Word: headroom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four of its cars, Chrysler had increased headroom, seat width and wheel-bases, while lowering the roofs, cutting overall width and bumper-to-bumper length. Compared with most postwar cars, body lines were conservative. There were two brand-new models: Plymouth's Suburban, a metal station wagon that sleeps two, and a Dodge roadster with manual top and old-fashioned detachable plastic side curtains. With no frills or extras, it would be the cheapest Dodge. Chrysler had simplified its automatic fluid drive transmission, dubbed it Gyromatic, and made it regular equipment on DeSoto and Chrysler, optional on Dodge...
...pistons, first rear luggage compartment, first steering-wheel gearshift). Last fall they were finally ready with something that Barit felt to be a real advance. The new Hudson was so low that passengers step over the frame and down into it from the curb, yet it still has more headroom and width than any other car now being mass-produced. It also has a lower center of gravity. Barit was so convinced he had a salable car that he spent $18 million to retool. Last week, shy Ed Barit was beaming with good news: in 1947 Hudson had doubled...
Headstart. The Hudson Motor Car Co. kicked off the 1948 auto model season. It shut down its assembly lines to finish retooling for a "revolutionary" new model. Hudson plans to build a car only five feet high, yet with full headroom interior. Hudson, already delivering present models 90 days after order, anticipates a break in the sellers' market sometime in the next few months. It hopes to get into full production of its new model in several weeks, thus score a beat on its larger competitors...