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Provides information on automobiles. Reasons why U.S. citizens love automobiles; Historical background of automobiles.

Focuses on the condition of the automobile industry in Detroit, Michigan in 1944. Presence of air-conditioned Packard automobiles; Decision of automobile dealers to concentrate on car servicing after World War II; Conversion of 17,909 machine tools of Chrysler Corp. from the 20,665 tools it owns from some automobile-line function into some war-work operation.

The article focuses on the efforts of U.S. Under Secretary of the Department of War Robert Porter Patterson in winning World War II. Patterson demonstrates devotion to the country. He was a member of the Circuit Court of Appeals. The under secretary launched his campaign for the withdrawal of the production of passenger cars in December 1940.

The article presents information on the Horseless Carriage Club of Los Angeles, a group of antique automobile enthusiast in Los Angeles, California. The club was organized in 1937. Club members bring their own antique automobiles during club meetings, which are held three or four times a year. Its founders were Art Twohy, Everett Miller and Bill Wakefield.

Relates the experiences of a white collar employee with General Motors and in the automobile industry in the U.S. Need for operational expenses to be reduced; Research on the diesel-engine field; Launch of the air-conditioning industry for automobiles.

The article looks at the popularity of versatile station wagon in the U.S. during the 1950s. The wagons is roughly two-thirds a standard car of its particular line, identical with its companion sedans as far back as the middle-door pillar. It is more likely that the changing ways of life itself in the country are pushing the station wagon into prominence. In 1953, production of wagons for the industry was in the ratio of one in twenty and in 1954, it was one in sixteen.

The article focuses on the effort of Chrysler Corp. president Lester Lum Colbert to save the company. The firm produced 23 of every 100 U.S. automobiles in late 1951. Changes in the firm since 1950 include open relations with the public and labor and new production facilities. A brief background of the president is also presented.

The article focuses on suburbs in the U.S. William B. Hartsfield, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, succeeded in achieving growth in his city. The problem of smog in Los Angeles, California is blamed on oil refinery process, automobiles and garbage incinerators. The growth of the New York area is faced by zoning problems.

Contends on the future of gas-turbine automobiles in the U.S. Significance of new form of automobile propulsion to the industry; Proponents of powerful experimental cars; Speculations on the benefits of the innovation.

Relates author's driving experience from New York to Los Angeles in the same kind of vehicle using turbine engine. Engine performance of the vehicle; Problems of engineers on the installation of turbine engine on the automobile; Speed of automobile with turbine engine.

Recalls the days of the author on his interest on cars during his time. Designs of automobiles in 1928; Engine performance of his automobiles; Racing events participated by the author.

Discusses the revival of an electric automotive by taking advantage of new developments in the automobile industry in the U.S. Facilities of automobile industries which manufactures electric vehicles; Engine type of the vehicles; Average speed of electric vehicles.

The article focuses on the American automobile industry. For some time it has been known that all three of the largest auto makers would produce a small car. The products are totally new ears in a new modern category, smaller, cheaper and less costly to operate than anything the three manufacturers, who represent some 90 per cent of American production, have built for many years. The cars are ready. The revolution is about to begin. The stakes are hundreds of millions of dollars. The big three have done an astonishing job of producing three highly attractive and highly salable products.

Presents the short story "The Casanova Car," by Vivian Connell.

The article highlights the highways systems in the U.S. in 1939 and the resultant automobile use revolutionalizing the ways of living. Highway systems had begun about two years ago when a nation-wide factual survey was carried out by The United States Bureau of Public Roads with the co-operation of forty six state highway departments. The findings reveal some important economic and social consequences. Static populations have become mobile. The function of small town have almost disappeared. Modern farm living in America is a new kind of thing combining the benefits of city and country life.

Presents the short story "The Car," by Dorothy Thomas.

Focuses on the author's first experiences of motoring. Experiences of a trip from Rome to Paris, France; Reaction of the author's friends on being invited for a ride in his car; Information on the commotion that rose during their trip to Norway.

Interviews several U.S. celebrities about their automobiles. Importance of the car of actor George C. Scott to the marital relation of the actor; Comments from the wife of astronaut Scott Carpenter on the driving skills of her husband; Impact of family cars on the relations of comedienne Joan Rivers with her father.

Presents an article about the cars of a couple. Cost of their bluebird roadster car; Description of their sedan automobile; Number of cars owned by the couple; Value of interest charges for the cars.

Features the experiences of the author in the real estate sector in the U.S. in the early 20th century. Prices of real estates; Market challenges faced by the author in the sector; Tips for selling real estates; Role of automobiles in the sector.

Presents the short story "Hue and Cry," by Karl Detzer.

Presents the short story "Gitta-Horse!," by Guy Gilpatric.

Discusses the factors that affect business conditions and the changes in the automobile business. Analysis of a hypothetical case that indicate the growth of ideas about automobiles; Basic materials that will contribute to the improvement of automobiles; Impact of prohibitory tariffs on business; Effect of high wages on employment.

Provides information on the motorized hunting in Nairobi, Kenya. Tendency of lions, giraffe and zebra to ignore automobile; Cost of employing the services of a safari hunting guide; Hunting policy implemented by the government; Techniques employed by hotel owner E. Sherbrooke Walker to attract animals in his property.

The article focuses on the fancy cars invented by brothers James and Enos Derham. The invention was made in response to the request of Sheik Sir Ahmad Ibn Jaber of Kuwait who wanted a red convertible sedan, suitable for desert travel, and at least twenty-one feet longer than seven-passenger limousine. The car, worth 8,700 dollars and with designs as requested, was delivered to the Gulf Oil Corp. for export after eight months of manufacture.

