Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company and Predecessor Companies* (U.S. Production)

UNIT SALES JANUARY 1 1915 TO SEPTEMBER 30 1943

YEAR

TOTAL

TRUCKS
$

COACHES

TAXICABS

HERTZ CARS ETC.

AMPHIBIAN TRUCKS

ARMOURED CARS

TRAILERS NOT INCLUDED IN TOTALS

1915

40

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

1916

558

53

 

499

6

 

 

 

1917

474

16

 

458

 

 

 

 

1918

404

19

 

384

1

 

 

 

1919

583

63

 

500

20

 

 

 

1920

1,180

105

 

1,072

3

 

 

 

1921

1,604

41

 

1,502

61

 

 

 

1922

5,268

48

 

5,206

14

 

 

 

1923

8,461

47

207

8,207

 

 

 

 

1924

5,710

516

681

4,462

51

 

 

 

 

1925

11,606

5,712

886

3,336

1,672

 

 

 

1926

14,495

6,202

1,594

4,396

2,303

 

 

 

1927

16,389

12,918

838

2,598

35

 

 

 

1928

30,050

26,703

1,149

2,198

 

 

 

 

1929

26,746

23,559

1,299

1,888

 

 

 

 

1930

18,855

14,691

1,503

2,661

 

 

 

 

1931

12,030

9,595

622

1,813

 

 

 

EST. 300

1932

7,753

6,787

385

581

 

 

 

633

1933

10,984

8,137

424

2,423

 

 

 

843

1934

14,865

13,770

999

96

 

 

 

1,063

1935

15,039

13,486

1,553

 

 

 

 

1,464

1936

38,374

32,939

2,337

3,098

 

 

 

999

1937

57,707

54,962

2,303

442

 

 

 

1,168

1938

24,945

23,047

1,511

387

 

 

 

597

1939

44,544

42,820

1,551

173

 

 

 

888

1940

61,193

59,039

2,154

 

 

 

 

88

1941

112,375

119,052

2,323

 

 

 

 

4

1942

151,243

148,599

2,395

 

 

245

4

 

1943

107,787

104,936

127

 

 

2,696

28

 

 

* Predecessor companies:

Walden W. Shaw Livery Company to June 29 1920
Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company to August 26 1925
$ General Motors Truck from 1925:
Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company acquired the General Motors Corporation’s Yellow company General Motors Truck Division on July 1 1925, though General Motors had an initial controlling 51% stake in the [increased February 1926 to 60%]
Yellow Truck & Coach was finally merged with G.M.C. on 30 September 1943 to form the General Motors Truck and Bus Division.
Information provided by Rolland Jerry, Toronto, Ontario
Source: www.chevytalk.com

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