Evening star., 1933-12-24
Sale Gain of AZ Per cent
Seen in the Motor World
Alfred Reeves Vice President Of National Auto.
mobile Chamber of Commerce. Predicts
Years Total Will Reach 2.O4O,O00.

, These Doors Open While Motor Is Run
ming" BY placing this sign in con-
spicuous place every motoriSt has q
constant reminder Of the deadliness ci
carbon monoxide.
More Show News.
Greater safety at touring speed is one
important point to which no end of
attention has been given in the design
Of the cars of 1884, now being groomed
for their debut. When the thirty
place in Grand Central Palace, New
York, January 6 to 13, some startling
innovations will be noted.
Each successive season throughout
the history of the motor car, engineers
have announced the current Offering as
surprising all previous efforts in design.
and in making such statements they
have told the truth generally. For
1894 one special improvements de-
velopment upon which engineers have
been making several years of intensive
tests-is that the average car will excel
its predecessors in sustaining high
speed on the road. Also, the factor
of safety will be higher. With the
universal adoption of concrete express
highways permitting speed, greater
strain was put on motors, especially
in the matter of fabrication. when
called upon to do several hundred miles
at a stretch. The cars of yesterday
never could have completed mile a
minute and better speed for hundred
miles or more at stretch without
being equipped with special fabrication.
The same was true of the cooling sys-
tenn and other parts of the car In many
cases-special treatment was necessary.
Numerous other elements entered into
the matter of undermining cars. and
cognizant of this condition. the en-
gineers have developed new. better and
more rigid spring suspensions and have
made Improvements in the steering
assembly which will permit high speed
with real safety.
The varying means by which the
engineer has attained his goal will
form one of the interesting mechanical
features of the show. Because some OF
these designs involve much that is
technical, exhibitors are building mod
els which will demonstrate for the lay
man how the particular design func-
tions under driving conditions. The
elimination of vibration has always
been a hard problem. When vibrations.
even though minute, are communicated
to the driver, more or less fatigue may
ensue, while vibrations reaching the
other seat occupants, although not
perceptible, are firing on long drives
at high speed.
Installment Buying Drops.
Fewer automobiles, new and used,
we're sold on the installment basis dur
ing 1882 than in any year since 1925,
according to the District of Columbia
division of the American Automobile
Association.
The statement Is based on figures re-
ported by finance companies, indicat-
ing that during the depression the
number of car buyers who pay out Of
income was reduced.
"Fifty-five per cent of the new cars
and Al per cent of the used cars or
48 per cent Of all cars sold during
1882 were handled on a time basis.
This compares with 68 per cent of
used cars, or 65.5 per cent of all cars
sold in 1925, a peak year for financing
automobiles
The A. A. A. points out that the
total number of ''trade-ins" during
1882 was ST per cent, as compared
with AS per cent in 1881. It was
added that the percentage of reposses-
sions of used cars sold was 1871 per
cent in 1881.
"The slightest upturn in business
conditions, already seen in many lines
of business and industry" said the
statement, "is certain to increase auto
mobile sales. Thousands who have
postponed motor vacations and retained
their old cars, are now making plans
for distant trips and to trade for a
new car. The low price of all new
cars Is also an incentive"