Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
new CARS LISTED
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Number of Makers De-
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list OF cars to be shown at the nationa
automobile shows Of 1880 has been Is.
sued, and discloses the names OF 4;
makes.
While the number Of makers has been
gradually diminishing the number Of
cars or the names under which they
are marketed IL increasing.
Thus, while one maker, Chandler, has
passed from the lineup, four cars viii
be in a national show for the first tins
when the doors open at Grand Central
Palace in New York January 4.
These are the Cord. front drive
manufactured by the Auburn Automo-
bile Co.: Marquette, manufactured b
the Buick Motor Co.; Roosevelt, O prod
the Oldsmobile factory.
These are the chief additions during
the year, and they represent four dis
tinct trends Of design IN which the In
dustry has made advances. The FIRST
Is the front drive straight eight. The
second Is a six-cylinder car in the newly
created 81 900 price range. The third
is straight eight within the 81 900 class
and the fourth Is a V-type eight.
Two of these come from divisions OF
General Motors; the others represent
new model developments by makers who
operate independently Of group manu-
facture.
Double Eight Planned.
In New York, when the show begins,
It Is likely that the multiple cylinder
trend indicated by the intention Of Cad
lilac to produce 16-cylinder model be-
fore the end Of the year will be marked.
Should the new double eight make It's
A~.A ID to- -
French Voisin now being shown IN the
Paris Salon de rAutomobile.
The VoiSin has IL cylinders and Is
credited with being able to maintain be-
tween 90 and S6 miles an hour for sew
eral hours straight. Road tests preced-
ing the opening of the salon are said to
have demonstrated the cars exceptional
speed and to have established several
world records under official observa-
ton.
The ever-present fear in the heart Of
the automobile owner who enjoys pride
Of ownership that the car he drives may
become obsolete or deprecated in value
by changes or radical improvement In
new models may be dissipated II makers
generally follow the example of the
Packard and REQ companies IN putting
new transmisSions in their cars.
Both companies have made it plain
that owners of cars preceding the new
est models may have the new transmits
sions put in at extra cost if they desire
In both Packard'S four-speed and
Reo's silent second mechanisms the ar
rangcment is such that these are adapt
able to the chassis models that have
preceded them. In a statement made
recently Alvan McCauley, president of
Packard, indicated that his company,
in designing its cars for 1890, had made
improvements adaptable to the preced-
ing lines wherever possible.
Science Adds to Comfort.
Research has reached d point where
it soon may be able to apply the yard
stick to riding comfort in an auto
mobile. Now comes Prof. Merritt L.
Fox. University of Iowa, who tells the
Society of Automotive Engineers that
his gyro accelerator, an instrument
capable OF recording angular velocity,
angular acceleration and the total angle
turned by car in motion, can do this
work.
The standard test is to drive a car
over special bump at different speeds
and plot curves Of which records are
made. The results are said to indi-
cate a relationship that exists between
riding quality or acceleration or speed
OF motion around designated point in
the car.
The relationship allows riding quail
1ty to be evaluated numerically, so cars
OF different makes tested at different
times and localities can be tabulated
for comparison without guesSwork or
allowing the human factor to enter into
the findings.
One reason automobiles are among
the few commodities in which buyers
get more value per dollar than they
did in the pre-war days is standardiza-
ton. Standardization as a factor of
economy has been applied not only to
cars but to tires and accessories
Cooperation among the large build
ers, sponsored and guided by the So
ciety Of Automotive Engineers, is cred
tied with making one years output of
the automobile cost the public $780,
100000 less than it would were there
no general agreement that sizes of
minor parts and fittings be reduced
to the fewest possible.
Contributes to Economy.
The elimination of a multiplicity of
shapes and sizes Of screwthreadS, bolts
and nuts, pipe couplings, location of
mounting holes and other minutia that
require celebration. according to ON
Gals Of the society, does not interfere
in any way with design, but has con-
tributed enormously to economy in man
ufacture. Particularly is this true in
replacement parts and service station
systems of repair.
The automobile engineers, being
closely allied with those who design and
build airplanes and engines, as well as
motor boats and marine engines, are
trying to build up similar cooperation
in these fields.
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