Archive Report
Archive Report
The release of accumulated demand by the introduction of the long-awaited Model A Ford car, December 2, promises a production of American automobiles during 1928 that will exceed all previous records. The best available estimates indicate a total production in the neighborhood of 4,800,000 passenger cars and trucks during the next twelve months. The prosperity to be enjoyed by the automobile industry barring an industrial depression from causes at present unforeseen should have a stimulating effect not only upon those branches of manufacture which are closely allied with it, but upon all American industry.
Year | Total Production (including Fords) | Ford Production* | Automobile Registrations |
1909 | 127,731 | 10,660 | 294,000 |
1910 | 187,000 | 19,051 | 427,700 |
1911 | 210,000 | 34,979 | 677,000 |
1912 | 378,000 | 76,150 | 1,010,400 |
1913 | 485,000 | 181,951 | 1,248,000 |
1914 | 569,000 | 264,972 | 1,769,000 |
1915 | 893,000 | 283,161 | 2,495,000 |
1916 | 1,584,000 | 534,108 | 3,585,000 |
1917 | 1,869,000 | 785,433 | 4,992,000 |
1918 | 1,154,000 | 708,355 | 6,106,000 |
1919 | 1,876,000 | 939,434 | 7,546,000 |
1920 | 2,007,000 | 1,074,336 | 9,206,000 |
1921 | 1,686,000 | 1,013,958 | 10,506,000 |
1922 | 2,659,000 | 1,131,333 | 12,364,000 |
1923 | 4,087,000 | 2,089,777 | 15,233,000 |
1924 | 3,617,000 | 1,993,419 | 17,700,000 |
1325 | 4,337,000 | 1,990,995 | 19,884,000 |
1926 | 4,480,000 | 1,447,915 | 22,047,000 |
1927 (Jan,-Oct.) | 3,241,000 | (estimated) 400,000 | (est, July 1)23,590,000 |