World motor industry facts from 1926 report
The National Automobile Chamber’s 1926 review notes eighty one percent of vehicles are in the United States with foreign sales up 89 percent year over year. It details truck and bus growth, rail and private shipping use, and highway taxation totals near 1 billion dollars. It cites increased purchasing power, fuel for autos, and large scrapping figures while reporting forest visitor counts.
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United States
Waels and Bures
Automobile Industry
Fuition
National Automobile Chamber
Comarerer
Uteven
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Lehigh
Velic Styleader Wins Name Contest for Sloping Windshield
Velic Motors of Moline announces that Velic Styleader has won its naming contest for a new sloping windshield model after reviewing over 250 000 submissions. Judges selected the entry as the top choice in the nationwide sweepstakes.
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Velic Styleader
Velic Motors Corporation
Moline, T
Tor
He Rane
Graham Brothers Unveil G-Boy One Ton Truck in Detroit
The Graham Brothers announce the G-Boy one ton truck distributed by Collard-Hull in Dodge Brothers power, featuring new design, heavier construction, improved factory output, and a price around 884 dollars. The truck claims rapid acceleration, heavy pulling power, light weight, and a comfortable ride with steel spoke wheels and cord tires, plus carryall and stake body options for farmers. grain box and other bodies are planned.
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Graham Brothers
Collard-Hull Company
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Ges
Ape Nearuhe
Frank Ms. Gollard
R Jr
CoNord-Hull Company
Cord Aires
Velie Velie leader name chosen for new car model
The Velie leader name, deemed most fitting for the medal, embodies advanced ideas in automobile body design. Mrs Henry Leibrandt of Watsonville California will receive a car for submitting the winning name. The contest drew international interest with entries from nearly every country. B C Condon, local Velie dealer, said the selected name describes the model’s standing among auto buyers.
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Velie
Henry Leibrandt
Watsonville
Cal
B.C. Condon
Population per motor car by state and territory
Population per motor car figures are listed for each state and territory from the 3925 census. States include California Oregon Nevada Kansas Nebraska Florida Colorado Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Ohio Vermont District of Columbia Oklahoma Texas New Hampshire Illinois Missouri Maine Arizona Maryland Connecticut Delaware Massachusetts New Jersey West Virginia North Carolina Virginia Kentucky Louisiana Tennessee Mississippi South Carolina Arkansas Georgia Alabama Rhode Island Montana New Mexico Pennsylvania New York and the total United States. The data vary widely, reflecting vehicle ownership patterns across regions.
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California
Town
Oregon
Nevada
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Florida
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin - A
Ohio
Vermont
District of
Oklahoma
Texas
New Hampshire
Missouri
Rhode Island
Montana
New México
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
Overland Coupe With Six Motor Due This Week
Waterloo Overland announces a new six cylinder coupe to be shown this week, billed as a distinct new model within the Overland line. EH Hutters, manager, says official public release pending, Willys-Overland partners have not announced full details yet.
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Overland
Hutters
Waterloo Overland Company
Willys-Over
Car to sell under $1000 in Waterloo claims by Butters
Butters states the new coupe will be the most attractive car in their life and invites the public to see the "neatest, and best built model" from Overland factoring delivered to Waterloo. He adds humorous, if unclear, remarks about heroic acts in the Middle Ages.
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Butters
Waterloo
Auto Investment Does Not Diminish Other Savings Forms
The article asserts that public investment in motor vehicles over the past decade did not reduce savings. It notes rising savings accounts and assets across life insurance, building and loan associations, and bank deposits, with figures showing life insurance climbing from 20 to about 70 billion, deposits and assets expanding significantly, and motor vehicle production wholesale value leaping from 400 million to 8 billion.
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Mohicko
Building and Loan Association
Cadillac's eight-cylinder boom reshapes national market
A sweeping claim describes the Cadillac eight-cylinder as the finest car in the world and notes unprecedented sales increasing market demand. The passage emphasizes Cadillac's renowned soundness and excellence while warning of growing volume and production pressures at the Cadillac works.
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World's Motors
Graham ‘Brothers
Luen Humor
Madrid
East Sixth Street
Asi
Standard
Battery & Electric Coo
West Fifth Street
Star Automobiles
Waterloo Star Company
West Fifth Street and
Jefferson
Cadillac
Cadillac Construction
Morris Motor Car Co
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Divisio
Essex
Hudson-Essex Waterloo Co
Franklin
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