Show postwar post war autos will be better but not fantastic Fantas fic those fantastic dreams of tear drop rear engine cars made ol 01 super materials with curved glass tops and plastic bodies belong to the next decade the opinion of delmar G roos a vice president of willys overland motors roos who is credited with designing the hard hitting jeep cited these points as an engin engineers cers approach to postwar post war automobile design 1 there will be a demand for more efficient vehicles at lower initial cost this will mean lighter cars but not necessarily smaller 2 radical changes will be slow in coming 3 auto manufacturers are not willing to gamble their reputation on futuristic models which cant meet the hard test of public use 4 plastic bodies and curved glass surfaces in their present form are unsatisfactory the bodies have none of the advantages of steel while the plastic glass as now developed presents a dangerous handicap to clear vision 5 the next great mechanical advance in the industry will probably be the perfection of semiautomatic semi automatic and automatic transmissions missions in a simple and inexpensive form however it is not expected to entirely replace the conventional hand shift system for several years comfort of limousines |