Were more new sports cars or new sedans purchased in Wichita during th

rye see, we don't actually have to solve this

we know A and B are eliminated, since A lacks information about Sports car and B lacks information about sedan.
Same with D, because A and B alone are not sufficient.

We are left with only 2 options C and E.
and as stated above its given that only 1/3 of Winchita population purchased sedan during 1985 to 1995. what if there were travelers in Winchita too? we have to determine the total no. of cars purchased in Winchita!
what if they shipped from there? there can be N reasons why a car can be purchased but we are only given the constraint of Winchita population. Which is not sufficient to determine the total no. of cars purchased in Winchita. we need a particular value to determine the purchased number of cars in Winchita.
Had it been A) 120 sedan is purchased in winchita and B) 100 Sports car were purchased in Winchita
then we would had choose option C. but since there is no particular we can't choose C.

target were new sports cars purchased > new sedans purchased

#1
In the years 1985 through 1995, one fourth of the population of Wichita purchased new sedans.
no info about new sports cars , how many were purchased ? and it can be possible that same people who bought new sedans also bough sports car
insufficient
#2
In the years 1985 through 1995, one third of the population of Wichita purchased new sports cars
again
no info about Sedans , how many were purchased ? and it can be possible that same people who bought bought sports car might have also bought sedans
insufficient
from 1 &2
we cannot conclusively determine whether new sports cars purchased > new sedans purchased
because :
1 . there is no info about population size
2. there can be possibility that same set of people might have purchased both cars as well
insufficient together
OPTION E

I may be wrong but I have different view for this problem.

So what the question stem is asking. Question stem wants to know which type of car purchased in Winchita is greater in number.

Now going ahead with st-1: (1) In the years 1985 through 1995, one fourth of the population of Wichita purchased new sedans.
1/4th of the population of winchita = Number of sedan cars.
At this point I don't know the number of sports cars.

St-2: (2) In the years 1985 through 1995, one third of the population of Wichita purchased new sports cars.
1/3rd of the population of winchita = Number of sports cars.
In this case I don't know the number of sedan cars.

Now club St1+St2
Two things are common in both statement.
1. Time frame.
2. The population of Winchita.

Considering this it is very clear that
1/4th of the population of Winchita < 1/3rd of the population of Winchita

Now go back again at Question stem. It wants the comparison of number of cars, not that of the number of population who purchased those cars.
Therefore, I chose C.

Please let me know if my understanding is deviating from correct.

gvij2017 you have not considered below case:

where there can be possibility that same set of people might have purchased both cars as well
insufficient together
moreover our target is to determine total cars i.e sports+ sedan ...