|
1957 model year was the best ever for
Imperial.
The model year productioon results were
:
1. Cadillac - 146,841 (Oct-56 to
Sep-57)
2. Lincoln - 41,123 (Sep-56 to
Aug-57)
3. Imperial - 37,557 (Sep-56 to
Sep-57)0
4. Continental Mark II - 587
(Sep-56 to May-57)
And that was the closest Imperial ever came
to beating Linoln by model year production.
Comparing calendar year production, though
(January to Decemver, 1957) :
1. Cadillac - 153,236
2. Imperial - 37,946
3. Lincoln - 37,426
4. Continental Mark II -
444
And for 1957 calendar year U.S. registrations
(number of vehicles registered for the first time with state DMV) :
1. Cadillac - 141,209
2. Lincoln - 34,808
3. Imperial - 33,017
4. Contienental Mark II - 524
The Continental Mark II suffered a fate
similar to Imperial. It was pushed as a car separate from the Lincoln, but
people, even today, call it a Lincoln. Unlike the 1957 Imperial whose cars
were built the the Chrysler plant on Jefferson Avenue and marketed by the
Chrysler Division of the Chrysler Corporation, the Continental Mark II was built
at its own plant in Ecosse Township in Michigan which also the headquarters for
the Continental Division of the Ford Motor Company. The Lincoln was
marketed by the Lincoln Division and built at Wayne, Michigan, a plant
shared with Mercury.
Bill
Vancvouver, BC
|
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network