Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
NINTH NEW ''EIC1T' PRODUCED: :
EMPHASIS is GIVEN TO TREAD
Car Introduced Last Week Becomes 2lst
on Market With This Increasing
Popular Type of Motor.

the original sin of the eight-cylinder
car-higher operation cost.
In connection with the new cars
there is another pitfall yavninE for
the man who goes in for general
classifications. They are not all
straight Fights. although all but one
are.
The La Sale is the new eight that
has motor distinction that quite sets
1t off from the others. The latest
! product of the Cadillac Motor Car Co
has a s0-degree, V.type. eight-cylinder|
engine built according 10 the principle
employed for "a years by the company
that sponsors It. An analysis of the
specifications Of the La Sale. however
| reveals 1t to he an entirely new car.
| as It's sponsors declare, and not n
little Cadillac
In this connection II is interesting
10 note that the producers of this car
| nave departed from the precedent es-
tablished by others in the industry
They have given IL an entirely new
name. and are leaving no stone un-
! turned in their efforts to make it un-
derstood that IT, is an altogether diff
! ferent product from its cornpa Mon.
| the Cadillac. In all other cases makers
| OF new Fights this year have been
! content 10 attach the old name plate
Motor Sizes Are Varied.
While comfort. speed, hexihilitv.
! power. economy and beauty are rela.
| lively generic in these newer cars
| various manufacturers have employ
| ed different techniQues to attain these
| ends and, OF course, with varying
| measures of success. For instance.
the new cars show great differences
in ono ifnA e1s.ya It'll
| mon, the smallest, boasts Of 100 cubic
| inches piston displacement, the La
Sale has 300. The others range be-
tween or are above these figures
In mechanical design these new
cars have brought into prominence
many interest-compelling features
| The new Paige eight, for instance, )
strikes an entirely new note with
it's four-speed transmission, uniaue
among American passenger ears.
Among the advanced engineering
| principles embodied in the Little Mar.
mon Is an anti-scuff valve which rs
sures positive fabrication Of the evil
fnder walls in starting In any kind of
weather. The ElcaF boasts Of the use
| ot cork as a silencer for engine body
and chassis noises.
In the matter of body design some
strikingly vivid effects have been
achieved. This is emphaticalIy true of
the La Sale and Marmon. The former
Is produced in six body styles, four
of which are on display I'm the Spring
salon at the Washington-Cadillac Co.
| shoWrooms. In exterior appeara nee
most emphatically does the car differ
from the pioneer product of it's maker
Slightly smaller. 1t achieves an alto
gether different effect in the low
pleasingly proportioned. raciness of
line that is Immediately impressive
Body Lines Distinctive.
Smart originality. youthfulness and
Zest are expressed in the coupe, con.
vertible coupe. passenger phae-
ton and fve-passenger sedan which
are being shown.
The narrow radiator, one of the
general characteristics of the latest
Fights, is utilized to excellent effect in
all models.
Performance figures on the newer
Fights reveal the remarkable strides
made toward economy of operation
| The Marmon, definitely smaller type
of eight, will yield from Is 10 % miles
according to its sponsors. Similar
mileage yield Is claimed for the Au.
burn and Gardner, also light ma
chimes. The La Sale, heavier car,
has proved itself capable Of aehiev.
ing Is miles to the gallon.
In speed the new Fights are among
the fastest cars in the country A
ma jOrity Of them are declared to do
20 to Is miles an hour. Acceleration
figures, which reveal amazing Aex-
Utility in some cases. are similarly i'm
pressive
Regardless of the perspective from
which one views them, the new Fights
are one of the most interesting trends
in the automotive industry. OF vary
ing price. varying beauty. varying
performance and efficiency, IL Is quite
| apparent that there is an eight" for
| every taste.
All manufacturers are ready to go
into heavy production when the Sc
ductive mantle Of Spring descends
AT the moment the eight is in the as
eendancy. When books are balanced
at the end of the buying season the
sutomotive observer will have some
excellent statistics upon which TO base
sn answer to- the question:: How
many cylinders?