Stories by Leslie Peat

Realism, Not Ivory-Tower Gadgetry, Keynotes the Thinking of Successful Automotive Designers. Economic Trends, Production Problems, and Public Tastes Sometimes Outweigh Engineering Considerations; While Research In Apparently Unrelated Fields Answers Baffling Questions

Motor Vehicle Brakes, on the Average, Must Absorb Ten Times as Much Energy as the Engines Develop. Despite the High Energy Absorption of Airplane Brakes, They Are Not Yet Adaptable to Automotive Use. Current Limits of Braking Systems Must be Overcome in the Future

Rear-Engine Vehicles are Possibilities, but Most of the Radical Changes in Motor Cars are Still in the "Air Brush" Stage. Inroads of Foreign Cars are not Feared, and a New Drive is on to Popularize Small Cars. But the "Big Three" Will Probably Have the Last Word

From EVs' Road Vehicle of 1789, Through the Famous Selden Patent of 1895 and the Rough-and-Tumble Days of the Early 1900's, to the Present Day, Automotive History in the United States Shows a Dominating Influence on the Growth of Other Industries. Co-Operative Engineering, Imperative to the War Effort, Will Benefit Many in the Future

Will Aircraft Manufacturers Invade the Automotive Field? Will Motor Car Makers Produce Airplanes? Where Will the Parts Manufacturers Fit Into the Picture? Investors and Technicians Alike Want Answers to these Questions, Based on Logic and Established Fact and Experience

Automotive Engineers Shun Discussion of Post-War Automobiles, But Point Significantly to Such Developments As Redesign for Lightness, Multiple Power Plants, Air Conditioning, Power Steering, and the Increase in the Life of Cars. In the Meantime, They Work Day and Night on War Orders

Immediate Post War Output of Trucks and Busses Will be on a Basis of Current Models. But, as Soon as Possible, Manufacturers Will Put Into Commercial Vehicles All the Proved War-Born Advances in New Alloys, Plastics, Synthetic Rubbers, and Improved Engines