I'm sorry that I gave the impression I know of such numbers. I don't, which is why I never made such a comparison. He made the comparison, the burden of proof is on him, not me. I merely don't believe it, and need the numbers to be shown that I'm incorrect.---------------------------------------
Not my fight but the number of cars sold in the 1920's is easy to find:
Automotive news So 3 to 4 million a year were sold.
As for gas stations:
121,000 in 1929But if you read the article these were not for the most part like modern stations but a general store with a couple of those hand pumped pumps that you see in old movies and photos.
Of course a modern station will have between 4 and 16 pumps (or more) so those numbers from the 1920's have to be reduced substantially.