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Show REPORTS LARGE PROBLEM! Next Willys-Overland Car Said to Combine Lightness Light-ness and Comfort. According to persistent reports going go-ing the rounds of the automobile industry, in-dustry, the Willys-Overland company, in building it,s forcoming new model, has successfully solved the problem of combining riding comfort with light weight. To build a motor car light in weight and embodying quality, economy and simplicity in design, yet possessing all the comfortable riding characteristics of the larger and heavier vehicles, has been one of the absorbing aims of the automobile industry for a number of years. The problem of reaching ideal light weight has been a puzzling one and was not made possible of solution until un-til engineering attention centered upon springs," said Sales Manager Edmonds of the Browning Automobile company, distributors here of the Overland and Willys-Knight cars. "Light began to dawn when the Willys-Overland engineers engi-neers attacked the light weight and comfort problem, convinced that a new type of spring must be devised. The three-point cantilever spring suspension was the result and is the basic principle in the new ear which Overland will soon offer. This principle admits of a short wheel base, without which light weight cannot bo achieved, and at the same time gives the new model a long riding or spring base which produces comfort. "The advantage of light weight construction con-struction in motor cars long has been recognized in the industry. For years metallurgists have devoted their time and energy to perfecting metals strong and durable enough to withstand persistent per-sistent road shocks, yet light in weight. They have accomplished much towards this end, as a comparison of the cars of today with those of yesterday will readily disclose." The introduction of the new Overland Over-land model is awaited with keen interest. inter-est. Inquiries of dealers at the factory, fac-tory, and hints about the new car in newspapers ai.J trado journals during the last year, indicate the degree of interest in- the forthcoming announcement. |