CARS DESTROYED.
CURE FOR OVER-PRODUCTION,
Cars worth in the aggregate thousands of pounds were set on fire during one week recently ana sent over a steep bank into a disused gravel pit, which was then flooded to a depth of more than 30ft (says a London exchange). In this way prominent car distributors followed the drastic methods of American wheat and coffee growers, who destroyed surplus stocks in order to offset overproduction. Saloons, coupes and tourers of all makes made the fatal leap. Most them had been taken in part exchange for new cars since the Olympia Motor Show, and included a 45 lap. which cost £1750, and which roared to its doom like a racing car. Other makes, which from five to 10 years ago were the pride of their makers, were among those destroyed. The chairman of one firm said that most of the cars were unsaleable owing to the exorbitant tax, and the largo engines were not worth dismantling, even where the engine was brand new.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 22, 22 December 1932, Page 7
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169CARS DESTROYED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 22, 22 December 1932, Page 7
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