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Show IEI BUICK MODELS APPEAR IN MABKET Valve-in-Head Type Has Many Distinctive and Appealing Features. Convenience and Efficiency Are Watchwords of the Progressive Makers. The 1920 Buick valve-in-he;id models have made their appearance on the market, as announced today by the Kandall-Dodd Auto company, Salt Lake distributors of the Buick. rlhese beautiful new models, for which the motoring public has been eagerly waiting, as usual mark a distinct dis-tinct advance in automobile utility and beauty of design, many improvements having been made over the famous Buick designs of the past, in both motor mo-tor and body. The six cylinder open and closed models for 1920 include the Buick i nree-passeii ge r roausier, pussushiiiH a-marked a-marked advantage for the man or woman who wishes a car of limited passenger pas-senger capacity, with an exceptionally roomy and comfortable driving department. depart-ment. The three passenger roadster makes the most of these desirable features, fea-tures, without sacrificing one whit of the modish appearance that belongs to the type. Variety of Styles. The Buick five-passenger touring car is a very capable open car for five persons, per-sons, desigued to cover 'the multitude of uses lo which such a car is put. It differs from the big seven-passenger model only in tonneau and chassis length. The touring coupe is a true coupe model, with permanent sides and roof, an exceptionally wide body and its graceful contour eliminates all open spaces between the body and the fender. fen-der. As in all the closed models of the Buick, the exterior appearance is low, rakish and well-balanced, with no sacrifice sac-rifice of interior head room. With tho driver's seat, an auxiliary seat and the wide seat for two, the coupe easily accommodates ac-commodates four persons. The touring sedan and tho sedan, the former of five and the latter seven passenger capacity, capac-ity, are new in design, with many refinements refine-ments that will appeal to lovers of beauty and power. The seven-passenger model, possibly the most popular of then all, is a big, roomy open car of the general Buick type already familiar to the public. The body lines have been , straightened and lowered somewhat, the completeness of all details making for comfort and convenience. "Utility, as expressed in the various Buick valve-in-head models for 3920, is a composite thing, made up of those elements which may be considered vital factory in the serviceability of a motor car," said an official of the Randall-Dodd Randall-Dodd Auto company yesterday. Fruit of Experience. "This utility has been arrived at through the experience of nearly twenty years, during which time the Buick course has been characterized by unwavering un-wavering fidelity to accepted engineering engineer-ing ideals and constructive advancement advance-ment has been made by the processes of improvement and elimination. "The absence of radical departures in manufacture and design has made possible the upbuilding of the Buick car as a thoroughly consistent whole, the designing effort being evenly distributed dis-tributed over the entire car every season, sea-son, in order that no detail of its complete com-plete utility should be slighted. "Convenience has been developed side by side with efficiency. Comfort has increased in the same ratio as strength and long wearing qualities. New and better body types have been devised while lighter and stronger materials ma-terials were being brought into service. "Always, Buick cars have been developed, de-veloped, not redesigned. And for 1920 they reach the highest pinnacle in this development. Each model has a certain scope, a particular Tange of usefulness. Enough models have been provided in the" complete Buick line to enable any purchaser to select a Buick car that is exact.lv equipped to serve him to the utmost ut-most limit of his demands for utility." |