The Status of the Automobile Trade

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.

YearTotal Production (including Fords)Ford Production*Automobile Registrations
1909127,73110,660294,000
1910187,00019,051427,700
1911210,00034,979677,000
1912378,00076,1501,010,400
1913485,000181,9511,248,000
1914569,000264,9721,769,000
1915893,000283,1612,495,000
19161,584,000534,1083,585,000
19171,869,000785,4334,992,000
19181,154,000708,3556,106,000
19191,876,000939,4347,546,000
19202,007,0001,074,3369,206,000
19211,686,0001,013,95810,506,000
19222,659,0001,131,33312,364,000
19234,087,0002,089,77715,233,000
19243,617,0001,993,41917,700,000
13254,337,0001,990,99519,884,000
19264,480,0001,447,91522,047,000
1927 (Jan,-Oct.)3,241,000(estimated) 400,000(est, July 1)23,590,000
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