Some cars are iconic because so many people owned them. The Chevrolet Impala is one of these cars. Even though it was never for sale in Europe, everyone knows this model. Cinema has a lot to do with it.
Have you owned one of them:
- 1: Toyota Corolla (1966) 37.5 million cars
- 2: Ford F-Series (1948) 35 million cars
- 3: Volkswagen Golf (1974) 27.5 million cars
- 4: Volkswagen Beetle (1938) 23.5 million cars
- 5: Ford Escort (1968) 20 million cars
- 6: Honda Civic (1972) 18.5 million cars
- 7: Honda Accord (1976) 17.5 million cars
- 8: Ford-T (1916) 16.5 million cars
- 9: Volkswagen Passat (1973) 15.5 million cars
- 10: Chevrolet Impala (1959) 14 million cars
30 notable new cars of 1953
Seventy years ago, the global automotive industry was booming. The process of recovering from the Second World War was more or less complete, there was a big demand for new models, and design features which had seemed freakish in the 1930s were now fresh and exciting.
With a certain amount of anguish, we’ve cut down the list of cars introduced in 1953 to 30, presented here in alphabetical order. For clarification, 1953 refers to the model year in North America (in which case the car might in fact have been introduced in 1952) and to the calendar year everywhere else.
These are the Top 10 Cars of 1953:
- 1. AC Ace - The Ace sports car made its debut only six years after that of the AC 2-Litre, but it was so much more modern that a casual observer might assume they were introduced decades apart.
- 2. Alvis TC21 - Like the preceding TA21, the TC21 was officially marketed as the Three Litre due to its 3-litre straight-six engine.
- 3. Aston Martin DB2/4 - The DB2/4 was a development of – and indeed replaced – the DB2 launched in 1950.
- 4. Austin-Healey 100 - The first car produced by the joint venture between Austin and the Donald Healey Motor Company (and also the first now known as Big Healey) was a two-seat roadster powered by a 2660cc Austin four-cylinder engine.
- 5. Bristol 403 - 1953 could be described as a transitional year for Bristol.
- 6. Buick Skylark - The first of many Buick Skylarks was part of the Roadmaster range and, along with the Cadillac Eldorado and Oldsmobile Fiesta, one of three top-end General Motors convertibles introduced in the 1953 model year.
- 7. Cadillac Eldorado - Cadillac first used the Eldorado name for a 1952 concept car floridly described in a press release as ‘an expression of the ageless arts’.
- 8. Chevrolet 210 - Ask a hundred people to name the most memorable Chevrolets in history, and you’d be lucky to find more than a couple who know about the 210.
- 9. Chevrolet Corvette - Unlike some of the other American cars we’re looking at, the Corvette was introduced in the 1953 calendar year.
- 10. Daimler Conquest - The Conquest was Daimler’s replacement for the larger Consort saloon.
