From the January 4th & January 11th 1960 issues of Automotive News, here are the Production (not sales) figures for Calendar year 1959.
A few notes/thoughts
As with the previous charts, keep in mind these are CALENDAR year 1959 production figures.
1959 Position |
Make |
1958 Position |
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1 |
1,350,919 |
Ford (standard) |
985,153 |
2 |
2 |
1,349,239 |
Chev (standard) |
1,255,935 |
1 |
3 |
401,403 |
Rambler |
217,332 |
7 |
4 |
393,713 |
Plymouth |
367,296 |
3 |
5 |
388,426 |
Pontiac |
219,823 |
6 |
6 |
366,046 |
Olds |
310,795 |
4 |
7 |
232,234 |
Buick |
257,124 |
5 |
8 |
192,291 |
Dodge |
114,206 |
10 |
9 |
156,572 |
Mercury |
128,428 |
8 |
10 |
153,811 |
STUDEBAKER |
55,124 |
11 |
11 |
139,462 |
Cadillac |
125,501 |
9 |
12 |
100,677 |
Falcon |
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13 |
79,477 |
Corvair |
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14 |
75,733 |
Thunderbird |
53,407 |
12 |
15 |
69,335 |
Chrysler |
49.413 |
13 |
16 |
41,275 |
DeSoto |
36,556 |
14 |
17 |
30,387 |
Lincoln |
25,871 |
16 |
18 |
29,677 |
Edsel |
26,563 |
15 |
19 |
20,969 |
Imperial |
13,673 |
17 |
20 |
19,782 |
Valiant |
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Packard |
1,745 |
18 |
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5,590,428 |
TOTAL |
4,244,045 |
A few notes/thoughts
- Stude, combined with Rambler, had nearly 10% of the market, the highest total for independents in postwar history (to date)
1959 Position |
Make |
1959 Position |
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1 |
331,348 |
Ford |
249,890 |
2 |
2 |
326,102 |
Chev. |
278,615 |
1 |
3 |
143,199 |
International |
81,213 |
4 |
4 |
114,881 |
Willys |
92,213 |
3 |
5 |
75,881 |
GMC |
61,768 |
5 |
6 |
71,680 |
Dodge |
58,668 |
6 |
7 |
20,018 |
White |
17,403 |
7 |
8 |
17,027 |
Mack |
14,308 |
8 |
9 |
10,779 |
STUDEBAKER |
10,563 |
9 |
10 |
5,359 |
Diamond T |
6,017 |
10 |
11 |
4,325 |
Other makes |
4,163 |
11 |
12 |
3,539 |
Divco |
2,827 |
12 |
1,123,668 |
TOTAL |
870,762 |
Make |
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1 |
69,578 |
Chev |
73,382 |
1 |
2 |
57,129 |
Pontiac |
55,768 |
2 |
3 |
54,018 |
Ford |
54,196 |
3 |
4 |
33,251 |
Meteor |
26,543 |
4 |
5 |
19,617 |
Dodge |
20,505 |
5 |
6 |
16,400 |
Plymouth |
19,134 |
6 |
7 |
14,295 |
Olds |
15,399 |
7 |
8 |
9,187 |
Buick |
14,163 |
8 |
9 |
8,320 |
STUDEBAKER |
4,514 |
10 |
10 |
5,864 |
Mercury |
5,427 |
9 |
11 |
5,414 |
Chrysler |
3,452 |
11 |
12 |
4,979 |
Monarch |
810 |
14 |
13 |
1,610 |
Edsel |
2,291 |
12 |
14 |
1,187 |
DeSoto |
1,040 |
13 |
300,849 |
TOTAL |
296,624 |
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