The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-04
Hupnobile Eight:
Now on Display;
Four Body Styles
Engineers Worked on New
Designs for Nearly Two
Years; Many Revolu-
tionary Features.

Motor Car corporation believe the
public has long desired went on dis
play in the showrooms of the Stew
art Motor company, Hupmobile dis
tributors Saturday.
Tho new eight Is an addition to
the line of successful four-cylinder
cars the company has produced for
16 years. The new car is built In
four body styles of distinctive ap-
pearance, roadster, touring car, four
passenger coupe and five-passenger
sedan.
Planned for Two Years.
Realizing the advantages of the
eight t-in-line principle in its smooth
power. flexibility and inherent free
dom from vibration. Hupp engineers,
during nearly two years of planning,
designing and testing the car, studied
the designs and results obtained from
every leading multicylindered car
ever placed on the market here and
IN Europe. Smoothness of perform
ance at all speeds, all-around reliabil-
ity and an economy of operation
heretofore unknown to the eight
cylinder field, were features toward
which they built. Actual road tests
aggregating more than $1,000 miles
during the last year have. they say.
proved that the features they desired
have been incorporated in the car.
A score or more of fundamental
and revolutionary features have been
built; more power per cubic inch of
ones include: The shortest, most
compact elght-in-line engine ever
built, more power per cubic inch of
piston displacement than any pre-
vious multy-cylinder automobile en-
gine; no ''roughness" anywhere in
the engines entire speed range, COM
pactness for handling and parking.
with unusual roominess and riding
: comfort balanced combination of
speed, Juggling power and rapid ac-
celeration, with full power develop
ment transmitted to the wheels with
minimum frictional loss; unusual gas
oline economy. both in continuous
high speed operation and at a steady
2o-mile-an-hour pace; outstanding ease
of starting. operating and stopping
A combustion chamber particularly
designed to produce tho highest de-
gree of power efficiency which can
pc combined with utmost smoothness,
iesign of crankshAft, connecting rods
and pistons new to American engi-
neering, resulting in inherent smooth.
ness and eliminating crAnkshaft whip
and distortion. tremendous flsxibility.
both in the engine ana throughout
the car.
Unusua2 Mechanical YeakmeA
Tho crankshaft pistons, combus-
ton chambers. valve mechanism.
cooling system, starter ana generator
are among the cars unusual mschan-
ical features.
Engine is Of the Lhead typs. In
common with advanced engineering
practice both bore and stroke are
small. Bore Is AZ inches and broke
Az giving . 24sinch engine displace-
nent from which more than so brake
horsepower Is obtain at 27oo revolu-
lions per minute. Taxable horsepow-
er~is 26.45. It Is through special
hlilding methods that full horsepower
Is transmitted through the chassis
units into the actual driving mechan-
inn with minimum fr,ctional loss.
The firing order varies decidedly
from other eight-in-line engines. being
1y5-2.3-s-4-76. This rotation, the en-
gfneers point out. distributes the fir
ing moro uniformly over the crank
Shaft than the conventional system,
minimizing vibration and breaking the
sequence. The result can readily be
detected in driving.
Brakes are Lockheed hydraulic on
ALI wheels. As worked out in con-
junction with Hupp engineers. the
brake bands can be set with greater
clearance. eliminating possibility Of
friction drag and affording longer
wear for the lining, which is new
type of specially woven. doube.oom-
pressed material. The emergency
brake is of the external contracting
type, operating on the transmission
Balloon tires, specially constructed
for. the car are Of six-ply cords, 80
by s. With tread a combination of rib
and all weather for greater safety
and silence. Balloon tire snuhbers
both front and rear are likewise
Standard, as are natural wool wheels
Disc wheels are available at small
e1tra cost. .Wheelbase ia 11sh
inches
All bodies are finished in Duco,
With options of Hupmobile blue or
beige (tan) offered with each model.
Upholstery In open cars is genuine
hand-crushed Spanish leather, either
blue or tan to match the optional
:oblors. Platinum gray or rich brown
WOOL mohair is optional in closed
models to harmonic with body colors
Standard Equipment.
Standard equipment for each model
iricludes automatic windshield wiper,
Automatic radiator shutters for cold
weather convenience, cowl ventilator.
rear view mirror. transmission lock,
gasoline gauge on dash, and combIna.
tion handy lamp and cigar lighter,
with cord sufficient 10 reach around
entire outside OF the car. Curtains
for, the open models swing freely
With doors and are practically air
and water tight. Heaters are stand
ard on closed models.
BODY hardware for tho sedan and
coupe is OF permanent satin nickel
finish. which does not grow shiny
Window lifters are of the noiseless
gear type. Side windows are small,
in accordance with advanced prac.
tice, with larger back window for
clear rear vision. WIndshields--one
piece on all modeIs--are wholly water
tight. Visor is inbuilt with the roof