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Show TREND IS TO LOW PRICE CARS Shifting of favor among low-priced low-priced passenger car buyers from four to six cylinder automobiles auto-mobiles is definitely indicated by registration figures for the year to date now appearing in leading automotive trade magazines. maga-zines. Complete returns for the first five months of the year reveal leadership in passenger car sales having gone to a six, Chevrolet having titled 30 3,110 cars in the period as against the 292,774 fours titled by the largest four-cylinder four-cylinder car manufacturer. The trend is significant in that 1931 is the first year to see a six-cylinder car leading all other makes. Although Chevrolet also occupied first place in registrations registra-tions several years ago, the record rec-ord then was made with the old four-cylinder Chevrolet before the change-over to a six. Indications of a general pickup pick-up in retail buying as it affects Chevrolet are contained in a comparison of registrations for May with the same month last year. Gains were recorded in the far west, New England, the southeast from North Carolina to Florida, the mideast in New York state, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and the midwest, mid-west, notably Indiana and Michigan. |