AUTOMOBILE ACHIEVEMENTS 1929

by ALFRED REEVES
General Manager,
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce

WHILE the motor production for the year just concluded was climbing well above the five-million mark, and sales abroad were in the neighborhood of one million vehicles, scientific advances were underwriting stability for the motor industry.

In short, we cannot divorce the study of this industry from its engineering aspects. There has never been in motor history a car at the Ford price which would travel at the Ford’s speed and deliver the same pick-up. In the Ford and Whippet Four the public found engineering jobs of a quality never before available for the value. Similarly, Chevrolet for the first time offered a six-cylinder machine in its price class and equipped it with a body of unusual quality. There has been similar progress in all price ranges. The advent of the front-wheel-drive car, four-speed gear shifts, and various other items all serve to give the current cars a style aspect which is stimulating to public interest.

Popular Science Monthly, January 1930

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