The 1932 Lincoln L, the 1931 Chrysler Imperial and the 1934 Pierce Arrow, the last of its line, are representative of the large, fast and handsome cars that the Americans built during the world's most confident era of motoring. These cars had their European counterparts: the French Bucciali T AV with its sixteen-cylinder engine, the Mercedes-Benz SS 38/250 and the Italian Tips 8A. In some cars of this type, the windscreen height had shrunk to a ridiculously narrow strip of glass at the end of a long, high bonnet. Visibility was impaired and there is no doubt that these extreme proportions detracted from the general good looks of the car. In the first six months of 1932 2,119,715 new cars were registered in the United States.
Also see: 1932 Automobile Ads Published in the USA