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Show Auto Of Tho Future Some startling predictions concerning concern-ing the appearance of automobiles of the future were recently made by a French manufacturer, who declares ;hat present models are ridiculous from i practical standpoint. This manufacturer states that automobile auto-mobile designs are based on the; idea that it is merely an improved wagon or carriage, whereas it is an entirely new instrument of transportation demanding de-manding a complete deparUre from old conceptions, of what a vehicle should look like. Ha s-xys: "Automobiles have springs and axels because grandfather;; carriage had them, but they are idiotic, The gear box is s horror." He thinks the fut'jvo automobile will haip an all-metal body shaped like a submarine to reduce wind resistance, resist-ance, wheels enclosed, tires mounted ,ver rein of mm, airbrakes no axels no ecar to shift, seats in front with electric motor behind, usmp storrtRf batteries which may be purchased at rnv cross road store, and so on. iv Whether this manufacturer is correct to d-.'ails remains to be seen, but o is safe to sav that the automobile f 1950 will be a very different machine joth in appea'-nnce and operation, 'rem that of 1028. |