From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Statistical table of new private car registrations in Great Britain, categorized by horsepower class, for years ending September 1927 to 1937.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\1\ scan0297 | |
| Date | 30th September 1937 | |
| NEW REGISTRATIONS OF PRIVATE CARS IN GT. BRITAIN BY H.P. CLASSES YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER QUARTER ENDED GREAT BRITAIN - NEW REGISTRATIONS, PRIVATE CARS TO SEPTEMBER, 1937 Vol. 5-(Pag. 2) H.P. CLASS | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | Dec. 1936 | March 1937 | June 1937 | Sept. 1937 | Total ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- 1-th.p. | 21 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 36 7 " | 3,394 | 1,992 | 2,733 | 2,296 | 1,367 | 1,627 | 1,571 | 1,825 | 1,750 | 1,052 | 164 | 531 | 649 | 502 | 1,846 8 " | 22,551 | 26,138 | 39,462 | 37,747 | 31,702 | 43,890 | 47,301 | 77,017 | 77,190 | - | 19,299 | 23,059 | 24,199 | 16,067 | 82,624 9 " | 4,335 | 8,281 | 7,432 | 4,698 | 4,323 | 17,537 | 14,231 | 15,900 | 13,055 | 15,226 | 3,424 | 3,849 | 4,084 | 3,625 | 14,982 10 " | 7,233 | 4,995 | 9,230 | 9,725 | 15,696 | 16,711 | 46,219 | 57,151 | 69,949 | 82,279 | 19,531 | 23,902 | 23,041 | 20,198 | 86,672 11 " | 655 | 3,253 | 320 | 129 | 1,594 | 761 | 132 | 3,148 | 4,877 | 4,363 | 710 | 765 | 631 | 444 | 2,550 12 " | 34,496 | 34,002 | 29,788 | 25,904 | 17,050 | 22,183 | 26,647 | 33,368 | 31,485 | 41,553 | 10,444 | 12,813 | 13,646 | 9,252 | 46,155 13 " | 18,079 | 18,421 | 11,008 | 7,997 | 4,190 | 215 | 240 | 330 | 313 | 995 | 215 | 240 | 330 | 313 | 1,098 14 " | 25,581 | 18,254 | 10,564 | 2,380 | 8,306 | 16,842 | 5,461 | 8,694 | 5,030 | 1,767 | 9,605 | 10,136 | 9,424 | 6,006 | 35,171 15 " | 3,817 | 5,893 | 10,172 | 20,972 | 14,927 | 8,260 | 9,968 | 10,543 | 9,303 | 8,518 | 136 | 140 | 128 | 85 | 489 16 " | 5,158 | 9,380 | 17,127 | 17,061 | 15,558 | 9,182 | 9,968 | 10,543 | 9,303 | 8,518 | 1,997 | 2,361 | 1,847 | 962 | 7,167 17 " | 2,060 | 2,616 | 1,873 | 1,208 | 2,545 | 1,689 | 3,257 | 2,121 | 3,169 | 2,339 | 1,044 | 1,526 | 1,213 | 756 | 4,539 18 " | 6,902 | 7,827 | 4,626 | 2,652 | 6,024 | 3,059 | 2,347 | 2,878 | 1,304 | 2,480 | 1,700 | 2,114 | 2,480 | 1,304 | 7,598 19 " | 128 | 325 | 4,321 | 3,264 | 2,403 | 809 | 268 | 117 | 9 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 25 20 " | 2,839 | 3,418 | 3,328 | 3,624 | 2,874 | 2,698 | 2,812 | 4,243 | 7,093 | 5,026 | 1,006 | 1,028 | 926 | 470 | 3,430 21 " | 2,590 | 2,575 | 3,553 | 2,744 | 1,697 | 1,333 | 1,820 | 1,777 | 1,708 | 2,344 | 419 | 509 | 436 | 196 | 1,560 22 " | 1,506 | 1,652 | 1,490 | 425 | 124 | 27 | 24 | 236 | 700 | 3,887 | 1,900 | 1,315 | 933 | 667 | 4,815 23 " | - | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 69 | 42 | 273 | 438 | 443 | 1,514 24 " | 2,667 | 942 | 373 | 58 | 44 | 2,102 | 1,828 | 2,112 | 2,628 | 1,547 | 273 | 458 | 443 | 310 | 1,487 25 " | 3,600 | 3,171 | 2,867 | 4,349 | 4,664 | 193 | 251 | 327 | 190 | 1,656 | 586 | 634 | 634 | 484 | 2,438 26 " | 590 | 773 | 653 | 883 | 651 | 442 | 863 | 1,571 | 2,542 | 2,249 | 453 | 428 | 409 | 177 | 1,467 27 " | 605 | 1,805 | 1,288 | 623 | 435 | 181 | 152 | 136 | 1,405 | 2,994 | 453 | 90 | 71 | 65 | 302 28 " | 115 | 330 | 1,199 | 308 | 583 | 227 | 76 | 759 | 592 | 711 | 160 | 289 | 325 | 213 | 987 29 " | 184 | 456 | 356 | 596 | 327 | 45 | 931 | 1,621 | 5,371 | 900 | 947 | 1,387 | 1,868 | 1,157 | 5,359 30 " | 792 | 695 | 403 | 285 | 485 | 314 | 1,430 | 2,463 | 5,371 | 4,903 | 263 | 385 | 353 | 254 | 1,255 31 " | 161 | 20 | 10 | 45 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 96 | 1,107 | 39 | 64 | 75 | 31 | 209 32 " | 181 | 94 | 314 | 505 | 181 | 25 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 131 | 64 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 217 33 " | 94 | 20 | 107 | 139 | 65 | 65 | 52 | 127 | 187 | 208 | 230 | 292 | 315 | 188 | 1,025 34 " | 20 | 120 | 318 | 306 | 372 | 118 | 39 | 106 | 108 | 197 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 35 " | 120 | 99 | 145 | 81 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 132 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 36 " | 126 | 167 | 49 | 40 | 156 | 61 | 102 | 137 | 132 | 15 | 45 | 72 | 99 | 58 | 274 37 " | 89 | 51 | 30 | 113 | 97 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 52 | 157 | 135 | 119 | 98 | 509 38 " | 144 | 106 | 155 | 117 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 335 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 39 " | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 40 " | 49 | 82 | 78 | 60 | 93 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 65 | 18 | 20 | - | 27 | 102 41 " | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 42 " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 43 " | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 44 " | 368 | 401 | 339 | 456 | 211 | 120 | 187 | 211 | 193 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 45 " | 36 | 19 | 14 | 58 | 43 | 7 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 12 47 " | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 48 " | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 49 " | 20 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 7 50 and over | 34 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 60 | 96 | 96 | 85 | 337 Electric | - | 18 | 6 | - | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 31 Miscellaneous.... | 39 | 119 | 168 | 181 | 134 | 84 | 62 | 69 | 100 | 56 | 12 | - | 6 | - | 31 TOTAL | 159,287 | 159,058 | 166,503 | 153,655 | 141,392 | 143,053 | 178,574 | 215,526 | 266,619 | 295,967 | 75,650 | 90,072 | 89,960 | 64,557 | 320,239 | ||