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Show I J I t ' For The One In Twenty Who Cares To Be Different Or Thrifty f I i 9 p I ; j) - I I j : i : I K 1 Cottonwood Mall Exhibit To Feature I In 1885 the German Benz was invented, apparently wave or at least smile back at the first working automobile. Four years later there was an exhibit,' in the Paris Worlds Fair. Tire Benz was the only entry, but it signalled the beginning of a new spectat tor sport the auto show.. Dealers of foreign cars will join with the Cottonwood MgU his veek to bring Salt Lakers their own show of the newest in imported autos. From 10 aun. to 9 pan. Thursday jnd Friday and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday i- f 1 - and Sunday the practical, the exotic, and the comfortable features of foreign made"carswir be shown the center of the Mall. If you had a foreign car in 1955 it was fashionable to Thirty-Fiv- e - . a fellow oddball. Imported Autos This Week Out of the have about 5 per cent of the United States market this 7.5 1 c- .- 5-- 6 i million Cars sold in the United States during that year year. only 58,000 were imported. Last year the figure rose to Comments on the cars in the .Mall Exhibit follow, 39p,000, about one out of every twenty. This included to number in pictures above. three wheelers just right for one housewife and tvvcfmedium corresponding size grocery bags, powerful racing cars with technological 1 ALFA ROMEO Italian, specializing in fast sports cars, family coupes and sedans: Imports two series, the Guilla with 1600 pedigrees more complex than a computer, small buses, and cc displacement, overhead valves, four cylinder engines, and cars with walnut dashboards requiring higher insurance the 2600 with a similar six cylinder engine. than domestic the most on models. premiums payments 2 MG English, one of the first imported sports cars iiyduded in imports ai;e the Midget, the 100 sports series, and the MG B The imported automobile is here to stay. The rate fff PORSCHE German, suitable for quiet comfortable touring increase in sales slowed somewhat in 1962 when domestic J as well as racing. Choice of two engines, 75 and 95 horsemnnufacturers came out with the compacts but this ' power. position has reversed. According to a prediction by Henry SAAB Economy cars ,with two cycle, three cylinder engines, v Ford II, chairman of Ford Motor, foreign cars will again front drive. l TRIUMPH English, Standard Triumph with separate bone frame supporting the differential, permitting indi ent rear suspension on a coil spring. Spitfire covertibl available. . 7 VOLVO 8 VOLKSWAGEN Swedish, Three imported edan,T22S, and P1800. never changes on able. 9 German, Goes backwards and ffirwarc the outside. VW Station Wagon also FIAT Italian, Largest Italian manufacturer, 600 D and 1200 or 1500 Spyder convertible. SIMCA 10 4 11 models, P544 twd France, Four door sedan 1000 with rear cylinder engine. ROVER English high quality sedan for comfort of ger. Jeep type truck also available. |