Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-25
Color and Distinction Called
keynote of Automobile ShOw
Gay Hues and Pleasing Lines Big Fea-
lures, But Beauty in 1925 Models Is
More Than Surface Deep.

wide choice OF color schemes among
any one makes display as well.
TT Is true that a number of new
Developments within the past year
| have been AIDED 20 majority of cars
and that these features would seem
to make for greater similarity, but
| the motorist who analyses tho Gtua-
ton carefully will realize that GER
tain improvements represent progress
| which cannot be sacrificed to disttnc-
| ton. It rs all well and good to select
r type of motor one feels has distinc-
| tive advantages. but to do without
some comfort feature just for the
sake of distinction would be poor
policy.
Individual Features.
Behind the new features that are
generally adopted there Is the in
herent distinction of the standard
car makers that are still in the
field AS a matter of fact, this in
herent distinction has been accentu-
ated by individual features in the way
of construction, design, lines and en-
gineering.
"All this lends color to the new
cars and makes the automobile show
an exhibit where a motorist can GO
and find just the car that meets with
his individual taste. If you will run
over a list of the cars to be displayed
1t is surprising to note what q diff
ferent picture each car brings to
mind, yet how respected each MAKE
is. This years show is not just a list
of names. 1t is a list Of ditinctive
makes.
This matter Of distinction has been
kept in the background chiefly be
cause of a certain sameness in the
| outward appearance Of cars. True,
there have been clans among motor
lists, groups that would have one
make Of car and no other. Usually
these represented cars that stood out
with a certain individuality But
generally speaking, most stock cars
have been black dark blue or green,
and after a few months of service
you couldn't tell one from another.
Color Has Added Distinction.
"All this is passing with the advent
Of bright colors for bodies, interiors
and wheels Whereas a car that
showed some individuality in lines
with conventional paint schemes
might be distin guished If placed be
side cars of a much lower-price class
this same car today stands out con
spicuously even among cars of com
parable grade. Color has accom-
plIshed this.
Even in so standard a develop
ment as the coach type of closed
car the inherent individuality is
shown in a number of ways Each
company that makes coach has
given it its own Interpretation. The
result is that if a motorist prefers
this development in body arrange
ment he can have il without in an
way sacrificing his desire for indi
viduality.
What is true of body models is
true Of mechanical features anu
equipment. Just because the speciff-
cations of a half dozen cars along one
aisle of the show seem to match Is
no reason to assume that there is any
sameness. There may be very great
difference in the application of these
features-as great a distance as there
Is in the hues of the hoods.
Color is the outstanding thing you
Will see at the show, but color that
Is more than tin deep. We are enter
Ing the era Of complete distinction in
motor cars and the show unfolding
this week is the first of its kind to
reveal this fact convipcingly.''