Show MODERN MOTORCADE cars on R road oad hit historic Ti figure gure c number ol of passenger cars on the road in the US today is at an all time tim high accordi according n g to an article in the april edition of business comment bulletin of 0 northern trust company this is true despite the tact fact that no passenger cars wera manufactured for or private use during the war that an estimated average of 0 12 million passenger car aja rs s were we w er re e inuring scrapped or put into storage yearly during the same period and that thai postwar production has not yet exceeded the best prewar years the bulletin stated latest available figures indicate a total of 27 5 million passenger cars registered in the US on july 1 1947 the article reported present continuation of 0 a high level of 0 demand fornea cars reflects no not tonly only producers inability to attain capacity operations and the immense deferred demand but also the very high level ot of current incomes |