Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
AUTO FOR EVERY TASTE
TO BE OFFERED IN 1926
Every Purse Aim Giving Way to New
Ideal-Better Design and Quality to
Be Objective of Many.

the quickest stop ever recorded by
car. The Willys-knight Is the only
popular priced car with the Knight
engine. The new Oakland engine Is
the only power plant with the Har-
monte balancer, an ingenius bar that
rides the front end Of the crankshaIt
and neutralizeS vibration.
Even Ford has refused to initiate.
Rumor had it that the traverse spring
and the planetary transmission system
would be abandoned. But the Ford
still is distinctive, though greatly i'm
proved. One of the most surprising
angles to individuality is the new
trends in the assembling of carS. The
list of failures is generally supplied
with names of companies that built
assembled cars. yet despite the great
success of such companies as Stude-
baker, that build practically every
thing that goes into their products,
assembled cars like Kissel. Moon, Jor-
dan, Velie and Davis are becoming
distinctive for the individual and pain
stalking way their units are put to-
gether.
Chassis Noted as Factor.
In the chassis one finds the basis
of many a cars individuality. Lex
ington, for instance, is now widely
recognized for its rugged frame and
mon. 1t offers steel running boards
and pioneers with the side bumper"
idea. Flint carries the distinguished
Durant conception-the tubular back
bone, device that makes it possible
to drive a Flint with three wheels, so
rigid is the frame. Chandler Is noted
for its traffic transmission. This fea.
| ture, combined with it's four-wheel
brakes, makes it the car unique
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safety. Buick makes a special appeal
with its sealed chassis. Instead Of
adopting one cleaning device, Buick
has adopted every accessory that will
keep out dirt, water and foreign mat.
ter. Even the universal joints are
dirt proof and automatically fabricated.
Chrysler is generally recognized as
one of the cars best described by the
term fleet" 1t is a feature obtained
through expert design. Junior Eight
is not only a popular edition of the
Miller straight eight racing engine but
the first marketed valve-in-head eight
ln-iine power plant. The new Hup-
mobile six offers something distinctive
with regard to its front brakes, which
are of the three-shoe internal expand
ing. or Bendix. type. Wills-Sainte
Claire is another of the strikingly
original cars, being the only one with
completely detachable head. valve
and camshaft unit. The new six
model has provision for keeping the
engine Oil cool by water circulation.
Other Special Features.
Paige and Jewett cars have auto.
matte take-ups on the front end drive
chains. Paige has metal universal
joints so sealed that greasing is re-
quired only once every 5000 miles.
Though the Nash cars are skies, they
have a distinctive firing order and
carry generator and fan mounted and
driven as single unit. Peerless occu-
pies a unique position, manufacturing
highly refined Weight, a high grade
six and now one of the lowest priced
big skies ever offered. Peerless skies
embody manifold design that is direct
ly opposed to conventional practice.
A motorist can have his choice.
There Is the most beautiful car in
America, the molybdenum car, the
car for the millions with the million
dollar motor-each making some spe.
cial appeal. Even in the designing
been struck. The engineers offer a
car with the right metal in the right
place, chrome vanadium steel here,
nickel steel there. aluminium in an
other place. While WHY'S and
Stearns are both powered with knight
motors, each has it's own Individual
tiles and bids for it's special follow
ing.
Apparently it has become evident
to the manufacturers that as the num-
Der Of makes decreases the future Of
any one make depends upon its abil-
ity to offer something individual.
Without individuality at this time all
cars would begin to look, perform and
operate alike. The factories that
could turn out the biggest production
would corner the business.
Motordom Divided Into Camps.
1t also Is recognized that there is
no accounting for tastes and that
motordom is divided into camps"
The sensible plan is to build cars to
meet the requirements of the different
groups Of motorists. Thus Gray is
designed to enable owners Of smaller
cars to step into the group Of larger
and more powerful cars. Duessen-
berg is for those who want race track
performance and precision combined
with luxury. Rolfs-Royce is for those
who can have what most motorists
simply long for.
All down the line individuality Is
the keynote. It means a greater va
riety of makes and models, despite an
actual reduction in the number Of
makes.
Copyright. 1926.)