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Show Auto Industry Records Records were set by the automobile industry in the year ending with September, in many categories, Alfred Reeves, vice president of the Automobile Manufacturers' association, announcedrecenUy. Theserecordsjncluded JotaLpassenget . " car." motor truck and bus registrations; world motor vehicle registration: retail sajes of trucka in the United States; aggregate aggre-gate taxes paid by motor vehicle users: gasoline consumption and bus croducton. Some statistics of the industry follow; PRODUCTION AND VALUE Car and truck factory sales, U. S. and Canada .... 5,1 10.000 Passenger cars 4'i??'952 Motor trucks -000 Percentage increase over 1938 i2 Motor vehicles, accessories, service equipment and replacementa of part and tirea 14.304,500,000 REGISTRATION '. Motor vehicles registered in U. S. . , 29.000.000 Motor cars 2i'!2M22 Motor trucks .f JSSSSS World registration of motor vehicles 41.750,000 Per cent of world's automobiles in U. S 70 TAXES. Total motor vehicle user taxes tl,565.0O0,0OO Gasoline taxes, federal, state and municipal ... 975,000,000 Percentage motor user taxes to all taxes from all sources, federal, state and local 154 EMPLOYMENT Employment, manufacturing autos, bodies and ports 515,000 Weekly pay roll, wages $ 16,000,000 MOTOR VEHICLE RETAIL BUSINESS Total car and truck dealers J5'Io2 Total repair shops , S'SiJ Total retail outlets, duplications eliminated .... 102,342 Wholesalers ,5?i? Retail gasoline outlets 380,000 FOREIGN SALES Number of American motor vehicles sold outside United States (U. S. exports and output in Canadian plants owned by U. S. firms) 620.000 Per cent of production sold outside U. S 12 Value of motor vehicles, parts and tires exported from U. S. and Canada 361,700.000 |