Show SAYS U S CARS ARE FAVORITES Expert States Foreign Automobiles Are Not Standardized Isy By II 1 S c I F r Sales Salea Manager Mana cr the tho The ability to produce cars on a qua nUt basis ba ls Is li Ih the tin tin- reason un d wh Vh the United I States State lead leads the th nations of oC the world I In the manufacture of oC auto auto- automobiles auto automobiles mobiles American cars car lIh few rew exceptions compete successfully smith the Automobiles of o the coun- coun country coun country try Into which they thy are shipped and en eien In n one on or tl trio 0 where handicapped d y uy high In Import port duties many Amer Amer- American lean ican cars care are sold BIG 1350 E PORT Nearly 84 14 per cent of or all the mo- mo moI mo motor tor tar vehicles 1 In the world orld I in 1922 1 22 ncr nero re manufactured In thu country auntry final fIgures figure lire are r not let et et all bc It Is ll conseria- consena ithe Ike to 10 say My that with the large larr In- In InCrease In Crease creu In American automobile production In 1 I 3 o 90 per cent cont of or all 11 automobiles no now regIstered d In the time world orld hate hale ben been made In the United d Mate States American exports of oC o motor matar ye- ye ve vehicles hides In 1122 Itil represented 40 per pr percent cent of or the entire production o oi motor i chicles ball bi bs all other othor coun- coun countries coun countries tries In the world for tor the same me year American exports export In thit ear ear ar were more 78 more more than doubling those tho e of oC th the pre lOlls sear ear and and ures ln-ures for tor 1921 will show a large larre Increase over oer 1922 American co ears cars enjo many ad- ad ad advanced features of construction which mike make them more mora and satisfactory to operate They ar are built along alone the tha oam same general lines first of all and can an be easily understood and by mechanics European care car on the other hand do not conform with pith any allY basic bulo standard and a asa II a result freak Creak r k tars ears car appear r On an anthe the foreign markets markel This of course make makes It It difficult to 00 on 00 tam service European care cara car do 10 not nat have we as much reserve power as the tle average aver aver- averie age ie AmerIcan automobile here the tho SI Six hl hu ao an R A C rating ot of o 24 4 H II P the greatest number of English anu rench cars cara car have hav only front from 6 S to 16 15 H 1 P II Bec of oC o their thor m emM motors the majority of ar Europ European I ears ars sire are ar equipped with four taur peed forward Instead of oC three thre the I result that the tho th dri r er must shIft from fourth to third 81 speed oed In or- or order or order der to climb the most ordinary bill hilI This fact tact and the th added flexibility of oC made American motors motor add o r or or to American car cars In the mar mar- market markets markets ket abroad HUNG nuNG TOO LOW Sometime AgO o European cars cara could caso be lie operated with Ith 10 lower loer er gaso- gaso gasoline line IIno consumption due dime to trio tn imaI ness neo of oC the th motorS motor but automotive engineers In this thi country ha hate bale e al- al nio al-nio I moat t completely offset en e e en thIs Eu pl advantage by decreasing the fuel ful I required hi b b the th powerful Amen Ameri made can cars made Ican-made Generally rally speaking European automobiles hale hase lower lawr road raad clear clearance I anc once ance than American cars car This Is of little Importance In England or France Franc here hichwa n are ar hn- hn un ej pro ed but it I Is A decided dlud antage for tor example when cars ars must mut negotIate the th rugged roads ot of Australia tr lla or ar South Sauth Africa ADOPT ADaM U V S METHODS European manufacturers pro pro- producing pro only aDly a limited number ot of cars a 0 da must mut sell ell 11 their prod prod- product products products for far prices greatly gratl In excess uces of thai those of the th American manufacturer manufacturer with a capacity of aC hundreds hundred or of cars ars dally daily A European car cr selling for tor A an n of or 1 I dae does docs not nat corn com par pare In tn intrinsic value with an American car ear at the th same Bame am price because In the manufacture of oC for for for- el n car cars eara many coAts cot such uch a as ex- ex excessive ex excessive overhead per pu car of at complicated sales pales etc tc Ilav have hare to tobe tob he be absorbed Some Same foreign manufacturers are Increasing thet and oro arO ro a adopting r In r American I tion methods method because by operating ing on a smaller bul basis they ba hose bae baI banot ha enot e not been boen ebb able to moot meet the prices I and quality of American cars care car Moreover they realize that the th I repetition Of the sama omo operation many times tends ends toward greater Alester I precision and skill kill In la the warker and consequently results in n a er r er degree de re of ot accuracy and quality In the th product Itself With the long lon experience manu manu skill and nd aped methods of oC the th automobile I manufacturers manufacturer In this country American cara ear car will continue to grow In In the tho th markets of the th world In fact fad the tho th States h has its Ita It t er era of oC for far for automobile business ahead ead I |