Bingham Bulletin | 1948-04-23 | Page 2 | Cars on Road Hit Historic Figure

MODERN MOTORCADE Cars on Road Hit Historic Figure Number of passenger cars on the road in the U.S. today Is at an all-time all-time high, according to an article in the April edition of "Business Comment," bulletin of Northern Trust company. This is true despite the fact that no passenger cars were manufactured manufac-tured for private use during the war, that an estimated average of 1.2 million passenger cars were scrapped or put into storage yearly during the same period, and that postwar production has not yet exceeded ex-ceeded the best prewar years, the bulletin stated. Latest available figures indicate a total of 27.5 million passenger cars registered in the U.S. on July 1, 1947, the article reported.