Looks like a Camry for me (2007), according to that article. I also had the privilege of driving a number of them in a variety of configurations.
The best selling car in America the year you graduated high school
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Fair enough. My mind was thinking senior year.....18,19+. Taking jabs, all in fun, of course. I was fortunate to meet my high school sweetheart in 10th grade (still married 47 yrs.), so I got VERY lucky not to have to rely on looks, intelligence, charm, wealth, and other required male attributes to attract a mate. My paper stuffed fat wallet must have fooled her.
For us older GenX's and for those from the earlier epochs
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Best-Selling-Car-When-You-Graduated-1957-to-1977-15616077.php
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Best-Selling-Car-When-You-Graduated-1957-to-1977-15616077.php
This list makes no sense. It claims that the 1961 E-type Jag was the best-selling car in the U.S. that year. Really!
I got caught posting that the Buick Riviera was the best-selling car in 1963.
I don't trust this list at all.
The 1965 Mustang was big the year I graduated.
1969, here. I couldn't find any believable US best seller data for the year. I recall that the Olds Cutlass was #1 for multiple later years. Possibly including 1969. The VW Beetle was up there as well but likely didn't hit its zenith by 1969. Lots of Mustangs and full-size station wagons as well in 1969.
That list also had the VW camper bus as the best seller in 1966.
Falsehoods from the internet? What's next...people lying?
1979 Olds Cutlass! I drove a '74 Cutlass Supreme at that time...great car in many ways, but the rear quarters had a scallop in front of the rear wheel well that incurred the wrath of the road with gravel, salt, etc. Had to repaint those every summer for three years...
But, I put in a Pioneer Bi-Amp stereo with Pioneer TS-M2 speakers in the front, and TX-X9's in the rear deck.
AC and power everything - it was a great party/road trip car!!!
Oh I miss those days...
But, I put in a Pioneer Bi-Amp stereo with Pioneer TS-M2 speakers in the front, and TX-X9's in the rear deck.
AC and power everything - it was a great party/road trip car!!!
Oh I miss those days...
Sad and scary fact that since my H.S graduation there are:
No Olds, no Pontiac, no Saturn, no Plymouth, no Mercury, no American Motors Corp, No Saab.
Gone now too are any new Ford or Chevy sedans - supposedly the last '25 Malibu rolled off the line this past November ...
... and, on a side note, the U.S. population increased by more than 50% !
- Arco
No Olds, no Pontiac, no Saturn, no Plymouth, no Mercury, no American Motors Corp, No Saab.
Gone now too are any new Ford or Chevy sedans - supposedly the last '25 Malibu rolled off the line this past November ...
... and, on a side note, the U.S. population increased by more than 50% !
- Arco
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Seeing how half your list was "badge engineering by manufacturers" it's not really that sad....
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My Word CKN! What a nasty Un-American comment! It appears you have distain for the GM and Chrysler business model.
Vaguely similar to my take on the Old Spice deodorant aisle - 23 versions of no-good stank!
It does appear the North American market responded positively to a subtle variety - be it imagined or no.
I will agree the GM2800 being foisted on the public as a "Saab" was pretty lame. GM destroying a marque that was on shaky ground to begin with. Similar to Ford "accidentally" destroying Mazda with their Flat rock partnership garbage. But Mazda retreated and regrouped and came back strong - like the product or not. - Arco
1986 - Chevrolet Celebrity.
1974 shows the Impala, which my parents owned, and my wife and I (dating back then) used as out date car. We...............um, ah...........................held hands while using that car that had a HUGE back seat.
I didn't see that, but I agree. I doubt they made more than a couple of thousand. I just did a google and there are multiple sources that I would have once considered reputable that are making that 1961 claim. I would bet that it was really the Impala. Chevy made like 6 different configurations in the early 60s years. 2 doors, 4 doors, and several different wagons.
You're likely right - here are two data points from my youth:
1. There was a radio ad, c. 1974, saying that the Chev Impala was Canada's best-selling car, for the 12th year in a row.
2. In 1977 a friend had a summer job with the provincial department of highways where he was based on highway construction sites. He told me that '71-'76 full-size Chevs and '67-'76 Valiants and Darts comprised well over half of all the passenger vehicles he saw on the highways.