Life, 1925-10-15 · page 3 of 36
Life — October 15, 1925 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising content**, not satire or political commentary. It's a full-page advertisement for the Hupmobile Six automobile, published in *Life* magazine. The large numeral "6" is the car's key selling point—it features a six-cylinder engine. The ad emphasizes this as a "popular-priced" vehicle combining performance with affordability, positioning it as superior to competing models. The copy references the "Hupmobile Eight" as a companion car and claims sixteen years of company success. The headline "Buy No Car Till You See It" is a marketing slogan encouraging potential buyers to wait for this model's announcement. There is **no political satire or cartoon humor** on this page—it's straightforward early-20th-century automobile marketing emphasizing mechanical specifications and brand reputation.
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The New Hupmobile HUPMOBILE—a name to conjure with in connection with the new, popular-priced Six that is to be announced shortly. Popular-priced, yes!—but literally going far above and beyond the present limitations of its price class in verve and dash and virility of performance, and with all the ruggedness and value that is guaranteed by the name Hupmobile. In this new Hupmobile Six all the natural, mechanical attributes of the six-cylinder engine are fully and completely developed and perfected by the brilliant engineering exemplified in the famous Hupmobile Eight, its companion car. The new Hupmobile Six is Hupmobile through and through. It is the complete ful- filment of the hopes and wishes of the loyal legions of owners of the Hupmobile Four, as well as of the uncounted thousands who have waited for a popular-priced Six, finally developed and perfected as they know only Hupmobile can do it. Becauseit is a Hupmobile, because it possesses all the qualities guaranteed by the name Hupmobile all during its 16 years of con- tinuous success, it is inevitably destined to place the popular-priced Six on a higher, finer plane than it has ever approached before. Buy No Car Till You See It Lire “» ve. 5 4 ton, $5.09. Vol 88. No B24). October U5. 192%. Entered as Second Clase Matter, June §. 1883. at the Post Othes whee Yorn Ye ist 8's eer Gite Hatter a : iF Vaaland and Biltbsh Posseasises Vest Oftice Liept-, Casads. Copyrigtt, 1928, LIFE. ta tbe U. 5. comicbooks.com