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Show BATTLE OF CYLINDERS Discusses Single, Two and Four-cylinder Engines, and Others. In every .wtur of the automobile world and on every front, the battle of I he i-l viieliTM now is being waged with Milfihit i co intfini f.y. It has been a bill tie long ilrawn out. 'I'he single cylinders an. I the twos were i-w.'pt from Ihe Meld by the fours, which in turn were challenged and fnrced to retreat from their front, line trenches bv the sixes. Then eame the altaek on one (lank by the eights, followed fol-lowed by the decisive anil unexpected drive of the twelves. In the battle of the cylinders, each surviving foree--tho fours, the sixes, the eights and the twelves has its legion le-gion of ehaiuijions. Kaeh believen that it is destined to rule the Held; that some day it will be hailed as the ultimate motor. The aiitoniobilo buyer is bombarded bom-barded by sales talk shrapnel, fired through display advertisements in newspapers news-papers and magazines. And now Hales Manager A. V. Olson of the Kandall-Dodd Auto company, local distributors of National Highway cars, pursues the question: "In one plaeo I read that a certain six is the onlv oar to buy," he adds bv way of explanation. "In another, . I he reiuler is cautioned to purchase nothing but, a four of a npecial valve design. The maker of an eight and the builder of a twelve each claims that his , multiple cylinder model is destined to be the most popular car on the market. ! "Jn this battle of the cylinders I am j neutral. This is true of the National Motor Car & Vehicle corporation. I be-i be-i lieve, like the National factory, that there is and always will be a demand for all types of cars the four, the six and the twelve. That is the reason that National is otTeriug a six and a twelve, instead of concentrating! on a single model. In deciding; what would constitute con-stitute its lines, the company Wisely concluded Hint the market for automobiles automo-biles was the same as the market for pianos or shirts; that there was a demand de-mand for sixes as well as for twelves, just as there is a demand for upright pinnnr and baby grands and a demand lor linen shirts anil silk shirts. "The National Six and the National Twelve have much in common power, speed and flexibility. One is more conservative, con-servative, less of an innovation." |