Improvisation Keeps Up Output
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A LTHOUGH the output of private t-1 cars fell in the first six months of this year, as compared with the first half of 1950, commercial-vehicle production remained steady. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has stated that only by a constant process of adaptation to meet changing conditions were manufacturers able to prevent a more pronounced drop in output. The development and use of substitute materials for those which are scarce—particularly alloying elements in steel, such as nickel—figured outstandingly in the action taken to keep production lines moving as fast as possible.
The -total of commercial vehicles exported in the first half of the year was 70,375. Although the volume of cars and commercial vehicles shipped was nearly 20,000 smaller than in the corresponding period of 1950, the value, at more than L90m., was slightly greater. This rise in value despite a 7 per cent. drop in exports resulted from price increases which manufacturers have
been forced to make. An increase in the number of public service vehicles (mainly dingle-deck buses and chassis) exported also contributed to the advance in revenue.