Show TINY EUROPEAN CARS NOT l SUITABLE FOR AMERICANS tm ac acS aceb S eb S V VWe We 0 Couldn't Very Far In This Th Car Because Our Knees Almost Strike Our Chin Its It's tho h hII II tm By DT ISRAEL HLEIN Science Editor XE Service After much hurrahing and ond bal bal- ballyhooIng ballyhooing bal the real small email car cor re- re remains remains r mains In Europe where It has been satisfying the lh public these many mony years But the th small mall car for America Not the th l kind that Europeans European are re used to They're Impossible here They couldn't meet the tho requirements require require- requirements requirements ments we w place on en our cars Cors Yet our longIng for somo sort of smaller car than tho the kind weve we've been heen driving for tor or a II typo type thAt would save In fuel and cost of up- up upkeep upkeep up upkeep keep 11 has a finally brought broucht out ono one that seems seem to fill till our needs Well We'll soon oon see sc others along the tho same sarno line now In the tho th making I The Th Whippet I Isn't nt the kind of oC small car you'd s see sc In Europe Its It's almost In a a clo class with Ford Chevrolet Star and the defunct Overland Four Its engine enfin to Is slightly smaller and ond Its body isa Is isa II a little lower yo NO CRAMPING G IN IX IT But Its It's a roomy comfortable car Its Ill wheelbase Is L 1001 Inches which is equal to the th Ford and old Overland 1 and three Inches shorter than the th Chevrolet and Star Stat Tho The engine has ha a a piston dl dis- dis displacement dis displacement placement of 1342 1312 Inches which la is quite smaller mailer than the tho smallest In America Theres There's There loss less power asa asa as a result result but theres there's th re greater tuck fuel economy from the lh same same ame fact The Th small cars care of oC Europe Europ are areso areso areso so small they couldn't do In America Their narrower tread would be b a hindrance on the th ro rough gh roads with ruts already deeply deply set by the larger larcer cars in this coun coun- country coun- coun country country try They're so o low ow that they would scrape the tho ridge ride of our high crested crested dirt roads where high clearance is essential They're so low In power rang power rane Ing rang from about six to ten horse horse- hor e power that that they couldn't climb our hills hill despite their lightness or meet our stringent traffic needs In con congested places WE WANT CO COMFORT They're not lore long enough and aide Id ld enough for tor the th comfort we demand In motoring here her They couldn't stand the th long lone drives drive we give Sive cars care here reither her neither could the driver or n any of oC the th passengers Europe h has a the th Improved roods roads the tho short distances high fuel rue I costs and high taxes that make for a small car America wants ont comfort tint first and economy next The Th Whippet therefore al- al although al although though much large larMi than the th Eu- Eu European Eu European small cur caT Is I about tho smallest ni n want wont for their purposes a Other cars cors coming out In the th near future may be expected ex- ex expected x to follow almost the th same samo standard lines standard tread about Inch Inch wheelbase slightly smaller engine but engine but with all the th refine refine- refinement ment ments and that we w Americans demand demane |