| Show I War Post-War Autos Will Be Better but Not Fantastic I Those fantastic dreams of tear tear- teardrop teardrop drop rear engine cars made of su super super super per materials with curved glass tops and plastic bodies belong to the next decade That's the opinion of Delmar G. G Roos a vice president of Overland Willys-Overland Motors Roos Boos who is credited with design designing ing the hitting hard Jeep cited these points as an engineers approach to war post automobile design 1 There will be a demand for e J l more efficient vehicles at lower ini mi 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 I futuristic models which cant can't meet the hard test of public use 4 Plastic bodies and curved glass surfaces in their present form I are unsatisfactory the bodies have I j 7 i. i t t T none of the advantages of steel stel ste l j while the plastic glass as now de de- developed developed presents a dangerous han ban df ap to clear vision 5 The next great mechanical ad ad- advance advance vance in the industry will probably be be bethe the perfection of semi automatic and automatic transmissions in a simple and inexpensive form How How- However ever it is not expected to entirely I replace the conventional hand shift shill i system for several years Comfort of Limousines 7 K l i j V t 7 4 I |
