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US marque Buick lowered its prices to reflect the absence of spare tires or inner tubes on its new cars

Thursday 11th December 1941

US marque Buick lowered its prices to reflect the absence of spare tires or inner tubes on its new cars. The widespread shortages caused by World War Two had led to many quotas and laws designed to conserve America’s resources. One of these laws prohibited spare tyres on new cars.

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