Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
TWO MILLE0NTH
CHEVROLET AUTO
CREATES RECORD
First Maker of Selective
Gear Shift Car To
Touch Mark

The two-millionth Chevrolet. built
Sept, $. establishes a new record in
lautomotive history.
The Chevrolet Motor COMPANY is
lthe first maker of sclective gear
shift cars to attain this production.
" Passing the two-million produc-
Itlon mark emphasizes Chevrolet :
progress, said W. :. Knuisen.
president of the company. 1.-The
present record should not be the
last rs the company expects to
produce close to half a million ears
during 1925 which will exceed by Z
wide margin the 1923 Chevrolet
peak production.
When the first "Babv Grand
touring model was turned out at the
Flint plant in 1918 Chevrolet pro
duction for that wear totaled only
5.9S7 which today would represent
less than three DAYS work. The
original plant would he lost TODAY
among the huge buildings of the
organization which include motor.
pressed metal and assembly plants
at Flint. Mich, six other assembly
plants at Tarrvtown. \. Y. St.
Louis. Mo, Oakland Cal. James
vile, Wis, Norwood. O.. and Buf-
falo y. Y. three factories at De
troit for the manufacture respec-
lively Of gears. aXles and forgings;
4 Transmission plant ~ Toledo. O..
= small parts factory AT Bay CITY.
Mich. and an EXPORT assembling
plant at Bloomfield. y. J. The
company occupies l67 buildings
with 4 total floor space of G.55j. 227
square feet. The various plants oc-
cupy 34j acres.
First Chevrolet Still Runs
The first Chevrolet. purchased by
the comDanv Il few wears ago from
The original owner. is still in perfect
running condition. Al tho con
servativc average Of 10000 miles
per car. the two million ChayroletS
produred Sinee the completion of
this first Chevrolet represent 20
100000 miles Of Transportation or
more than 10000 round trips he
tween the earth and the moon. Plac-
cd end to eHd the 100000 Chevro-
lets would form a traffic jam 1855
mile, long.
The Chevrolet Motor Company az
y wears 0l is n c0mD9rativn now
conner in the automotivo field Tho
gigantic strides which i has made
arc illustrated we'll bv the fact that
nearly one million Of the two nil
ion cars produced so far were made
during The last two wears.
As the company grew. improved
'0achirerv permitted more cars 70
l." built per emnl0vee marvellous nc
cisjon cc"ipmeut rendered uo>sible
quick ard accurate assembling and
the resultant increase in production
gave the advantage Of tremendous
purchasing power.
Form Endless Chain
These factors formed an endless
chain continually pulling down the
cost Of manufacture. I'm advantage
which consistently has been passed
on 70 the purchaser. The result
il that the two millionth Chevrolet,
2 Fisher body coach with refine
mcats, improvements and stamina
undrcamcl of q decade ago. now
sells at q figure more than $500
below the urice Of the oricinal Chcv-
rolef touring ca, which sold FOR
5000.
The company's position in the au-
t1uotive industry was strengthened
further IN 1918 when it became one
of 'ho units in the gigantic General
Motors corporation. The executive
offices are in the General Motor.
builiiug at Detroi~.
Di.rcgurding the idea Of yearly
constant efforts are being
made 10 improve the car. Bu-
changes. even of the bost minor var-
iotv. are made only aftrr long and
r-uclling tests over the roads Of the
General Motors proving ground a.
milford. Mich. not far from De-
lr.i-. whore seven Chevrolet ears.
operating night and dav. are making
% fp.aI mileage ~ 5000 monthly.
CCowrararivcl~ ep.aking. Chev-
r1lrf hrs only started. SAID Mr..
Kmd.cn. "OHr policy of providing
quality 90 the lowest
cost hos brought Spectacular sue
.asS "a fIc 0rg.rizafion We shall