The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1920, Page 10

NEW LAFAVETTE MAKES DEBUTAT ———ONWODORE \ Advanced Eight Eight. Cylinder | gine and Foreign Influence in — THRE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, bok ki t.5 8, 1920. Four of the High-Grade Touring Cars Well Known for Their Speed and “ Class’’, Body Design Are Features. American motordom will see the new LaFayette for the first time this afternoon. Coincident with the ral certain for the twentieth annual au- tomobile show at the Grand Central Palace, D. McCall White, interna- tionally famous as the designer of English Napier and Daimler and of the cight-cylinder Cadillac, presented his post-war car in the main lobby of the Hotel Commodore. Every detail of the LaFayette is of Mr. White's own design, and it is the intention of the company to build all units in its own plant. ‘The LaFayette is an eight of ad- vanced high speed design, the engines embodying many novel adaptations of principles. The V-shape motor is of the high- 1 type, with bore and stroke measurements of 3% by 5% Inches, giving a piston dis- placement of 348 cubic inches. The actual horse-power rating is in ex- cee: of 90, and the maximum engine speed, at which power is developed is 4,000 revolutions per minute. In addition to silent and flexible operation and the other inherent qualities of the eight, the LaFayette engine is distinguished by a capacity for tremendous car speeds. While five body styles are to be of- fered on the LaFayette chassis, which measures 132 inches from hub to hub, only one car—a touring sedan—is being showa at the Hotel Commodore. The LaFayette was designed pri- marily as a closed car in order that the coach builder would meet with ‘no limitations, automatically imposed chassis design, in the creation of closed bodies. ‘The wisdom of such a policy, which is totally at variance with common practice, has excellent exemplification in the LaFayette touring sedan. The low chassis, for example, per- mits of a body that has an overall height of only 77 inches, while the unusually long cowl, due to the com- pact design of the engine, allows for added body room. The LaFayette touring ‘sedan, in fact, gives an in- stant impression of co-ordinating di- Mensions and artistic balance. The c&r is so low, in fact, that the line * of visiow of a passenger is xpproxi- & mately that of a person of normal @tature walking along the street. ‘Yet the road clearance is ample. Galient style features are the high- rounding radiator, fitted with vertl- cal shutters that are regulated by thermostat and mechanically located the large headlamps of distinctive cylindrical design, rigidly mounted om a rod connecting the front fen- @ers; the long, high bonnet, with louvres running its entire jength; id the double-crowned fenders, WILT. BUILD MOST MODERN FACTORY. Fncipeera claim that the new estab- lishment of the Cadillac Motor Car Coin- pany of Detrojt will fully meet this description. From the standpoint of raftrand facitt- ties the site could not be surpassed. It comprises forty-ix acres, with the main line of the Michigan Central Railroad on one side and the freight tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern on the other. ‘The buildings of this new plant will contain 00,000 square feet. or forty- eight acres of floor epace—room enough for 100,000 poople to stand without too much crowding. All the buildings wil be four stories in height, but, to allow for the inevita- ble expansion, they have been so de- 1 stories can ing six In all, of the plant ing of the oe floors will be laid flooring to provide comfort for the workmen, who find concrete too unvi-ing a surface on which to stand heavy maple day. ‘Of Lie eight buildings comprising tho factory, the largest is the manufactur- ing building, $00 feet long and 600 feet de, with @ total floor space of 97 Square feet as at present boing built, oF 1 when it is carried ‘nelent of hx atorlen, ‘The courts between the wings will be cov- ered with glass roofs at the height of the first Soor celling area on the 00 feet wid This will give an first floor 800 feet long and or 450,000 square feet. TEMPLAR LINE AT THE SHOW. At the Automobile Show the Templar * Motors Corporation is displaying a éom- plete line in four models, lovery effort a8 n made to make these live up to the putation of being “The Superfine Small Car." The exhibit at Space C-3 on the third floor includes a wine-colored