Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23
OWNERS PRAISE
new ROOSEVELT
Performance Records Indi-
cate Car Earning Pub
lies Approval

With thousands Of new Roosevelt
cars already in the hands OF own
ers. performance records coming
from all PARTS Of the country in
dictate that Marmon's newest
straiRht-eight. the first in the ST.
600 field. Is earning a full measure
Of approval from the public.
Well aware Of the truth of the old
sdage. "the proof Of the pudding"
Marmoa sales officials. in collabor-
alton with the factory service de-
nartment. have completed a detail
ed Investigation Of owner experience
with the Roosevelt for the purpose
81 accurately gauging the records
nf the first several thousand If the
neT al To reach their ultimate
users.
Hundreds oI new Rocsevelts al
ready have mileage records on their
sDeedometers that reach into five
figures" said Thomas F.. ,Tarrard.
harmon general sales director.
Great satisfaction has heen eX-
dressed every where by Roosevelt
owners. the performance OF the car
its speed and economical operation
having beer couclusivelv demon
stFated throtiFh dav ~ and dav out
usage by owners in all parts Of the
country.
The Nerformance record ~ the
Roosevelt. IN fact. has definitely
pushed irto the discard the old
huFaboo Of a 'first-vear-car.' for II
Is now m established fact IN the
minds n motorists Tire country over
that automotjve enpireers test and
prove every detail of the desirn and
construction Of a rev car before 1t
Is riaced IN manufacture.
THE Roosevelt. ~ course. X ~
s'straiVht-eight dasion Unon which
Maruon hos specialized for a lone
neriod. T. INCORPORATES the hest
features ~ n~evioiis straicht-nicht
ence in addition n a numebr
ex~nerience IN addition - . number
~ innovations rak'nr fo- eco~0nv
II operation an lo7gevit~ II Is
only natural. therafr-n. +hat tho
cor Shouts provo. IN the H-nds ~
owners ifs various Qualities Of
str7ight-eiriot re~~f~-~a~ce."
One SIGNIFICANT indication or how
The econnnlv end durability az tho
PNosevslT hos been 'nstantIv recng-
nized Is IN the pnrchaSn nf . nur--
her ~ tho new cars ~ a~rtOr,obiIe
rent9' c~nnDanies. P~o~t'cula~lv -
San F~an~'s-o pNI n4ha- cities NJ
the west Roosevelt ra~s have ban~
nlaced in service hv romnanies
-Anting automobiles BY the mile or
bv The hour.
The Poosevelt * amorr the first
ei~ght-cylinder Gers 70 be used nv
rental agen~ias. thus showinp that
growing nubI'~ rerngnitior ~ nc
ADVANTAGES NJ eight cylinders has
extended wen bevond actual ra-
owners to persons who rent cars
for business or for rlee- lrre Marv
natrnns ~ thAra arenciaS. a~rc-l-
irr tn their ofFicinIe. a-a satisfied
With nothing less than eights. evar
though thev wish n usa a car f0r
or'v a few hours for business calls.
The Marmon factory e cortinr-
nc ~ nnerata at a canaritv SrhrnI-
ule IN line with . continues staad-
der77nd not n-1v FROM a1 rarte
70 the United S+ataS huF 49, fro
tha A0-odd foreign countries In
which the cornanv hos so1as ra-
presentation. Total Ma-r~0r 80
Roosevelt shipments during the
first nuarter az Tho cnmpanv's fis-
cal vear. ended Nav 81 v--o con-
Siderabiv more thau double last
wears figure for the same neriod.
and an even greater ratio ~ In
crease Is revealed as the season al
vances.