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Interesting ..... 1969 Sales Figures

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:56 pm
by angliagt
I was looking at the June,1970 issue of Road & Track.
They had the 1969 Import sales figures for the USA.

1. VW - 538,000
2. Toyota - 117,000
3. Opel - 91,000
4. Datsun - 59,000
5. Fiat - 42,000
6. Volvo - 36,000
7. Mercedes - 25,000
8. MG - 22,000
9. FORD - 21,000
10. Renault - 18,000
11. Triumph - 17,000
12. Austin - 15,000
13. Saab - 11,000
14. BMW - 9,400
15. Porsche - 7,200
16. Simca - 7,200
17. Austin-Healey - 5,900
18. Jaguar - 5,500
19. Peugeot - 4,200
20. Subaru - 2,900
21. Sunbeam - 2,600
22. Alfa Romeo - 1,900
23. Rover - 1,400
24. Citroen - 1,100
25. Lotus - 530
26. Rolls-Royce - 400
27. NSU - 240
28. Ferrari - 87
29. Honda - 51
30. Aston Martin - 26


Ford outsold Honda!


- Doug

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:47 pm
by stanchfi
To be fair, so did Ferrari

thanks for sharing, that's pretty cool

-James

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:19 pm
by angliagt
I was impressed that Ford only had one model -
the Cortina,that they sold here.

- Doug