touring car—this rich red suggesting the rare old Burgundy of days gone by; @ gray Sportette, a superb bronze roadster, and @ Sedan finished In Brewster green, “Because of Mmited space it will be im- Possible to display the popular coupe model, Over 14,000 Maxwell ton and a halt trucks have been put into. operation aince the first truck was built in 1917, ere the w as been prop- erly adjuste ted there tite hever been any complaint received on this sturdy, durable truck. Experts predict that the pneumatic cord tire will the ultimate tire, ssome even going so far an to pred that the solid type be obsolete within three years and that the fabric wil: not be used much later. Pneu- baorb shocks and Jolts, great- g repair bills to’ engine mechanical parts, Recently an oll company truck went 60.900 miles on one f Tr pneu- matic cords, show tclvngos ranging 44,000 miles. timonia from 3000 to The riding qualities of the new Nash four ary assured, according to officials of the Nash Motors Company, because Of the unusually long, flat springs with which the car is equipped. |, All motor expresses motor stares ein California have be under Bini of the -Rallroad mission. More than 1,000 operating huwe registered with the PREMIER FOURING H.C. 5. EXHIBITED FOR FIRST TIME ATTHE SHOW Harry Stutz, V Well Known Manufacturer, Will Produce This New Car, ‘One of the new motor cars making its bow to the public for the first time in connection , with the automobile show is the H, C, §., manufactured by the H. C. S. Motor Car Company of Indianapolis. The name is derived from the initials of Harry C. Stuts, well known automobile engineer and Mr. Stutz is President and g Director of the company sponsible for the H.C. 8. years Harry Stutz in engineering and fo automobiles and he Asserts tha test creation is the embodiment of the best practices that he has established during this long career. Associated with Mr, Stutz are Sam- uel T. Murdock, a prominent traction man jn Indianapolis; Henry F, Camp- and is personally production of the For twenty-on bell, jongtime associate with utz in the automobile business; James G. Murdock, Henry H. Hornbrook and A. Gordon Mur- dock, The company is now complet- ing one of the most modern factory buildings in Indianapolis, It is an- nounced that production of the H. C. 3. will be reached in a comparatively short time. “I will never cheapen the H. C. 8, nor permit anything but the best of materials to be uscd, ——__> LIBERTY MODEL HAS MANY IMPROVEMENTS. | The 1920 Liberty Six shows con- | siderable improvement over previous) mModeis, both in body lines, in details of comfort and convenicnce, and in features of design and construction, The wheell lengthened se of the carhus been 117 inches.’ It was| also, to revise the in such a measure | space 1s provided in both compartments. Other improvements that will es pecialiy appeal to owners are: ‘In- terior fastening side curtains, plainly marked, which are carried in a very] to accessible compartment back of the front se plate glass rear curtain light of generous size; improved seat cushions upholstered in genuine leather, fitted over the unexcelled Marshall cushion springs; slanting windshicld, newly designed ers, &c. The mechanics’ of the car have also top hold- shared in the general smoothing and refining. he motor has been per- betterec i we are Jent gnd pplication of the Liberty engineering staff. which, for twi has steadfastly held to the task of 1 engine, rfecting this already great Automobile Upholstery Walerproof Sunproof and Remarkably Durable | | A Decided Impression Is Created by tion of the new car style that has authoritative pattern for 1920." lines. Curves have given way to plane NEW BODY STYLES SHOWN BY VELIE der fenders, octagonal lamps and other details. . Five models of this serial No. 48 From the radiator (in three planes) back through hood high cowl and body, an unbroken line of planes is the Use of Planes Instead of Curves, presented, making a unit of the cre-|are exhibited—touring car, four-door Tals ls @ notable show for the Velle |ation to a degree never accomplished |sedan. speedster, coupe and touring bef ¥ roadster, Motors Corporation of Moline, Hl. It tele +5 t ti a Advances in comfort and luxury 1a $he event of the formal presenta- is, however, is a rather matter of | and new ideas mark the car through- fact statement of a remarkable |out. The body of the touring car is achievement in automobile art. It