The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-03

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crease in efficiency and economy.
came as a logical successor to the
final v%indication Of anti-knock COM
pound as a safe and effective means
of avoiding detonation in the COM
bustion chamber. Practically all
cars are now designed for use of such
compound or other high test gas In
their high compression motors.
Eight Cylinders Big Innovation
Equally as important an accom-
plishment as these features in the
1929 automobile, has been the ascend
ancy of the eight-cylinder engine. At
the beginning of 1929. there were @
Fights and 80 skies. Now there are %
Fights and % skies, and with the
opening Of the New York auto show
on January 4. the automotive world
will be introduced to at least four
additional Fights. while at least two
of the % existing skies will have gone
to their final reward.
Most striking among the new
| Fights of 1929 were the Viking and
the Roosevelt. the former for its in
PRODUCTION CT the costly and complex
V-typc motor in the medium price
, field. the latter for its injection OF so
large a car into the 81 1000 price class.
From. Drive Arrives
The eightS also included two new
front drive automobiles. the Cord and
the Ruxton, while a third. the Garn-
der. is expected fer the first time at
the New York SHOW.
Viking, Roosevelt. Cord and Rux-
ton are four Of the seven new auto
motive names introduced in 1929.
The other three are Stutz's Black
hawk. both six and eight. selling for
slightly over $500: Bucks Mar
cuette, a six in the 81 900 price field,
and the Windsor and Windsor Whlte
Prince. the former a six selling Tor
about Sc. 900 and the latter an eight
fer slightly more.
The Windsor group OF autos sue
cecds the old Moon. n OF the Two
names that have been abandoned.
The other decedent is the Chandler,
which Eupmobilc bought up.
Tie new year will sec the cSpan-
sion Of automotivc engineering into
the luxurious custom-built 16-cylinder
automobile. introduced for the first
time by Cadillac.
Esccntial Feature Is Speed
Throughout the entire array OF I'M
provements of the year. one essential
feature stands Cut-the effort to IN
crease power. without sacrificing
economy. High compression cylinder
heads have made this possible. with
the use Of high test a~nti-knock gaso-
line. But in addition has come the
lighter body. thanks TO the use Of new
and lighter. though even stronger.
steel and other metals and their COM
pounds in these cars.
Thus the weight per horsepower
has been considerably reduced, until
today automobiles weigh as low as 81
pounds to the horsepower.
Of equal Importance to the engi-
neering progress in motordom is the
practical side of the industry's de-
velopment - the mergers that have
been arranged. the increased produc-
ton and export of cars, and the OK
pansion into other fields, such as avn
alton and radio.
OF the mergers of 1929, purely IN
the automotive industry. the cut
standing one was that between
Chrysler and Dodge. This effected a
combination of a $3.50, DOC. 900 firm
with one whose assets amounted to
STA, OOO, 900, making a $432,O0 ,0OO
combination and the third largest
passenger car firm IN the industry.
It also makes possible a combined
annual production Of 100000 auto
mobiles.
Expansion in Industry
In the same year, Studebaker COM
pleted purchase Of the Pierce-Arrow
Motor Car company, forming q firm
with $l53, 000. 900 combined assets
while Hupmobile completed purchase
Of the entire Chandler plant and
name, combining the assets OF both
firms to a value of $685. 00, 900.
by q LJG SIShtCOU CApo4AO4OA1 Al
the automotive industry in 1929 has
been that Of General Motors into avi-
alton and radio. Last year General
Motors bought a rs per cent interest
in the newly formed Bendix Aviation
corporation and q 40 per cent share
in the Fokker Aircraft company
What this firm will do with all this
is only to be surmised. but the belief
Is prevalent that soon General Motor.
will break forth as. an aircraft as vel
as m automotiye manufacturer.
TO fortify this belief is the fac
that General Motors also bought oui
the Allison Engineering Company o.
Indiana, where Diesel motors have
been experimental with for aviation
General Motors also in the last veal
bought up the North East Electrical
Company OF Rochester, N. r.. makers
OF ignition instruments and parts, To-
$l3JO0O,00O.
General Motors also spread out ints