British Car Production Figures

Total production data for all British makes and models.

Written by Ragtops & Roadsters – 2006-04-02
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British Car Production Figures

Compiled by Michael Engard, Ragtops & Roadsters, 7/8/97

The info in the list was collected mostly from one source. I have a lot of confidence in some of it, namely the MG and Triumph production figures, but other numbers are suspect in their accuracy.

We are seeking input from other enthusiasts to reveiew the production figures of the models they are most familiar and confirm or provide us the correct information.

The goal of the list is to determine how many English cars there are in the United States. The first task to accomplish is to determine how many sports cars were made in England. We are only interested in the cars that were made for selling overseas. Next is to determine how many of these cars were imported to the United States. We realize that many cars were imported/exported privately, in fact almost all pre World War Two cars were done privately (we'd like to know how many of these there are!). We think that the private numbers are a small percentage of the factory trade.

The next step will be to determine how many of these cars still exsist in one form or another, but that's a job for another day!

Please send information to prod_list@ragtops.com. Thanks for your input!

- TOTAL PRODUCTION – ALL MARQUES -

MAKE	PRODUCTION	IMPORTED
AC	2,096	43 ACE
AC		10 ACECA
ALLARD	505
ALLARD	1,863	272
ALVIS	3,580
AMPHICAR	3,500 APPROX.
ARNOLT-BRISTOL	130
ASTON MARTIN (see below)	9,743+UP
AUSTIN HEALEY (see below)	10,345
AUSTIN SEVEN	290,861
BENTLEY	17,463
BERKLEY	3,889	2,030
BMC MINI COOPER S	45,442
BRISTOL	2,954
DAIMLER	2,465	926
ELVA	210	50
FRAZER-NASH	350
GINETTA	800
HEALEY	781	16 (1949-51)
HRG	240
HUMBER	26,577
JAGUAR (see below)	313,480 (XJS 30,000+UP)
JENSEN	6,387	1,639
JENSEN-HEALEY	7,709
JOWETT	252	161 (63.8%)
LAND ROVER SERIES I-III	761,000
LOTUS (see below)	29,255 APPROX.
MARCOS	280	65
MG (see below)	746,344
MORGAN (see below)	10,625 APPROX.
MORRIS MINOR	847,491
PEERLESS	325	15
PEERLESS GT	293 APPROX.
RILEY	65?
ROVER (P6)	LOTS	7,500
SINGER	3,450	MOST
SUNBEAM	116,568
SWALLOW DORETTI	273	100 CALIF
TALBOT	551
TRIUMPH (see below)	400,524
TVR	2,696
TURNER	670	25%
VANDEN Plas	51,703
WARWICK GT	40 APPROX.

- ASTON MARTIN -

MODEL	PRODUCTION	IMPORTED
DB2	409	72
DB2/4 I	565	30
DB2/4 II	199	10
DB2/4 III	550	140
DB4/GT	1204	126
DB5	1063	148
DB6	1750	106
DBS		73

Aston Martin/Lagonda Factory, Feltham, 1950

- AUSTIN HEALEY -

MAKE	TOTAL	IMPORTED
BN1	10,688
BN2	3,924
100S		50 (rare)
BN4	10,246
BN6	4,150
3000 MK1	13,650	12,500
MK2	5,450
MK2 CONV	6,113
MK3	17,712
BUGEYE MK1	48,999	24,148
SPRITE MK2	31,665
MK3	25,905
MK4	22,793

- JAGUAR -

MAKE	TOTAL	IMPORTED
MARK IV	12,706
V	10,493
XK 120	12,078	MOST
MARK VII	30,200
C-TYPE	54
D-TYPE	87	14
XKSS	16	10
XK 140	8,884
MARK VIII	6,332
XK 150	7,929
150S	1,466
MARK IX	10,005
II	91,226
E-TYPE(XKE)	57,230
MARK X	12,977
S-TYPE	34,972
MARK X + 420G	11,234
E-TYPE V12	9,382
XJC	2,480
XJS	30,000 (OVER TO DATE)

"Browns Lane" Jaguar Factory in Coventry, before the fire

- LOTUS -

MODEL	TOTAL
ELITE	988
ELAN	9,659
ELAN+2	4,798
EUROPA	9,230
ESPRIT	N/A

- MG -

MODEL	TOTAL	IMPORTED
TC	10,000	2001
TD	29,664	23,000
TF/TF 1500	9,600	6272
M6 A 1500	58,750
1600	31,501
1600 MK2	8,719
MG A TWIN CAM	2,111
MG 1600 DELUXE		388
MG B	365,000
MG B GT	150,000 APPROX.
MG C	8,999 (4,449 GT'S)	4256 GTs
MIDGET	60,000(?)

MG Factory at Abingdon; ZA Magnette and MGA lines circa 1955

MGB and MG Sprite Assembly Lines circa 1965-1968

- MORGAN -

MODEL	TOTAL	IMPORTED
UP TO 1939	895	NONE
1949 / 1954	658	183
+4+	26	10

- TRIUMPH -

MODEL	TOTAL	YEARS
TR2	8,628	1953-55
TR3	13,377	55-57
TR3 A	58,236	57-61
TR3 B	3,331	62
TR4	40,253	61-64
TR4 A	28,465	65-67
TR5	2,947	68 (not imported)
GT6 Mk1	15,818
GT6 Mk2	12,066
TR 250	8,484	68 (US only)
TR6	94,619	69-76
TR7	111,500	75-81
TR8	2,800	80-81

Triumph Car Company Factory; TRs ready for delivery

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