angliagt Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 From the June,1970 issue of Road & Track,for Imports sold in the US. 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 I was surprised that Ford sold that many cars, considering the Cortina was the only model offered that year. - Doug Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Wow...only 51 Hondas Quote Link to comment
paradoxx Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 a lot more Saab's than BMW's.......and 2,600 sunbeams, interesting. Quote Link to comment
yellowdatsun Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 7200 Simcas?!?! Just as many as porsche for that year. But now finding a 69 Porsche would be infinitely easier than finding a Simca. That VW figure is mind boggling. Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 7200 Simcas?!?! Just as many as porsche for that year. But now finding a 69 Porsche would be infinitely easier than finding a Simca. That VW figure is mind boggling. Yeah...thats like 7198 Simcas more than I have seen from that year!:lol: Look at it this way...I have owned around 40 VWs...12 Toyotas, 5 Subarus, 2 Fiats, 2 Volvos, 1 Renault and 1 Simca....and 1 NSU....that seems to be about the same ratio as on this chart.:blink: Great job finding this cool info Doug! Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 By 1974, Nissan was the #1 import. The former no. 1, Volkswagen didn't keep the place long against better fuel economy, better performance and lower price. Quote Link to comment
fairlady66 Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Interesting that Ford is on this list of Import Sales Figures. Wounder which car it was that they imported in '69 Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 All the America 'big three' were buying foreign. Ford: Cortina Chrysler: Hillman, Simca GM: Opel Quote Link to comment
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