Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Reviewing the New Cars

OLXes FreuOmlnate. Win
ity-Style, Comfo1
Featured
By Walter
ASTER cars, better cars, cars fl
- mechanical improvements that
yesterday and of body styles tt
4 of days gone by. That is the
OF Washington by the automo
front door of the Capital by the auto
the Washington Auditorium.
Just around the corner are the fir!
believes in antedating Spring by c.
motorwise of the Capital may obtain
motordom for the coming year.
AS in past years, six-cylinder ca
straight Fights gaining in popularity
v-type Fights are still with us, but tht
of design of other years have been
reveal the newest mechanical improve
Style and comfort in driving and rid
sng ere The outstanding essentials OF
the new automobiles. designed to carry
passengers at Swifter speeds and in
greater comfort than ever before. No
scatter what the number of cylinders
nor the manner in which power has
been increased, all the new models
show engine changes or new motors for
greater power, faster acceleration and
finer riding comfort.
Four Major Points.
Performance, style, comfort and
kafety-these are the four watchwords
on which the automobile industry is
concentrating, and eXemplified in the
car shown in the show. ECONOMY has
been practically forgotten, yet manu-
featuring Improvements have kept pace
with body changes and the cars of to-
day are lower in price than they have
been for several seasons back. The IS
mile-an-hour car is an actuality, and
rs miles an hour in the modern auto
mobile does not mean riding discom-
fort. Quick acceleration and, more i'm
portant, deceleration just as quick,
mark the new 1929 lines-trafflc tricks
that respond to the slightest touch of
the brake pedal and get away faster
than a scared jack rabbit
Style changes will go on forever, as
one manufacturer strikes a popular
chord in body style and others follow
on the wave of buying progress. So
with motor changes, although the in
dustry as whole is so highly geared
that no one car stands out for power
or speed. All have them in overfowing
abundance
Nearly all the manufacturers have
standardized on high-compression en-
gineS. to take gasoline capable of
greater power-plant production. Bear
ing and shaft changes have been made
to meet higher compressionS, and the
seven-bearing crankshaft in six-cylin-
der models is now almost universal
Gear reductions have been altered to
meet higher compreSSionS ans second
gear ratios have been dropped to a
point where they almost meet the high
gear ratio.
Mechanical perfection has apparently
been reached in virtually all models.
Among these details may be listed the
finger-tip control offered by Whippet,
the .synchro-mesh transmission of
Cadillac and La Sale, the increased
number of four-speed transmissionS,
automatic refill for the master cylinder
on four-wheel hydraulic brake sets,
the decarbonizer unit on the Chrysler
30, the almost universal application of
oil-filtering devices, air cleaners and
crankcase ventilating systems. Nom
shatterable glass protects the motorist
in the Lincoln. Hudson, Pierce-Arrow,
Cadillac, La Sale and Chrysler. Gen.
tiers Of gravity have been lowered and
better brakes are common. Cam and
lever steering has shown gain, wheels
have been reduced in size, wire wheels
have gained in popularity and in many
more instances the tires are carried in
fender wells.
Some New Feature.
Nearly every make has some inter-
esting new feature to recommend it,
and instrument boards have become
more than ever the motorists guide to
driving comfort and safety. REQ has
continued its crankcaSe oil-level gauge
and in many makes intake manifold
and carburetor control devices are
shown on the dash. More makers are
using hypoid or worm rear axle drives,
clutches have been improved and CEN
trail chassis lubricating systems have
increased in number. The spread of
hydraulic shock absorbers has been gen.
erai and wiring equipment has been
improved.
Auburn is showing its new six and
two straight Fights in a number of
body styles. The six, which is built
on a 120-inch wheelbase, is the first
bid by Auburn in the field below
thousand dollars. The car is built in
four models, two of which are at slightly
more than thousand dollars. The
straight eight, one of the most popu-
lar models of last season, has been
continued on a 125 and 1870 inch Wheel
base, with Lycoming engine develops
ing 1913 horsepower, N. A. A. c. rating.
All three lines have four-wheel ex-
banding hydraulic brakes, Lovejoy n.y.
draulic shock absorbers, Blur chassis lu-
IRRIGATION system oiling 81 points of the
chassis, corona proof ignition wires,
starter button on dash and velour or
leather upholstery. Both lines have
dual carburetion and dual manifolding
and both are equipped with the Lam
chester harmonic crankshaft balancer.
Double reinforced chassis frames fea-
ture both lines. Other improvements
listed are increased cooling arrange
ments, cam and lever type steering,
watertight doors, non-glare windshields
on closed models, steel running boards,
). electric clock, metal body side quarters
and rubber covered foot pedals.
Buick in Is Models.
Buick continues it's silver anniver-
Sary type in 18 models and also shows
for the first time the new four-passen-
ger coupe. The latest Buick product,
built on chassis of 12l-inch, is pow
cred by a horsepower motor. The
silver anniversary line has rounded
contours following the popular trend
and intensifying the lights and luster