Calendar year

1959

What the archive documents for calendar year 1959. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 1959

Other models in production during 1959

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 1959. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.

Chevrolet Suburban Volkswagen Beetle Renault 4CV Volvo PV444/544 Citroën 2CV Morris Minor Oldsmobile 88 Morgan Plus 4 Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) Chevrolet Corvette (C1) Nash Metropolitan Alfa Romeo Giulietta (750/101) Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198) BMW Isetta Citroën DS Fiat 600 Messerschmitt KR200 Toyota Crown (first generation) Toyota Land Cruiser (J20) Volvo Amazon Autobianchi Bianchina Daihatsu Midget (DK/DS/MP) Fiat Nuova 500 Hindustan Ambassador Lotus Seven Maserati 3500 GT Rover P5 Subaru 360