Show SIGNS POINT TO GAIN IN automotive INDUSTRY signs in the automotive industry tr y I 1 like those throughout business in ill general point to substantial g gains a ins in 1940 felix doran jr assistant general sales manager of chevrolet told chevrolet dealers on january ath at a luncheon held at the hotel utah in salt lake city mr doran was principal speaker at the meeting where chevrolets lets plans for the coming months were laid before the dealers from all parts of the salt lake city zone mr stanley bradshaw of bradshaw motor co attended the ohe m meeting CC ting from cedar city every vital index mr doran said supports the expectation of continuing business improvement HP he listed steel production electric current consumption employment building permits department store sales aalee and numerous other reflectors of public buying capacity as leading to the same conclusion especially significant he said is the fact act that the improvement noted noted is not confined to any single abea aiea 1 I on but is evident in greater or losser lesser degree from coast to coast within the automobile industry itself said mr doran there is abundant indication that advances reported report d in other industries have a far reaching and basic rather than a superficial meaning truck sales are arc one of the most reliable indications their phenomenally phenomenal lv heavy volume since announcement of our 1940 product is a reliable sign that business and industry ere getting prepared to handle heavier volume of materials tran for a long time past and when business and industry go to such expense they always know what they are about the most recent 10 day sales report available when I 1 left detroit showed a gain of more than 51 percent in chevrolet car and truck sales as compared with the same period in 1938 making virtually certain a unit month the report showed another fact of interest namely that used car volume was up which means that there is rn more re money in circulation in the lower income brackets where used car buyers predominate chevrolet comes into the new year with the three big essentials all strongly in its favor the market is there the product is right and the organization behind the product is in the best shape in its history to make the most of its opportunity 0 |