Life — January 14, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a **Chrysler automobile advertisement**, not political satire or a cartoon. The page promotes the "New Chrysler" as a luxury vehicle, emphasizing that it offers "utmost luxury for 2 to 7 passengers" at a price point competitive with what money can build. The ad displays four vehicle models: three smaller coupe/phaeton variants shown at top (the Imperial 4-passenger Coupe, Imperial 5-passenger Phaeton, and Imperial Phaeton), with the larger Imperial 7-passenger Sedan featured prominently below. This appears to be a 1920s-era advertisement targeting affluent buyers, positioning Chrysler as offering comparable luxury to competitors while accommodating various party sizes. The focus is purely commercial, not satirical or political.