IMPORTATION OF MOTOR CARS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1928, Page 4

IMPORTATION OF MOTOR CARS

t DECREASE LAST YEAR. ,t AUCKLAND, Fob. 15. The motor trade of the Dominion ex- '■ I'erieuced a lean year in 1927, and I the sum of £2.055, 556 sent out of tlie country for motor cars, chassis and II commercial vehicles was the lowest t since 1922 and £1.617,657 below the e value of imports in 1926. Tlie record s year was 1925 when motor imports were S more than double the aggregate for s last year. Three substantial product ing countries, the United Stales, Great t Britain and Canada have all shared l ' in the decrease, but the falling off * was least in tlie ease of the English '■ vehicle. Imports from Canada slump- > cd so heavily that on a value basis * British vehicles .succeeded to second * place for the first time in many years. ■' During 1920 21 per cent, of the money I sent out of Llie Dominion lor motor ( vehicles Was for British makes, but in 1927 thus rose to 27.1 per cent. Fol- ’ lowing are details of the dutiable value 1 of cars, chassis and commercial vehicles of all types imported during the last two years:

'Total 3.088,173 2,035,530 The aggregate of £2,035,536 was made up ol £1,663,206 for cars and car I chassis and £372.270 for buses, trucks, i vans and other commercial chassis. j The fact that Great Britain’s share | ol the demand for cars improved is 1 attributed to efforts on the part of j certain manufacturers to produce “colonial'’ models*. |

1926 1927 £ United States ... 1,961,277 1.1 10,054 Great Britain ... 776,864 563,143 Canada 839.188 276,359 Italv 03,620 39,160 Franco 31,590 8,508 Belgium 7.518 8,022 G’erniauv ... no 2S1