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).
Extract from 'Automotive Industries' showing changes in new passenger car registrations for 1935 over 1934.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\5\ scan0101 | |
| Date | 19th November 1935 | |
| (Appendix - Sheet 3) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}3/KW.19.11.35. Extract from "Automotive Industries" dated 3.8.35. NEW PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS. Type of Car Per Cent Change 6 months, 1935 over 1934 Numerical Change 6 months, 1935 over 1934 Ford + 65.8 193,188 Chevrolet + 16.0 43,418 Plymouth + 34.0 54,072 Dodge + 96.1 47,511 Oldsmobile +134.0 46,095 Pontiac + 80.0 33,416 Buick + 9.9 3,099 Terraplane + 27.1 6,166 Chrysler + 84.9 10,998 Studebaker - 8.2 - 1,824 DeSoto +153.0 8,626 Packard +372.0 10,414 Ø Hudson + 6.2 665 Nash - 1.0 - 81 Graham + 19.3 1,345 LaFayette +178.0 4,955 LaSalle +104.0 2,888 Willys + 52.3 1,670 Hupmobile + 60.3 1,628 Auburn + 31.0 711 Cadillac - 9.2 - 270 Reo + 4.3 81 Lincoln - 11.8 - 127 Pierce-Arrow - 59.5 - 556 Miscellaneous - 80.3 - 1,703 Ø Includes Packard 120 which, recently introduced, costs 1200 dollars; i.e., a small car. | ||