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Show I S Millions Made On Auto I H Industry During 1921 Experts Wonder if 1921 Will Surpass 1920 in Output of All Makes of Gas Buggies; 2,000,000 Cars Manufactured During Past Year I E SUfl Special) W'A.SHlN'nTo.v, J:r- H H hot pace automobile induetrj Bet for Itself last year in production, in in-. Pinion, in public buying. Win thai pace be maintained in 1811? Will th 1020 production of more titan -' dOOtOOO motor vehicles be eauaJ$d this year? The dozen or no innovations hi automobile design and manufacture will they be surpassed in number jnd Significance In 19217 Or. hns the Industry reached it. pinna, pin-na, le of efficiency and Important e in the view of the automobile owner? There is no ilonb'. that, in spite ot ili. iflii.irK.-ll' .ih ant in'.n' of inojnr cir manufacture i" I'm- a. f- v. ; ai'--ihere is still much room for further development important mechanical Improvements have been made the las) j year, but engineers point to several ' parts vf the automobile that ned their attention toward making; the car a . omplrlr lj efficient nnw. And until i iiia point If leached. the automobile industry will rtol have achieved the height of distinction toward which it has been striving. A E Ol IXDUSTR1 In the pust year, the eUtompblU Industry In-dustry has grown In value to about $2. oom-O'.'". ooo, ni twenty' years before be-fore the whole existing Industry to-laled to-laled an investment of less than 5600.- i Laaf year, more than any previous ggggss year, the motor cai iridustrj was In Lggggs Its g)ory. DeVnand fot automobiles leaped fal ''eyond the supply, but that ilid not allay the efforts of the manu-" manu-" facturcrs if Increase the efficient s and beauty of their products. Their minds were directed during the year mostly toward perfecting tho engine ani aav-lug aav-lug gasoline for the automobile buy- There is Mn- Packard fuellser, a product of 1920, which may be rc-gurdsd rc-gurdsd at the most imjiortant Innova-gassS Innova-gassS lion of the vein Designed to prevent 1 arbonixation. to save fuel and stai,t ; a cold engine almost at the moment H the starter pedal is pushed, the fuel-1 Iser has proved its effectiveness from the beginning. It Is now being used B exclusively on Packard automobiles. j H but m a short time, its manufacturers promise. It will be produced In sufflci-1 gggaga cnt quontitv tor general sale. WOIIUM. A CMld i IAt.IM . The difficulty of starting and warning warni-ng ing up the engine on cold days hns rc-H rc-H suited in a dlffernt Solution for prac-i H ticully every car on the market Hut nearly all seem to be based on thel H x.hemc of jacketing (he intake msni- H fold with chambers through which ' H the hot exhaust gas may p9s. H "Hot spots" the chambers are call- H td. In some engines, only a spot here H and there is heated, in others the 1 whole intake manifold rs enclosed in; H exhaust jaeket. H Ignition experts arc trying to get a, H spark h- enough lo ignite even the; H heaviest portion of the fuel and so H nvercomc much of present engine trou-, ggggggj Die. A system of double ignition ha'. - I Ing two or three tunes the present ef-1 feci ivMiess it what the engineers are working on. Another new feature In the mechan- leal operation of the motor car Is thoj fourVheel brake system. At the re-j eent automobile salon In New York, the 6Ut5Senbt$ came out with this! Innox atlon. France and England have j already had this system Included In some of their own models. The Ius-n. berg brakes are operated hy a hy- drSvuilc system of ii under pressure controlled by a pedal Automatic chassis lubrication hasi been developed to the point where it is expected this will soon be included assart equipment of even the medium priced car. Automatic gear shifting Is already existent, although, ii is still in the stale of being perfected. MOKK lMI'ltjiVI Ml AT NEEDED What is left for 1921 in the Waj of mechanical tmprov eraent, is still some r sort of fuel saving device, an inf-proved inf-proved ayatann of transmlsslpn and the annxial teaser a new automotive fuel The engine is still in its infant state of-perfection, in spite ol the ad-i ad-i lance.ment of last year. The tran&r mikblon has been prattlcalb untouch-' untouch-' ed- Knglneers agi-e that the cc-arsel is by far the most l).n l;warl mechanical mechan-ical unit of the Chassis. Improvement ot this part of the machine would , greatly enhance the efkiency and val : ue of l he . ,u . Manufacturer hU year will mors gea'ioaal) thm ever apply lemselvea ! to Improvement ' ttf th automobil.'. ! Last year. In spite of the l lyll for lO" creased output to sat 1st th demand, ajiev were able to add features to their products Biut Hi' lull in purchases ih.it came at 'hr 1 nd ! laal year and -mi psrslsts, has caused the' Industry j to bcndall itH energies toward as sue-j ccssful a year as 19-''. The outlook is encouraging. Motor i j ear dealers expect a renewal of buy-1 ing Immedlatcl) after th automobile ) shoWM, imt they are rmi unaware of the importance of increasing the efficiency ef-ficiency of their sale. forces as well as improving the mechanics of the au- i (omoblle. The buying public has i again come into its own. oo |
