Word: gearshifts
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General Motors' chief news was: further gearshift improvement; cars lower to the ground and with more head room; increased luxury of fittings. Cadillac. A V12 in addition to the La Salle V8, Cadillac V-8 and V16. Prices on the eights are lower than in the past twelve years...
...fide information, Detroit newspapers last week described the new motor car to be produced by the Ford Motor Co. as having for standard equipment a self-starter, five wire wheels, speedometer, windshield wiper, gasoline gauge, oil gauge, dash light, Houdaille shock absorbers and four-wheel brakes; 34-h.p. engine; gearshift transmission; 104-inch wheel base; selling-price from $450 for the touring model, to $490 for the Fordor sedan and coup...
That Ford Motor Co. proposes to produce a gearshift car very soon. The basis for this rumor is the Ford inquiry made to equipment manufacturers about the prices of new, special machinery. That Ford Motor Co. plans to make a cheap six-cylinder car. This idea Ford officials have flatly denied. That motor car manufacturers this year will seek to buy up or at least control the tire manufacturers who supply original equipment. The logic of this is sound; the motor maker with a tire subsidiary cuts his costs. Ford Motor Co. is already making a great share...