Show u UI 1 S 8 Si MAKING MOST MOTORS America Leads Lends In tion tion of Autos for Entire V World orld B By nO ROBERT ERT S THORN BURGH International nl News Xe s Service Staff Correspondent Automobile manu manufacturers ot of Untied States ted accounted led for 80 per cent of the world orld production of at motor cars last year ear accord accord- ing according to figures complied compiled by the tho department of f commerce automobiles were manufactured In UnIted States Canada Canada France Italy the United Kingdom tad nd Germany Of 01 the cars produced In these countries countries were manufactured In United States Stales United States Stales In the year ear ex- ex exported exported ex exported ported automobiles 61 automobiles per cent ot of the combined exports from the rest of ot the world In 1924 the production was cars cars 88 per cent ot of which came from American fac- fac factories factories fac factories tories In that year Americas America's export was 55 per PH cent ot of o the combined shipments disclosing a again again gain In automotive foreign forel n trade Of Ot the six countries mentioned only the United Kingdom exceeded exceed exceed- exceeded exceeded ed the United States In Its 1925 percentage Increase over 1924 In passenger car exports Franco made the lowest gain s-aln German exports J decreased 2 per cent not notwithstanding withstanding that country's large production gain In automobiles from In 1924 to In 1925 One One outstanding reason for the Increased European passenger car exports during durin 1925 is the fact that as a whole they hey were lower priced than during the preceding years ears Irving H Taylor head hend of the department of commerce au- au automotive automotive au automotive division said HIGH halt WITH VALUE The average unit value alUe 0 of Ger German man exports however er was abnor abnor- abnormally abnormally mally wally high hish increasing from 1 Sl I in 1924 to 2119 In 1925 Similarly the unit figure ure for the UnIted States Slate was 14 greater than In 1924 attributable in part to Increasing demand for tor better cars and end In part to the production production production tion difficulties encountered duro dur- during dur during ing the year ear by nn an important manufacturer of ot low priced cars The fluctuations In relative positions held by au- au automobile automobile au automobile manufacturing nations In their foreign markets was well illustrated by Australia as a sales area During both 1924 and 1925 that country was the leading mar mar- market market market ket for passenger cars produced In the United States Slates Canada and the United Kingdom In 1925 the United Kingdom Increased Its passenger car exports to Aus Aus- Australia Autralia Australia per cent over the tho year preceding while Canadas Canada's ship shIp- shIpments ship ship- shipments shipments ments declined 18 per cent and UnIted States exports Increased 22 per cent U S TO HOLD BOLD LE LEAD LED D Officials hero here feel that the United States Slates for many years to rom romp i virtually monopolize the orel market for low prIced automobiles Many markets es- es especially especially es especially South America still cling to the higher priced British Ger Ger- German Ger- Ger German German man and Italian automobiles the 1 possession of these pieces ot of au au Jewelry being consider consider- considered ed Important for the m maintenance maintenance nten- nten ance aneo ot of social prestige On the other hand the same countries keep on Increasing their purchases of ot lower priced Am- Am AmerIcan American Am American cars using them for lor com com- commercial commercial commercial mercial purposes purpose Officials do not believe bellevo that Europe can success success- successfully successfully successfully fully compete with American mass production methods their domes domes- domestic domestic domestic tic markets being insufficient to take care of ot the tremendous out output out out- output put possible from the Ameri Ameri- American American American can can factories |