Flashback - 1969 Sales Report-Import Cars

[AngliaGT]

From the June,1970 issue of Road&Track.

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.Renualt-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.Ferarri-87
29.Honda---51
30.Aston Martin-26

Interesting how times change.

- Doug

 

[drooartz]

I love Ferrari and Simca selling more than Honda...

What an interesting variety of cars you could have purchased that year.

 

[tony barnhill]

I'm wondering in what country were these sales - certainly not the US?

 

[coldplugs]

I'm wondering in what country were these sales - certainly not the US?

Apart from a few that look high to me, they seem reasonable for the US. Just wondering what prompts the question...

(Also I'm assuming the Ford numbers are not for US models???)

 

[tony barnhill]

I'm wondering in what country were these sales - certainly not the US?

Apart from a few that look high to me, they seem reasonable for the US. Just wondering what prompts the question...

(Also I'm assuming the Ford numbers are not for US models???)

The Ford numbers plus the absence of any other major US automakers' numbers.

 

[Twosheds]

The Ford numbers plus the absence of any other major US automakers' numbers.

The subject line says import cars.

 

[tony barnhill]

Wonder what Ford cars were imported to where?

Were we importing Fords to the US in 1970?

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

Cortina for one

 

[SilentUnicorn]

German built Capri for another?


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[AngliaGT]

Yes,these were US import numbers.
The only Fords imported were Cortinas.
The Capri wasn't imported until 1971.
- Doug

 

[tony barnhill]

We imported 21,000 Cortina's? Where are they?

 

[SilentUnicorn]

We imported 21,000 Cortina's? Where are they?

in your fridge masquerading as beer cans?

 

[texas_bugeye]

Wish I still had mine what great little car.

 

[JamesWilson]

We imported 21,000 Cortina's? Where are they?

This SITE has a nice overview fo Ford's English imports.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]After falling below 5,000 in the early 1960s, annual English Ford sales in the US rallied to the 20,000 level through 1969. During 1970, however, imports were halted, their niche taken up by the new Pinto. Nearly 250,000 English Fords were sold in the 23 years they were imported. When was the last time you saw one?[/QUOTE]

I wish they'd kept importing the Cortina... and then the Escort, too.

 

[coldplugs]

Cortinas? I'm amazed. I don't remember seeing very many (if any) during that era. I saw a couple Lotus-Cortinas but that's all. But I remember seeing quite a few Simcas and Renaults seemed common. Maybe it was a regional thing? Did all the Cortinas go west or something? Maybe the list includes Canada?

Interesting.