Calendar year

1955

What the archive documents for calendar year 1955. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 1955

Production started BMW Isetta BMW · April 1955
Production started Chrysler C-300 Chrysler · 1955
Production started Citroën DS Citroën · 1955
Production started Fiat 600 Fiat · 1955
Production started Messerschmitt KR200 Messerschmitt · 1955
Production started Toyota Crown (first generation) Toyota · January 1955
Production started Toyota Land Cruiser (J20) Toyota · 1955
Production ended Fiat 500 "Topolino" Fiat · 1955

Other models in production during 1955

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 1955. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.

Chevrolet Suburban Citroën Traction Avant Volkswagen Beetle Renault 4CV Volvo PV444/544 Citroën 2CV Land Rover Series I Morris Minor Oldsmobile 88 Saab 92 Lancia Aurelia Morgan Plus 4 Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) Chevrolet Corvette (C1) Iso Isetta Nash Metropolitan Alfa Romeo Giulietta (750/101) Chevrolet Bel Air (second generation) Ford Thunderbird (first generation) Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198)