Reply to thread

It takes a great amount of time and effort to design and develop (and patent) a new model.  The huge 'start up' cost of the model XX (which used a unique motor) was certainly not recovered when the war started.  I have no idea why they chose not to bring it out again after the war.  Perhaps because there was little need for an 'economy model' - after all, the money that women had after the war (from their jobs working in factories) was more than enough to buy a $69 Electrolux.  As we all know, the model XXX became the 'economy model' in 1952 with the launch of the LX.