The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
HARD TO PARK
 IN BIG CITIES
Serious Consideration Should Be
 Given To Need For Wider Streets s7

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. '16.-Declar- ling yesterday .that physical saturn, tion for the motor car is more feared than any economic saturation, Waltef F. Chrysler, whose new car, the Chrys- Ter. six, has created such a widespread favorable impression in the various cities where it has been displayed, ex- plained yesterday why he and his or ganizatiof designed the Chrysler six as they did. n,
 "Motorists, especially those living in and about the larger cities, are find ing. it more difficult every day to park in the downtown sections of those cities" "Pat" Murphy, of Dominick Murphy Co.,, said. "They want to use their cars for business, since this use makes possible considerable saving in time and money. But when it is nee essary to hunt for 15 minutes to an hour for place to park, much of this saving is lost.
 "rhe automobile industry needs to de. vote serious attention to, securing for fits customers more and wider streets, better planned main traffic arteries and less vehicular iconYestion generally. Mil lions more, people can be sold cars in this country alone if these handicaps to physical operation dre ilessened. :,
 ."Ofl nearly 14,O0O, 900 automobiles in use in the United. States today, do you realize that more than 40 per cent have wheel base of only 96 inches? In ad- dition to all these cars there are hun dreds of thousands of other cars with only slightly longer wheel base. If one of these cars pulls out of park ing space it leaves a maximum. spaces sof perhaps 200 inches, including room to turn. .E s
 "You, want toslget into that space with your car.i But with a large, heavy car it is impossible. corporation set out more than three years ago ito build an automobile that would fit. into an ayerage-sized park ing space and could be steered into it without, effort. Yet they realized that with. these desirable features must be combined the riding comforts and lux uries of raominess generally realized only in larger and heavier cars. F.,
 Comfort in motor car has hereto fore been generally associated with heavy weight and long wheel basa Most people gained the mistaken im- pression that the heavier a car the easier it rode. But they knew that a large, heavy automobile cost more mon- ey to operate. Thus the public ideal has become a car that combines the riding qualities of the heavier and larg- CT cars with the tire and gasoline econ omy and the 'parkability' of the smaller cars.
 "I believe that those people who have to date had opportunity to ride in the new Chrysler six will, agree that this car actually combines all those funda- mental abilities. The Chrysler has ex- tra large tires, great resiliency and du- rability. We have used in it an en- tirely new spring mounting, with very thin leaves of vanadium steel. This lieye, entirely eliminated sidesway. When the -Chrysler hits bump the car istraightens out over it, without bouncing, as is generally the case Com- bined with .snubbers, this makes un- usually comfortable riding. The extra deep frame has given rigidity through out the chassis. The tubular cross members prevent weaving. Weight has been put where weight counted, and only where weight was necessary. The touring .car,s for instance, weighs only 2,650 pounds, fully ready for the road, though it rides as steadily and easily as aetwo-ton car. .@. (.
 All of this has been accomplished with an overall length of just 160 inches-readily parkable in the space vacated by any car-yet there is ann pie room for five large adults to stretch their legs in comfort .-4 'The Chrysler is, we believe, the first scientific attempt in car design to over come the physical obstacles to increas- ing motor car 6peration."