Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chevrolet expects to sell 1,100,000 cars this year, enough to keep it the world's No. 1 car. The '41s have thrown out running boards and the Master 85 series of last year. Prices from $712 to $995 include two-tone exteriors and interiors, vacuum-operated tops for sport models, locks on both front doors...
...Ford Motor Co. led General Motors and Chrysler Corp. (producers of Pontiac, Dodge, Oldsmobile, De Soto, Chevrolet and Plymouth-other sixes). In 1940 Ford Motor Co. ranked after them...
TIME, Sept. 9, p. 69, says, "Other sixes, especially Chevrolet and Plymouth, have cut into Ford's market, reduced him from first place in 1930 to third...
According to car registration figures for 1940, Chevrolet is first, Ford second, Plymouth third. How come...
...Nash, the No. 7 (in 1940 sales) producer, gave a preview of its big, bullet-shaped, roomy Ambassador 600. Of advance design (one-piece body and chassis), it will compete in the low-price range with Chevrolet, Ford and Plymouth, who make more than 50% of U. S. sales. Fat, fast-talking Nash Chief, George Walter Mason blandly predicted a 100% sales jump, backed his hopes with $7,000,000 in development and plant expansion...