Next Year’s Car

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 504, 6 November 1928, Page 7

Next Year’s Car

AN AMERICAN VIEW STRIKING FEATURES An American view of what their next year’s car will be like is given in a leading United States trade journal, which says:—“Next year’s car, it appears, will have a more powerful engine, a larger and more commodious body, both wider and with greater head-room. “It will have a more thoroughly coordination of design throughout, will ride very much more easilj’, due to better control of the suspension, will be freer from vibration, due partly to suppression of vibrations and in part to a more consistent use of rubber mountings. “It will have a very much stiffer frame than before and a lower centre of gravity, so that it tf’ill handle very much better and be quite free from those terrifying tremors at better than safe speeds which sometimes arise from frame weave and whip. As the body will very likely be mounted on rubber blocks, or else tied firmly down to the frame so that the two work together, it will be reasonably free from body noises. “In appearance it will seem to have a much higher hood and a considerably lower superstructure. Its finish will be lustrous and rather subdued in tone, but embellished by brilliant striping, laid along effective and purposeful mouldings. Brightwork will be a dominating feature, because it will be more liberally employed for decorative purposes rather than because plated surfaces will be very much larger. “It is not unlikely that it will be an eight, and if it is a brand new car a straight-eight. Otherwise it will almost surely be a six. Unless it is a Ford it may not be a four. In fact, it is not at all improbable that it won’t. “Not only does chrome plate promise to become an almost universal feature in the specifications for new cars from now on, but 'it also promises to be•ome a great sales asset if properly emphasised by dealers. The amount of irightwork is destined to increase and lecome a more important feature in utomobile dress as it comes to be utilsed to an increasing extent in various arms of equipment and in body trim.”