Calendar year

1956

What the archive documents for calendar year 1956. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 1956

Other models in production during 1956

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 1956. 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) Nash Metropolitan Alfa Romeo Giulietta (750/101) Chevrolet Bel Air (second generation) Ford Thunderbird (first generation) Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198) BMW Isetta Citroën DS Fiat 600 Messerschmitt KR200 Toyota Crown (first generation) Toyota Land Cruiser (J20)