The American-made motor car of today would cost 60,00 dollars if produced with the tools of 1910, the magazine Steelways notes. It is twice as heavy, longer-lasting, and five times more powerful than a car of 40 years ago. It carries more than 50 times of standard equipment not known at that time.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 98, 20 September 1950, Page 2
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