Evening star., 1932-01-03
SHOWS TO DEPICT
800 BODY TYPES
Range of Models Produced
in 1882 to Be
Widened.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, January 2.-Entering 1882
the automobile industry presents a line
up of more than 800 body types of pas
senger cars for the show crowds to look
at and from which buyers will be able
to choose. Notwithstanding the most
drastic period Of readjustment the busi-
ness has ever had to contend against,
the range of models to be produced this
year has been widened rather than con-
tracted
While certain names included in the
official list of one year ago have been
crossed off, others have come up to take
their places, leaving the general picture
with changes in spots only rather than
to extent.
Main Additions.
The main additions that the opening
CT the New York show, one week hence,
will present consist of four new ones, of
which intimation has been given. One
is an OldSmobile eight, marking Cen
eral Motors further invasion of the
straight eight field. A second is the
Rockne six, sponsored by Studebaker in
the loW-priced division; Pierce Arrow
II, also under Studebaker auspices, and
Lincoln II, which will supplement the
multiple e-power list.
While all of these represent expan-
sion of manufacturing the General Mo-
tors entry under the OldSmobile name
gives a new slant to the 1882 market
and one that has not been presented in
this way heretofore The OldS Motor
Works for this year will build one
chassis of standard length, in which a
new six, as well as the new eight-cylin-
w ho IF
tered, allowing buyers the option of
either six or eight cylinder performance
a. fixed price differential for the more
powerful car. One model is to supple
ment the other and widen the scope of
established distribution.
Retailing Changes.
That 1882 may bring changes that
will put automobile retailing on a diff
ferent basis than it has been in the
past seems possible in the light of re-
cent developments. Officially, the num-
Der of automobile dealers now doing
business in America is reported as As
90 which is an approximate total
This represents drop from former
years brought about by trade casualties
during 1880 and 1881 through causes
over which producers had only limited
control In 1880 there were more than
52,500 dealers.
At the same time a survey made by
one maker indicates that of all the cars
sold during 1881 944 per cent were
priced below $1,000, pointing to the
conclusion that proportionately larger
volume of annual output is being alb
Sorbed in the loWer-priced class of cars
Ever since the business depression set
in, barring the weakness in sales meth
DDS, factory magnates frequently have
voiced the conclusion that the entire
plan Of merchandising needs revamp-
ing to bring it on par with production
and engineering.
Annual Check-Up.
The annual check-up on what auto
mobile manufacturing means to the
country's business has brought forth
statistics. 1t is shown that 396, 100000
barrels of gasoline were used in 1880 at
a cost OF $500, 100000. The automo-
bile industry is the largest consumer.
Other manufactured products re-
quired by motor car plants have been
listed, with the quantities used.
For brake lining, l23,000,000 feet Of
asbestos Is used annually.
Cars consume 45,000,000 gallons of
anti-freeze solutions during the Winter
months. Twenty million batteries are
used yearly and 100000 tons Of lead
goes into them.
In the metals division the plants are
the market for 10000 tons of aluminium
year, or II per cent of the product;
$4,000 tons of bronze, $4,000 tons of
brass, 100000 tons of copper and $4,000
tons of zinc.
Automobiles call for the production
OF l20.000,000 lamps yearly and 10000
600 spark plugs.
1t takes 495000,00O gallons of lubri-
eating oil to operate the Nations cars.
or other commodities the factories
consume $4,000 900 worth of rubber, or
3O5000 long tons; 100000 feet of
leather for upholstery, more than 9 per
cent of the domestic cotton supply and
81 900 900 feet Of plate glass, valued at
S25000, 900.
Raw materials that go into cars are
produced in every State Of the Union.
Copyright, 1882, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)