Show World Prizes Autos American cars cara are highly high high- ly prized abroad because they run and run and run says John R Bond Dond publisher publish publish- er of the authoritative Road 8 Track and Car Life and an automotive expert for 22 years A A WELL-USED WELL American Ameri Ameri- can car with miles mUes mileson on the odometer can bring bringa a fantastic price price In in other lands Bond Dond writes in a September Readers Reader's Digest article How Goo Good d Are American Cars The secret of the superiority superiority super super- of American cars he says is the exhaustive pre Introduction t testing est I n g techniques often the equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent of a million miles mUes or more on the roadA road A A TYPICAL example writes Dond Bond Is Ramblers Rambler's new all-new six-cylinder six en engine engine en- en gine announced in mid mid- 1964 American Motors Motor s Corp built ten experimental tal test engines very expensive expensive ex ex- pensive and logged two million miles on these and pilot production-line production sam sam- ples One test car with the new engine racked up ODD miles with only routine routine routine rou rou- tine maintenance T Tests est s were run at such diverse places as Phoenix Ariz and Bemidji Minn In 1938 Chevrolet had had- had square feet devoted to lab tests today more than square feet are devoted to this pur pur- pose A grueling test for the front suspension involves duplication atlon of driving over railroad tie ties s for 1000 miles L L i st t g give y his J op optional P four speed manual transmission accelerated ate d laboratory tests equivalent to more than miles mUes of driving by the average owner No part of the car carIs carIs caris Is too Insignificant to es escape escape escape es- es cape the laboratory At the theFord theFord theFord Ford Motor Company sample sample sample sam sam- outside view rear-view mirrors mirrors mirrors mir mir- are given a 96 hour 96 hour spray salt-spray bath to test for plating quality The roe typical American car concludes Bond Bondis Is is astutely designed to supply a simple need comfortable ble reliable transportation at a reasonable cost I re regard regard regard re- re gard the modern American car at well under one dollar dollar dollar dol dol- lar per pound as one of the best buys in the world today THE ARTICLE is condensed condensed condensed con con- from The Atlantic Monthly |