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General Motors Corp. (1930 Buick model to be introduced shortly; new Chevrolet plant planned...
When Henry Ford changed from Model T to Model A, how much did the decease of the T model and the birth pangs of the A model cost him? Many a U. S. motorist has asked himself that question, has found one answer in the fact that 1928 Chevrolet production exceeded 1928 Ford production. Last week, however, a dollars-and-cents answer was provided. From figures filed last week with the Massachusetts Commissioner of Corporations in Boston, it appeared that the new model bill was something more than $72,000,000. For, according to these figures, the Ford profit...
Five Million. More cars were made because of Ford's return to full-volume capacity after the scrapping of famed Model T; because of Chevrolet's ambition to reach its 1929 quota which, starting at 1,250,000 has been raised to 1,350,000; because of furious competition in the under-$1,000 field; and because of prevailing U. S. prosperity. Production of 1,500,000 cars in the first three months of 1929 of course does not mean that the year will reach a 6,000,000 total, but that it should pass...
...Ford & Chevrolet. Birth-pangs of Model A, obsequies of Model T, last year forced Ford into second position in units produced, Chevrolet taking the lead. With the new models in volume production, however (1,359,353 new-model cars and trucks have been produced), Ford has regained its lead. In March, Ford built 181,894 cars and trucks, compared to Chevrolet...
General Motors. In addition to its Chevrolet output, General Motors (which in 1928 produced about 39% of all U. S. cars) also kept its other companies running at record-breaking figures. Cadillac and La Salle March production totaled 4,009; the Olds Motor Works turned out 13,000 Oldsmobiles (44% increase over March, 1928); Buick reached a March figure of 15,206.* Production has also been started on a new General Motors car -the Viking. Made at the Oldsmobile Lansing plant, the Viking is an 8-cylinder car with a V-type motor...