CARS OF THE CLASSIC '30s
BY THE AUTO EDITORS OF CONSUMERS GUIDE
With more than 1400 photos, Cars of the Classic '30s: A decade of Elegant Design tells the story of a challenging time and an evolving auto industry. The stock market crash of 1929 spelled hard times for the auto industry. Within three years, total industry sales dropped almost 75 percent. Competition was fierce and many automakers perished. B ut those that soldiered on introduced bold new designs and technical advances that mad the 1930s the most progressive decade in automotive history.