Monday, Nov. 26, 1928
New Chevrolet
After manufacturing 5,000,000 Chevrolets, General Motors turned its back on the four-cylinder motor car. Last week saw the beginning of production of a "Bigger and Better" Chevrolet--"A Six in the Price Range of the Four." Dealers will get the six-cylinder Chevrolet on and after Dec. 15. First deliveries to the public will be made on Jan. 1.
Facts about the Chevrolet six:
46 horsepower.
70 miles per hour.
20 miles or more to a gallon of gasoline.
Body by Fisher.
$595 to $725 price range. (On three models, the prices are the same as on the present four-cylinder models. The most striking new model is the convertible landau at $725.)
Underselling the Whippet Six, Chevrolet becomes the lowest-priced six in the world.
There remain in the U. S. only four four-cylinder cars: Ford, Plymouth (Chrysler), Whippet Four, Durant Four.
Chevrolet passed Ford when Model A was being prepared. Ford repassed Chevrolet late last summer. Now, Ford is making 6,000 cars a day. 1929 will be a telling year. Henry Ford will stand by his four and use his low price ($385 to $625) as his most potent weapon. Chevrolet will use arithmetic--six is more than four--"Bigger and Better."