The best selling car in America the year you graduated high school
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Accord for my year, but everyone was driving Olds Broughams (pronounced "Bro ham" by us)
The best-selling car in the United States in 1975 was the Oldsmobile Cutlass, with 324,610 sales. The Ford Granada was the second best-selling car, with 291,140 sales. The other top-selling cars in 1975 were:
- Chevrolet Chevelle: 276,206 sales
- Ford Pinto: 271,880 sales
- Chevrolet Monte Carlo: 267,803 sales
- Chevrolet Nova: 256,438 sales
- Plymouth Valiant: Ranked seventh in 1975, down from second in 1974
That can't be right Shel, Buick never produced over 53K units in a model year from '63 up through '75.
Watch out for A.I. it's been lying to me; I was just looking for 100% corn bourbon and it sent me down an un-lit dead-end street.
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So you're in your 90s ! If so good for you.... and still driving ? I can only hope too
AZjeff
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Cutlass. Was hoping for the Pacer.I am too old for this list. What about 1975?
Thats appears incorrect. There is a lot of bad "data" on the web. Need multiple reliable sources- or just ask Steve Magnante, lol.
Production numbers from ALLPAR:
1976. Great HS Year. Back when chicks started to dig me.
I'm inclined to think your numbers are correct. 1M sold in 1971 doesn't sound right. Attached was my source.
Scott
The 1974 post Vietnam war return of thousands of men had subsided by 1976 and any left over women had to settle for something..................
I find it amazing that pick up trucks top the list. It really goes to show how affluent society has become. Pick up trucks used to be for those that needed a pick up and they were basically tins cans void of creature comforts. Now they are popular for the tough "look" and dressed up extravagantly in looks and comfort.
Nothing wrong with that, I dont own one but I think many of them are awesome.
Nothing wrong with that, I dont own one but I think many of them are awesome.
Pablo, you're a young'n.
I was the tallest in my graduating class - and was terrible at basketball - track was my thing.
Anyway, the 1971 Graduation Gods looked down favorably on me and blessed me to escort the two tallest girls in our graduating class. A friendly and pretty blonde named Kathie and a bold and sexy brunette named Sandy. Two girls on high school graduation night in California in 1971... Let your imagination run wild.
Scott
Well, I was surprised by the Riviera being the most popular car, and looked further. I may have been fooled by the AI bug ... further investigation suggests that in '63 Buick produced 40,000 Rivieras, and without having looked deeply (yet) it's hard to believe that Ford or Chevy didn't sell more cars than that. I did come across this chart, however, which certainly suggests the Riviera was far from the most popular car in 1963:
Girls my age, 17 and 16, they really didn't want much to do with the few vets in our area, the guys returning were mostly all headed to 24-25+ years old. Kinda icky.The 1974 post Vietnam war return of thousands of men had subsided by 1976 and any left over women had to settle for something..................
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I've been moving away from Google's AI-based answers and doing more searches wth Ducky (https://duckduckgo.com/)