is longer. The utmost breadth is given already gained considerable fame ‘i 5 to the doors. ‘There is more room in : in the perfect proportion of the planes, |ing deep-tilted seats. A depressed throughout motordom as the “first |their symmetry, and the harmonious | footboard gives increased leg room, combination of the mirrorlike sur- faces that the spirit of the car is subtly expressed. The plane-motif is even carried into the new bevel bor The hand-tailored top is fitted with gypsy curtains, Side curtains open With the doors. There are ample stor. aye spaces In the seats and doors for everything that is ca It is a distinct departure from old surafe wherever possible. at the Show The motor truck has made every highway a possible freight and express route. Motor truck trans- portation is now an invaluable part of the national distribution system. The great power and unusual de- pendability of Nash trucks has played and is playing an important part in this development. In the seryice of many lines of busi- ness from coast to coast they are daily carrying their loads punc- tually and at a minimum cost. NABH METER VALUE CARS AT VOLUME PRICED Nash passenger cars, including the new Nash Four, are on exhibition at the Automobile Show, Space A3, Nash trucks are being exhibited atthe Truck Show, Eighth Artil- lery Corps Armory, 193rd Street and Jerome Avenue One-Ton Chasole, $1650; Two-Ton Chassts, $2258; Nash Quad Chassis, $3250 Prices f. 0, b, Kenosha Warren-Nash Motor Corporation General Offices and Service Station: Retail Office and Showroom: 18-20 West 63d St. Broadway, Near 64th St. TELEPHONE COLUMBUS 6370 Brooklyn: L, A, D, Motors Corp., 1491 Bedford Ave, Newark: Newton-Humphreville Co., 520 Broad St, | brea H os fe also the car with the en rlove appointment hae been gin of a racer, quick to pick up | rer in the ‘Templar, fr tram and eager te take any hill, [eilken curtains and sliver Ww hen body and motor are perfect|light in the scdan to. ¢ juipment comes in for consideration, | kodak f 4 ~EVIDENTIN MOTOR CAR REFINEMENTS "It used to be a favorite ibe that @ woman chose her motor car as‘she did her dress—for outward appear- | ance only; but the manufacturer or dealer who laughed at this remark at that made a_serious | and let it Ko | i r Morrow. | moplar Saxon cars. he who pinned his faith to lectures on engine | eMeiency, Women listened to the leg- tures, admitted the soundness of the argument, and proceeded to add en- gine efficiency to the specifications without abandoning style. ‘0 this feminine predilection for the good-appearing article the modern motor car owes much of its perfec- tion. Certainly to its success in sat-| istying this requirement the passen- ger car industry owes much of its prosperity. A few men might buy cars from scientific interest as adult me- chanical toys. Most present-day sales are inspired directly or indirect- ly by women, and a woman wants a car not to tinker with but to ride in pleasurably. “Pleasurable riding preclud: engines, stiff brakes and diffic trol. It means a strong, dependable engine, responsive. to the driver's every suggestion, iricased in a grace- ful body. This the Templar engi- neers know. That is why the Temp! is a favorite with women motorists “Beauty and power are not mutual- ly exclusive. The car with thorough- George Snap and Speed in the N.Y. aoe Broadw: ay, at Sed St. Fhong Colum us s 55's |$2285, cord wres tacinded Lex-Sedan: Newest Type of Closed Car ; EXINGTON introduces the car which solves the closed car problem by building the body for the top. The results are extraordinary, for a closed car, both in performance and appearance, The Lex-Sedan has the finished one-piece appearance of the built-up type of closed car, yet-— It is much lighter in weight, effecting. marked economy of gas, oil and tires, with reduced load for the motor, he with man economies ty Bite, neds ten large pahatss Hectrcsiad tn fader car parts, are clésely allied with Lexingion Lex-Sedan, $2285; Tomring Car, $1885, bred (Sport Model), $108%$; Scdanette, $2050; Coupe, $2850—All Serses “S" models equipped with cord lires LEXINGTON MOTOR CO. OF NEW YORK, Inc., Broadway, Corner 61st St., NEW YORK, Bedford Ave., Corner Eastern Parkway, BROOKLYN, N. Y. The “thoroughbred” chassis does away with more than 100 unnecessary parts, Lighter, simpler and stronger Lexington Motor Company, Connersville, Indiana, U, 8. A. from reading mpass and GARLAND AUTOMOBI LE COMPANY