The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-29
Big CHANGE HAS.
COME ABOUT IN
CAR INDUSTRY.
Observer For New York Auto
Show News Tells of Visit
10 Annual Exhibit

A distinct change has come in the
motor car industry if the eyes Of the
Observer were seeing right when he
viewed the exhibits at Grand Central
Palace, says the New York Automo-
bile Show News of recent date anent
the New York automobile show.
Last year it was a patchwork quilt
of varied colors and fancy trimmings.
This year it is an impressive showing
Of highly developed mechanical prod
ucts.
Low swung bodies have come into
vogue. Some at the show seemed to
be not more than G5 inches from the
ground to the top of the roof
Compactness has been adopted by
the leading builders with some note
worthy accomplishments in the. way
of interior room.
Three New Fights
Stearnsknight, Paige and Chand-
. Ter are out with new "eights." The
+. b. Stearns Company seem to lead
in interest due to the fact that their
eight is knight sleeve valve
motor.
The conspicuous new products are
the Whippet Six, the Erskine Six
and the new little harmon which
has an eight-cylindcred motor.
The Whippet Six is the only one
Of these three which has standard
tread. One Of the two others has
fifty-four inch tread while the
third has tread of fifty four and
half inches.
Among the light skies there have
been no radical changes presented
Details Of equipment and finish have
been altered and show improve
ments in this regard
E Whippet Six Rugged
The Whippct Six looked amazing
~ rugged alongside the others in
its class.
Inquiry disclosed the fact that the
public had anticipated four-wheel
brakes on the new Essex. They
were lacking as they were on the
two Star models and on the Chevro-
let.
1t will be interesting to watch de-
yelopments in this regard for, four
wheel brakes are here to stay and
Will become necessity on all cars
according to engineers in the in
dustry.
The bodies Of the two Whippet
models were conspicuously low in
comparison with those on other cars
in the same price class. Jordan and
Franklin were showing unusually
low bodies and Stutz maintains the
same position it occupied last year
in this respect. Essex is being
shown with entirely new hood lines
in coach, sedan and coupe models.
WHY'S FOursOme Fav0rite
There has been much attention
paid to coach work by the larger
builders. Willys-Kpight, Stearns-
knight, Packard, Cadillac, Pierce.
Arrow and Lincoln stand out con-
spicuously for the attention paid
to the details of coach construction.
The Observers vote would go to
the Willy-knight Great Six Four
some, the Cadillac Phaeton with
Victoria top and the Packard eight
Phaeton for high position in exam
pies of body art. These bodies are
conspicuous for dignity, refinement
sand rare good taste.
One thing is obvious. Buying is
being concentrated on a few lines
and the smaller manufacturers are
not occupying the place they did
few years ago. 1t is in the air all
through the show. WHY'S Overland,
with its complete market coverage.
the General Motors group, Packard,
the Hudson-Essex combination and
Nash Motors hold the chief interest
Of show visitors. That's the impress
sion Observer had when he left the
Grand Central Palace.