The article relates the author's experience of working as a parking attendant. He mentions problems that he encountered with different customers such as the inability of a lady patron to find her check. About 1,000 cars a day are being handled at the parking garage where he is working. The minimum floor space needed to park a modern car and to be sure that no paint will be scratched is seven feet by fifteen feet.

The article highlights the challenges encountered by Joseph V. Sefton as a district manager of Sales and Service District Number 3 of Pontiac in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is said that he often receives a letter from their clients complaining for late deliveries of cars. He believes that the public service of the motor vehicle industry is to be blamed for the shortages of new cars.

Presents the views of prominent citizens of the U.S. on the impact of car on the country. Milton S. Eisenhower, chairman of the U.S. Presidential Commission on Violence; John M. Culkin, director of the Center for Communications at Fordham University, New York; Lewis Mumford, an author and social philosopher.

Presents the short story "A Fine Piece of Machinery," by Everett Greenbaum.

The article relates the author's experience of escorting Russian novelist Ilya Ehrenburg, poet Konstantin Simonov and the late Major General Mikhail Galaktionov on a U.S. tour. The novelist and the poet wanted to buy new automobiles which made the author mad because of their insistence. It is said that they addressed the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington when day arrived in the U.S.

Explains the economic costs of the competition to drive a car using a low license number plates in the U.S. Social and political advantage of owning the license number; Analysis of requests for low license number plates in New York's Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Impact of the proliferation of the plates on law enforcement.

Relates the ownership of a jalopy by a seventy-five-year-old clergy. Use of the car to go to church work; Hospitalization of the clergy with the bill paid using the money intended for buying a new car; Proposal of a legislator to remove old cars from the roads by law.

Focuses on the sale of the Loretto automobile of the late Charles M. Schwab, founder of Bethlehem Steel, to broker Abe Cramer in August 1940. Original value of the automobile; Lease of the automobile to Zack Terrell of the Cole Brothers Circus in 1941.

Presents the cover page of the December 8, 1956 issue of the periodical "The Saturday Evening Post," featuring an illustration of an Amos Sewill Superwhiz car in an assembly line.

Several letters to the editor in response to articles in previous issues including "How to Build Your Own Church," by Booton Herndon in the May 19, 1956 issue, "All-American Automobile," by Arthur W. Baum in the May 26, 1956 issue and "Death Rides Beside Me," in the May 19, 1956 are presented.

The article presents the cover page of the April 7, 1956 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post," featuring a police in a toll post inspecting the car of a woman with her dog while she search on something in her bag.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "New Craze for Old Cars," by George H. Waltz Jr. in the March 3, 1956 issue, "The Case of the Jolly Jailbirds," by Toni Howard in the February 23, 1956 issue, and "Many Union Men Would Rather Work Than Picket!" in the February 25, 1956 issue.

Several letters to the editor is presented in response to the articles in the previous issues including "The Irish Go it Alone," by Ernest O. Hauser in the October 24, 1953 issue, "What's Wrong With the Regulars," by Hanson Baldwin in the October 31, 1953 issue, and "The New Leisure: Adventures in the Family Car," by Arthur W. Baum in the October 31, 1953 issue.

The article provides information on the disposal of old cars in the U.S. When those cars which were considered as the dreamboats of yesterday becomes scratchy, dented and useless, they become a burden to owners. Stripped of their vitals, their upholstery burned out, they are heaped on the lot of the Newtown Iron and Steel Corp. at Jamaica, Long Island, New York. A giant compressor will squeeze them impartially into 600-pound blocks of scrap. The scrap will be added to new steel, and soon the substance of these automobiles will go on to new uses.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. "The Appalling Taste of the Age," which focused on the U.S. literature in the 20th century; Information on a cartoon featured in the July 19, 1958 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post," featuring an automobile in a swimming pool; "They Wouldn't Let Beethoven Teach Music in Indiana," which highlighted the incompetence of some teachers.

Presents letters to the editor in response to the article "Those Little Foreign Cars," by Arthur W. Baum in the March 15, 1958 issue.

The article focuses on automobiles which are caged in Salt Lake City in Utah. Suburban shopping centers in the city have caused merchants to suffer from the lack of automobile parking areas. The Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution built the five-layer cage to receive an automobile filling.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "I Rode Detroit's Mystery Car," by Arthur W. Baum in the August 31, 1957 issue, "Listen, Doctor!" by Milton Silverman in the August 31, 1957 issue, and "So You Want to Drive to Alaska," by William Worden in the September 7, 1957 issue.

The article features the Old Fashioned Ice Cream Shop in Monroe, Wisconsin. It says that high school students meet every afternoon at the shop to arrange for dates, compare cars and talk about homework. It states that youngsters believe that the shop is a social arena which is more forceful than a classroom.

Presents wit and humor about the purchase of a new car.

Presents information on the return of a U.S. soldier to his hometown after being assigned in a combat zone in Vietnam. Emotion of his parents upon his arrival; Reaction of his father to the car he bought; Attitude towards seeing friends in high school and college.

Presents several cartoons featuring people and automobile.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "I Send Your Son Into Battle," by Melvin Russel Blair in the June 23, 1951 issue, "They Don't Build Them Like That Any More," by Wesley Price in the July 7, 1951 issue and "The Case of Anne Milton, Ex-Convict," by John Bartlow Martin in the July 7, 1951 issue.

Presents an opinion on all sorts of personal information about the driver that can be found in the automobile he/she is driving. Suggestion for pedestrians to share at leisure the kind of information that motorists exchange at high speed; Comments on confining such information to automobiles.

Discusses the patterns of growth and change in the automobile industry in the U.S. as of November 1973. Increase in the small car market from 1961 to 1964; Impact of inflation on the small car market in the U.S.; Information on the Mercedes touch trend in the automobile industry.