Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 39 | Marmon Motor is Copied by Many

MA10I MOTOR IS CQPIEDJY MM "Cutting the Harmon motor one-half in weiSML uuuugn ine extensive use 01 aluminum Is one of the features that has attended the building of the motor for more than a year, and, while many manufacturers manu-facturers are following in the footsteps of the Marmon, the company has the distinction dis-tinction of being the first to adopt the method of greatly lessening the motor weight," said W. K. Love ring, local Marmon Mar-mon distributor, yesterday. "The motor complete now weighs but 691 pounds, against 1250 pounds which was the weight of the former 'cast iron' power unit," Mr. Loverlng said. "The motor public has been somewhat confused by the circulation of reports that the motor mo-tor now used is cheaper than that used formerly. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Marmon aluminum engine is used solely in the Marmon car and is built in the Marmon shops. A motor of similar construction is being used in -cheaper cars; however, it is far from being be-ing the original Marmon engine." The policy of the Marmon company is to build a car with honest dollar-for-dollar value, and its efforts are to constantly .attain this end. Marmon features are very exclusive and have been developed by their engineering staff for exclusive j use in the Marmon car. I