace with the auto industry, is
rapidly assuming tremendous pIopoI-
tions. The auto, without the present.
day equipment. would be a funny
thing to behold. The accessory men
have shown an inventive genius
which is uncanny; they seem to know
exactly what the motorist will want
on his car. and. no matter how diff
cult the task, have been able to pro-
vide it. An instance of this is cited
in the invention of an automatic
windshield cleaner. which operates
from the vacuum in the manifold.
Accessory makers realized that it
was hard and tiresome work for the
motorist to continually take his hand
off the steering wheel to wipe off the
windshield, hence the automatic
cleaner.
Everything mentioned is there at
the show, ready to be inspected.
Don't delay any longer; drop in to-
night and see the greatest automobile
show ever staged under the auspices
of the Washington Automotive Trade