Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fear that at least 20,000 workers in our new automotive Infant Industry will soon be out of their jobs." The Czechoslovak tariff on foreign motors is already 40% to 42%. The five U. S. makes which led, last year, in exports to Czechoslovakia were : Cadillac Packard Chrysler Ford Chevrolet trucks Soon the Skoda Arsenal will bring out a very light six in competition with Chevrolet, just as in China the Mukden Arsenal plans to compete with the British Baby Austin by building Baby Dragons...
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...
This is a war of cheap cars, Ford v. Chevrolet. There is a surprising dearth of such cars on the Continent. Citroen, leading continental mass-producer, cannot turn out a car that will undersell the Ford in France, though Fords cost 25,700 francs ($1,008), about double the American price. The cheapest Chevrolet model sells for 30,400 francs ($1,191). France's 45% ad valorem duty largely accounts for these prices. Even with this duty, it is estimated that General Motors' projected cheap car for the Opel Works could be sold in France at about...