Production of Passenger Cars During 1957

So just how did the 1957 Chevy stack up against the rest of the American Automobile industry? Not to bad considering sales were down in 1957 for Chevrolet.

(1) Chevrolet - 1,429,493 Down 6.9%
(2) Ford - 1,488,606 Up 10.5%
(3) Plymouth - 649,718 Up 46.2%
(4) Buick - 398,978 Down 24.1%
(5) Olsmobile - 381,420 Down 10.5%
(6) Pontiac - 335,340 Up 2.4%
(7) Dodge - 291,763 Up 40.3%
(8) Mercury - 273,131 Up 13.1%
(9) Cadillac - 150,512 Up 9.2%
(10) Chrysler - 118,001 Up 26.7%
(11) De Soto - 117,834 Up 15.9%
(12) Rambler - 105,068 Up 35%
(13) Studebaker - 66,663 Down 17.8%
(14) Edsel - 54,013 (no 1956 production)
(15) Imperial - 37,814 Up 225.3%
(16) Lincoln - 36,707 Down 21.5%
(17) Packard - 5,244 Down 60.9%
(18) Nash - 3,561 79.9%
(19) Hudson - 1,345 79.7%
(20) Continental - 444 64.9%

Percentage of the Industry - American Motors 1.8% Unchanged from 1956, Chrysler 20.2% Up 5.7% from 1956, Ford 30.9 Up 2.5% from 1956, General Motors 45.9% Down 7.9% from 1956 and Studebaker/Packard 1.2% .5% Down from 1956. Total for Industry passenger cars was 6,005,655 units 5.3% from 1956.

1957 Chevrolet Doing a Burn Out