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irapidly increased use of vehicles saw this figure climb to I to 50 million by 1931, only 19 years later. In even less time, the 17 years until 1948, the vehicle marking the 100 i millionth rolled off an as|
sembly line. An expanding economy and improved standard of living produced an ever growing need for highway transportation so that in just 14 more years this figure was doubled. On Decmeber 11, 1962, the 200 millionth vehicle was driven from one of the industry’s plants. The industry’s production of another 50 million vehicles in less than six years, approximately one-Sixth the time required for the first 50 million, points up the nation’s continued reliance on cars, trucks and buses and the highway transportation sys tern. The 250 million total includes nearly 206 million passenger cars and more than 44 million motor trucks and buses.
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