| Show I War Post Autos Will Be Better but Not Fantastic Those fantastic dreams of teardrop teardrop teardrop tear tear- s drop rear-engine rear cars made of super super super su 1 per materials with curved glass tops and plastic bodies belong to the next decade That's the opinion of Delmar G G. G Roos a vice president of Willys-Overland Willys Motors Roos who is credited with designing design design- ing the hitting hard-hitting Jeep cited these points as an engineers approach to war post-war automobile design 1 There will be a demand for I more efficient vehicles at lower initial initial initial ini ini- cost This will mean lighter cars but not necessarily smaller 2 Radi Radical al changes will be slow in coming 3 Auto manufacturers are not willing to gamble their reputation on futuristic models which cant can't meet the hard test of public use 4 Plastic bodies bodies- and curved glass surfaces in their present form are unsatisfactory the bodies have have I none of the advantages of steel while the plastic glass as QS now developed developed de de- de- de pr presents a dangerous lan handicap han han- to clear vision 5 The next great mechanical advance advance ad ad- vance in in the industry will probably be the perfection of semi automatic and and automatic transmissions in n n a simple and inexpensive ive form However However How How- ever it is is not expected toe to entirely i rely replace the conventional hand shift shUt aft system m for lor several years Comfort of Limousine |
