Evening star., 1933-05-21
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

| certain to become q conspicuous con
tender for popularity. It has also beer
found that mixtures Of benzol with al
cohol have not been as effective q
benzol with gasoline. The use OF straign
| benzol requires adjustment for NOR
air. 1t Is powerful solvent and Ger.
| tain precautions are necessary.
One of the objections to the use o.
alcohol lies in the fact that this fue
has an affinity for water. There i
water in the cars fuel system. collecting
from condensation in the main tank
This complicates matters and has otter
been found to produce difficult engine
troubles.
Not until there is a shortage of gaso-
line Is it likely that anything in the way
of substitute or an adulterant that
does more than increase its efficiency
will materialize. Gasolines popularity
is based on the fact that it works vel
and We have plenty Of 1t.
Volume Production Seen.
Better days are seen on the automo-
tive horizon. according to Associated
Press dispatches out Of Detroit. These
dispatches state: Volume production
on a modest scale again is the rule In
the motor car industry. bringing a sight
that has been uncommon in the auto
mobile industry for more than three
years.
Row upon row Of cars just of the
assembly lines stand parked in oper
lots adjacent to the factories, await
ing shipment to dealers in various parts
of the country.
Under their own power in drive
aways," in double-decked trucks, by
boat and by rail, the shipments are
going forward. The new vehicles dc
not remain long in the factory lots
but their presence there for even q
few hours means that the industry's
production facilities have been shifted
into higher gear, and for the moment
are running a bit faster than the
dispatching division.
The stepping-up of production, OF
course, has been most notable in the
low-priced division. but even the middle
and higher priced brackets also are
calling for increased factory shipments.
Automobile shipments are furnishing
no small part of the cargoes of Great
Lakes freighters at present. Cars de-
stined for points East, Northwest and
West are being shipped from Michigan
factories via boat. Some vehicles pro-
duced for export also are being placed
in freighters here for transit through
the lower lakes and down the st.
Lawrence River to the Atlantic sea-
board.
Three-Way Explanation.
Sales executives generally have a
three-way explanation of the present
upturn in automobile demand.
On the one hand, they say, an in
creased demand at this time Of the
year Is seasonal. But coupled with this,
they point out, Is the release of con-
siderable purchasing power due to the
more favorable outlook for business
generally, and the fact that obsolescence
has begun to cut into the many thou
sands Of vehicles that have been con-
tinued in operation long beyond their
normal life
The sales directors long have said
that the downward trend could con-
tinue only during such time as cars in
the indispensable class we're not af-
fected by obsolenscence. As soon as
vehicles essential to business or pro-
fessional pursuits began to wear out,
they said, the replacement demand
would start upward again.
In this connection the sales heads
Of several companies have pointed out
that cars sold on cash basis, and
without the trading-in of a used car,
have represented a larger proportion
Of the aggregate retail trade in recent
weeks than has been the rule In nor
NAL times in the industry.
Coincident with these statements the
sales executives have claimed . sharp
reduction in the stocks of used cars
held by their retail divisions The num-
Der of vehicles going direct from the
road to the scrap heap, they say, will
be considerably greater this year than
in any Of the last three years.