BRITISH CARS
DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION A FLOURISHING INDUSTRY. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, September 20. Preparations for the Olympic Motor Show are rapidly nearing completion, and leading manufacturers have the new soasoirs programme of production well in hand. Dr Burgin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, speaking at a display, said that since 1923 development and production of British vehicles had risen from 71,000 cars and 23,000 goods vehicles to 171,000 cars and 61,000 goods vehicles. Between 1925 and 1932 imports of motor vehicles had fallen from 41,000 cars to 2,762, and from 6,000 commercial vehicles to 310. Exports had shown encouraging progress, rising from 15,000 vehicles in 1924 to 40,000 last year, and 33,000 in the first eight months of the current year. Britain was now exporting 15.6 per cent, ot production, against 3.6 pei 1 cent, by tho producers of tho United Slates.
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Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 9
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148BRITISH CARS Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 9
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