Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
DAZZLING CAR ARRAY
CREETS SHOW VISITOR
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But. no matter how good a car may
look, its first requisite is. will it run,
and how?" No need to ask this OF
the 1880 car. Behind its sleek ex-
terror and its long hood is the answer
to the questions of mechanical eff
1929 progenitor appeared on the scene.
1t has been many a year since so
many mechanical Improvements and
refinements have been seen in one
product. John j. Motorist wants his
car to LOOK good. but he also wants it
TO hold its own on the road and in
trafnc. His car must have smooth
ness. power. speed and flsXibility. It
must have comfort for its passengers.
footroom and headroom, in other words,
the last thing in personal transporta-
ton with comfort and dispatch.
These things the 1880 car has in
abundant and overlooking measure. Art
has joined hands with the research
man in bringing the 1880 automobile
to the highest standard ever at
tanned. The Improvements extend from
the lowest priced to the highest. No
car has a Strangle-hold on looks or
me- hanical efficiency. The man who
wants car to f1t his purse can get
it and lose neither looks nor perform
ance by dropping into one Of the lower
price classes.
Matching the suave lines of the cars
are the embellishments without which
the show would not be the spectacle it
is each year. Manufacturers repre-
sentatives in the Capital have outdone
themselves in providing setting for
the 1880 car which is paralleled only
by the cars themselves.
All Boast Great Power.
Outstanding engineering innovations
this year are the development of the
front-wheel drive, silent second-speed
transmission. down draft carburetion to
provide greater power, utilization of the
''no-back" feature of last year in a
greater number of cars. a real sensa-
ton in production of a stock l6-cylinder
car by one of the most conservative
manufacturers and the predominance
of power in all the new cars. The
tendency is swinging toward eight-cyl-
Under power plants. Although the six
cylinder power plant still predominates
in number, it's supremacy has been
seriously challenged by the number
of multi-cylinder types above six.
Four-cylinder cars have not held their
own, although in volume of sales they
undoubtedly hold q foremost position
by virtue of the Ford model A. The
new models feature power, speed, great
er acceleration and hill-climbing abil-
ity and, above all, improved me-
chanical efficiency.
Hudson, Dodge, De Sofa and Oakland,
which have appeared in other shows as
skies, now appear as Fights, although
in the case of Dodge and De Sofa the
Fights are additions to the line of skies.
Franklin features the airplane type en-
CINE, which recently was actually trans
planted from stock car to the fuselage
of q plane, with fine results. Shatter-
proof glass appears in several of the
new cars. adding to driving safety. REQ
features silent second speed, in which
q speed of more than 40 miles an hour
may be attained without gear noise.
Here is the way the cars appear at the
show, in alphabetical order:
Lineup Of Cars.
Auburn.-This fast, powerful car is
offered in three new lines, a six and
two straight-eights, one of 100 and an
other of l25 horsepower. Marked by
many refinements, the cars retain the
characteristic features of the Auburn
of last year.
Powered by Lycoming engines, all
three lines feature the BLUR chassis
lubricating system, hydraulic shock alb
Sorbers, internal expanding four-wheel
brakes, non-glare windshield on the
closed models, steel running boards and
Ie-enforced bodies.
The big eight is built on q wheelbaSe
Of $50 inches, and its power plant has
dual carburetion and dual ignition. The
smaller eight Is on q wheelbaSe Of 125
inches, while the six, on wheelbase Of
40 inches, develops 70 horsepower. In
all models the bodies are built with
non-squeak padding between contact
points A special clutch type Is declared
to give the cars greater acceleration. A
variety of body colors and color COM
binatiol.s Is offered, while exterior fit
ments are in chrome finish.
H. a.
ferent series, varying in horsepower,
wheelbase and price, are offered in the
Buick line for 1880. while new four
passenger roadster rounds out the line.
The bore in the engines has been in
creased one-eighth inch, jumping the
horsepower up by per cent. The 40
class thus develops S01a horsepower.
90 horsepower. An actual speed in ex-
cess of 70 miles an hour Is claimed
for all models. Bodies are larger and
lower as TO roof while the new models
appear with a reduced radiator shell,
newly designed head and tail lamps, a
road shock eliminator attached to the
steering wheel to prevent road whip
and new brakes. These are OF the
servo-mechanical type, with large brak-
ing surface, and are dirt and weather
proof. The car retains the centralized
sis-lubrication system.
In the 40" series six models are Of
fered. flve-paSSenger sport sedan, four
passenger sport roadster, flve-passengeT
phaeton, four-paSsenger special coupe,
two-passenger business coupe and Ave-
passenger four-door sedan. In the so
series there also appears a five-passen-
ger four-door sedan and q four-pas-
Senger coupe. The 80" appears in
seven. f1ve and four passenger carrying
capacity in all models.
Cadillac S1sws 16-CyIinder Car.
Cadillac has sprung the real surprise
of the show with its Wis super" car,
the first 16-cylinder engine to appear
in an American motor car. The motor
is said to develop from 165 to 1875 horse
power and is declared to achieve greater
Smoothness comfort and safety. The
new engine model will appear as an ad-
dition to the regular Cadillac and La
Sale lines. which will continue in pro-
duction. Twenty-nine body styles, all
customed by Fleetwood. are offered
Luxuriously designed interiors, holdings
of buried walnut. unusually deep up
holstery and specially executed metal
ware mark the line.
In producing this multi-cylindered
car the aim of Cadillac engineers was
to put out an automobile with the ut
most smoothneSs. The power plant mas
q 3-inch bore and 4-inch stroke with
piston displacement of 452 cubic inches
The wheelbase is lab inches, 8 inches
longer than the standard Cadillac, most
of which has gone into the hood. On
chromium tie between two new-type
headlights is q decorative Vie mono
gram. while five ports on each side Of
the hood replace the usual louVreS
Auxiliary units under the hood are
chromium plated. Pipes and fittings
and all wiring are concealed.