There are 727,000 motor cars on the roads, 100,000 more than last year.
[From the Watford Observer of November 26, 1927]
NOSTALGIA NOTE: The latest figures (2013) reveal the current number of licensed vehicles to be 35 million, 1.5 per cent up on 2012.
Around 2.72 million vehicles were registered for the first time during 2013, up 10 per cent on the previous year.
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