I was looking at vehicles built in North America. Taking into
consideration the imports, the lists would get quite long, with such cars as
Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolseley, Vanden Plas Princess, M.G., Singer, Humber,
Hillman, Sunbeam, Standard, Triumph, Vauxhall, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Aston
Martin, Jaguar, Ford (U.K.), Citroen, Peugeot, Borgward, Ford (Germany),
NSU, DKW, Auto Union, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Mazda, Isuzu, Saab, Volvo, etc.,
etc., etc. coming in and out of the picture over the years.
The actual figure comparisons I made were based on model year production.
The Automotive News figures are calendar year registrations. In terms of
actual sales in the U.S., though, registrations are perhaps the most
accurate of the figures available. In the case of the Imperial all were
built in the U.S. through 1975 while from mid-1964 to 1966 Studebakers were
all built in Canada. Thus Imperial and 1964 to 1966 Studebaker production
figures include cars built for the U.S., Canada and export, while the U.S.
registrations are just that - registrations of just vehicles sold and
registered in the United States.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Collectable Automobile/Imp. Mystique
> Imperial also outsold Studebaker in 1965:
>
> Imperial 17, 214
> Studebaker 12,042
>
> It also outsold Mercedes (11,994), and Opel, Datsun, Simca, Renault, and
Fiat--
> at least in 1965. My source for these figures is Automotive News.
>
> Mark
>
> Bill Watson wrote:
>
> > As for sales, the Imperial never outsold Rambler, and the only year it
> > outsold Studebaker was in 1966, when Studebaker ended production for
good in
> > March of 1966,
> >
> > Looking at model year production, Imperial's best year was 1957, with
37,593
> > built. Lincoln built 41,123,, Studebaker 63,101, Rambler 91,469, and
> > Cadillac 146,841. Imperial did beat Willys and Kaiser in 1955,
Packard*
> > in 1956, 1957 and 1958, Continental Mark II in 1956 and 1957, Hudson and
> > Nash in 1957, Edsel in 1960 and DeSoto in 1961. The only other car that
> > consistently appeared below Imperial on the production charts was
Checker.
> > (* - Packard combined with Clipper beat Imperial.)
> >
>
>
>
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