RUSH FOR MOTOR CARS.
i HIGH PRICES IN ENGLAND. ; The phenomenal demand in Englanfl i for seeoiid-hand motor cars at the pros--1 ent exorbitant prices is likely to ho ' Bhort- : H#d, says the Weekly Dispatch in a recent issue'. "A Very fair idea of the extraordinary ! ;increase'"in".the price of second-hand motor cars can be fflrhied from' the first that'a'ny''lSJi modei in good condition wjill fetch t'o-Tl'ay at'least three times .its original cost,".sajd, the proprietor if a London garage. .',','. Durirsg The pastijiix months the. value \ x of carg; has! leapt n'p at. the ratepf £IW) ,(i' rnontli,,' *lhe cause of'.tyie increase lion in the. tivati'for, nearly flye years very few ; no* oarß.liavo. coiro; in,to" .pie .njarket,.'anjl, mofe. pepplo are, asking tor thCni now th!an, in, pre-war .days." ' -•Plenty ijP f'p,eon)e ; aie' jisk/ng fqr car/, but in most cases tHey arjj nn,\yilllnj{ to; pay £4OOO. and, ,£SOPO, ..yj'rlc'hj is noV a'numberpr cmgsi. Thj^ latest inode;}s' .j-wjilE BRetiaJty.'.'catc.r for, the ,<£3'ob. .customer,,, wim Vnjyi warita a"Wall, reliable landanleite.^lrajiay.of 'the.bigftype,of carispver. ",'.,-. „.,' , ..,,,;
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1919, Page 2
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167RUSH FOR MOTOR CARS. Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1919, Page 2
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