Car Spotting: The American Automobile Industry of the 1970s -- 1971: AMC, Chrysler, and Ford

1971 Chrysler Corp. Vehicles

1971 Plymouth Gran Fury Coupe

1971 Chrysler Imperial

1971 Dodge Polara

1971 Barracuda

1971 Challenger

1971 Valiant

1971 American Motors Corp. Automobiles

1971 Gremlin

Hornet

1971 Javelin

1971 Matador

1971 Ambassador


1971 Ford Motor Vehicles

1971 Ford Galaxie

1971 Torino

1971 Mustang Mach I

1971 Maverick Grabber

1971 Pinto

1971 Mercury

1971 Mercury Montego

1971 Comet

1971 Cougar

1971 Lincoln Town Car

1971 Lincoln Mark III

1971 Ford Thunderbird

Hi folks -- This post is a work-in-progress, so be patient. We'll start with visuals and statistics, then to general trends during 1971. GM cars will be next.

American Motors	1971	1974
Gremlin	53,500	131,905
Hornet	55,800	145,458
Javelin	26,000	27,696
Matador		99,922
Ambassador	41,700	24,971
Total AMC	221,300	429,952
Chrysler
Fury	272,600	130,502
Satellite	103,00	141,374
Barracuda	18,700	11,734
Valiant	231,600	425,399
Chrysler	174,300	117,373
Polara	112,800
Coronet	165,400	103,967
Challenger	29,900	16,437
Dart	136,700	285,672
Imperial	11,400	14,426

Ford Motor Co.	1971
Ford	765,300
Torino	326,400
Maverick	145,300
Mustang	152,300
Thunderbird	36,100
Pinto	255,400
Mercury	111,800
Montego	57,100
Cougar	67,900
Comet	83,000
Lincoln	35,000
Mark III	27,100
Total Ford	2,058,300

Statistics from Ward's Yearbooks, 1972 and 1975.