Show YANKEE MOTORCARS FAVORED BY SOUTH AMERICANS NOW NOV European Machines No Longer Outsell Those of United States I That Am American made motor cars are eagerly sought after b by residents of South America is the report brought back by TI omas Thomas M M. Kirker export representative of ot the Chalmers Motor company who vho h has s just returned fr from froma m ma a SIx months' months tour through Latin Latin- American c countries Kirker irl r sailed from New York early in April and toured through sections of Brazil Uruguay and the Argentine re republic republic republic re- re public in a Chalmers Six He He ef effected effected ef- ef tec ed several sever l important dealer c connections connections con con- n- n whereby Chalmers cars will willbe willbe be distributed t d In the countries visited Having been absent from South America for several years the condition condition con con- that struck me most forcibly was the complete reversal of the former South American attitude toward cars made in the United States said Kirker I Until recently European cars outsold outsold outsold out out- sold Yankee machines by a wide m mar mar mar- r- r gin American built were cars were considered considered considered con con- incapable of standing up on the crude country roads But this Idea has been thoroughly eradicated from their minds by the sturdy performance of even the cheaper cars of American construction Today there are between I and 1000 cars of European make malte standing unsold in the warehouses while Yankee cars are selling like the I proverbial hot cakes |