Automotive Notes

Paris Show. Under the great dome of the Grand Palais in Paris was held last week the 21st International Automobile Salon, with lights, music and more than 1,200 gorgeous motor cars. Models shown by U. S. manufacturers included:

Auburn Lincoln

Chrysler Marmon

Dodge Oakland

Erskine Packard

(goldplated) Fierce-Arrow

Falcon-Knight Reo

Ford Steams-Knight

Harley-Davidson Studebaker

(motorcycle) (goldplated)

Hupmobile Willys-Overland Jordan

Also the G. M. C. septet:

Buick Oakland

Cadillac Oldsmobile

Chevrolet Pontiac La Salle

Notable was the fact that most displays were six-cylinder cars. Here European models acknowledged U. S. lead. Significant was the fact that, for lack of mechanical improvements, emphasis was laid on coach work, lighting and upholstery. Several limousines were shown upholstered in genuine snake and lizard skins. A Belgian model used calfskin for the tonneau. New York & Chicago Shows. The

National Automobile Chamber of Commerce last week arranged for 44 makes of motor cars, 19 trucks and one taxicab to appear at the great U. S. automobile shows—in Manhattan, Jan. 7-14, in Chicago Jan. 28-Feb. 4. New to the displays are Falcon (a Knight sleeve-valve car, cheaper than Willys-Knight), La Salle (companion car to Cadillac), Wolverine (advertised by Reo as a season’s mystery) and Cunningham (an old car with body always made to order). No longer at the shows are Davis, Roamer and Rickenbacker.

G. M. C. prompt with its bookkeeping, knew last week that up to Sept. 30 it had sold 1,325,000 cars and trucks, whereas during all of 1926 it had sold 1,234,850 units. For 1925 the total was 835,902.