Some examples of car prices in the 1950's and how much it cost for a new car
Aston Martin DB2 $5,956 1950
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite $1,795 1958
Buick Century $3,706 1957
Buick Invicta $3,515 1959
Buick Roadmaster $3,373 1954
Buick Super $2,139 1950
Cadillac Coupe De Ville $4,163 1952
Cadillac Elderado $4,146 1956
Chevrolet Corvette $3631 1958
Chevrolet Delray Coupe $1,884 1954
Chevrolet Impala $2,693 1958
Chevrolet Imperial $4,225 1953
Chrysler New Yorker $4,347 1958
Chrysler Saratoga $3,995 1958
De Sota Fireflite $3,119 1956
De Sota Powermaster Six Club Coupe $2334 1953
De Sota S15 Custom 6 $2,793 1952
Dodge Coronet V8 $2,494 1953
Dodge Lancer $2,807 1956
Dodge Royal V8 $2,915 1958
Edsel Corsiar ( Ford ) $3,346 1958
Ford Custom Club Sedan $1895 Wisconsin 1955
Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon $2,060 1952
Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon $2,947 1959
Ford Fairlane 500 $2,428 1958
Ford Mainline $1548 1954
Ford Thunderbird $2,944 1955
Hillman Minx $1890 Illinois 1952
Hudson Hornet 6 $2,568 1951
Hudson Hornet V8 $2,821 1957
Hudson Jet $1,885 1954
Hudson Super Wasp $2,413 1953
Jaguar XK120 $4,039 1951
Jaguar XK140 $3,940 1955
Lincoln Capri $4,803 1958
Lincoln Continental Mark 4 $7,056 1959
Lincoln Cosmopolitan $3,226 1953
Mercury Montclair $2,465 1955
Mercury Monterey $1,947 1950
Mercury Monterey $3,578 1957
Metropolitan $1445 1954
MG TD $1,945 1953
MG MGA $2.269 1957
Nash Ambassador $2,586 1957
Nash Airflyte $1,955 1951
Nash Statesman $2,345 Wisconsin 1955
Nash Metropolitan $1,673 1954
Oldsmobile, "88" holiday sedan $2,929 New Jersey 1956
Oldsmobile, Super 88 $2,958 1958
Packard Clipper $2,624 Texas 1955
Plymouth Belvedere $1,618 1954
Plymouth Suburban $2296 Ohio 1957
Pontiac Bonneville $3,586 1958
Pontiac Chiefton $2,058 1950
Pontiac Star Chief $2,394 1954
Rambler Country Club $1550 Illinois 1954
Rambler DeLuxe 6 $1,775 1958
Rambler Ambassador $2,587 1959
Studebaker Champion Bullet Nose $1,419 1950
Studebaker Commander Coupe $2,095 1955
Studebaker Hawk $2,630 1959
Studebaker Scotsman $1795 Ohio 1955
Studebaker Starlight President $2695 1958
Sunbeam Alpine Sports Roadster $2,899 1953
Triumph TR3 $2,595 1956
Willys Aero Falcon $1843 1953
Willys Station Wagon $1946 1953
1950's Cars Information
Some of the type of advertising for cars available in the 1950's
Willys Woody Car for comfort and economy
Studebaker is a sleek and fleet look with Roadhugging Surefootedness
Buick the beautiful buy just for you
Ford cars worth more when you buy it worth more when you sell it
Dodge 54 from any point of view a lot more for your money
Crysler between thought and action with instant power response
Pontiac 1955 with 180HP V8 and twin streak styling
American Motors Rambler from Nash and Hudson Distinction in Driving
Cadillac Elegance is the word that expresses it
The 1950s was one of the most memorable eras in automotive history.
The average new car cost about 1,750 dollars and a gallon of gas went for 27. cents a gallon.
This was the first time teenagers had the chance to own and drive their own cars.
The 50's also brought Ford into the 50s style of design , until then they had been remodeling the same 1942 style car.
Fords new slogan was" 50 new improvements for the "50s.
Some of improvements were:
Recessed gas filler neck,
Redesigned hood ornaments,
Flat-top horn ring,
Three bladed cooling fan
Push-button handles on exterior doors.
An assembly plant designation was used in the serial numbers for the first time.
The Ford Thunderbird was one of the 1950s super cars. The stylish new sports car with a new 102in. wheelbase chassis frame, and a smart new body style , barrel sides, and straight through wing lines from head lamp to tail-lamp cluster,and a fully wrapped-round windscreen with a pronounced dog-leg pillar.
Chevrolet offered the 1950 styleline deluxe sedan with affordable automatic transmission.
Mean while in the UK BMC was offering the 1959 mini minor one of the first compact cars that offered full 4 pass anger seating .
In the 50s Chryslers advertising not only pictured elegance in automotive design, it also highlighted advancements in engineering. Hydraglide,the industries first power steering unit, was introduced in 1951, and reduced steering effort by up to 80 percent.
Following on the heels of Hydraglide were two other innovations-air cooled brakes, and Hemi-head V8 engine.
Eventually a 300-horsepower Hemi-head engine found its way into the Chryslers brand's most notable achievements- the 1955 Chrysler C300. As the most powerful full sized car in the world,it found its way into the NASCAR circuit, winning 20 out of 40 races held in 1955. When NASCAR officials realized the power of the 300C engine the decision to ban it from sanctioned racing.
Oddly enough the negative publicity, made the Chrysler C300 even more popular, and led up to a similar "super car" in 1956. In 1956 Chrysler teamed up with CBS to offer the " Highway HI-FI" a compact phonograph mounted under the dashboard that played specially-made records.
In 1957 the now famous torsion-bar suspension which provided superior handling and allowed for much lower body styles .
At the end of the decade in 1958, Chrysler created a much more efficient and dependable alternative to the carburetor with the development of the electronic fuel injection.
In 1954 Jaguar produced the racing D-Types, initially as a racing car, and from 1955 as a limited production machine for worldwide sale. More of these cars were built than could be sold, and at the end of 1956 these D-Types would be reworked and sold as "road-going " cars renamed the XKSS.
One of the most famous Mercedes of all time was the, was the gull -wing 300SL..The engine was so heavy the rest of the car had to be as light as possible, to which the competition department designed a stressed multi-tubular space frame, that weighted a little more then 110 lb (50)kg.This car would reach 60mph in under 7.5 sec. and 100mph (160kph) in less than 15 sec.
At the end of the 1950s decade a average car cost around 2,200 dollars, and a gallon of fuel was about 30. cents. The 1950s produced so of the most famous, and most collectable cars of our time.
Some of the new innovations and safety features found in cars from the 1950's
Seatbelts
vacuum-operated wipers replaced with electric
Automatic Gearboxes
Disk Brakes
Synchronized Manual Gearboxes
Electric Windows
Radial Tyres
Powersteering
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, 1900 CSS
Austin A90, A 30, A35, A 40, Cambridge, A55, Healey 100/4, 100/6
Healey Frogeye Sprite, Metropolitan Nash
Buick Century, Eight, Riviera, Skylark,
Cadillac DeVille, Eldorado,
Chevrolet Corvette, Bel Air, Surburban, Biscayne,
Chrysler Nassau Coupe, Saratoga,
Ford V8 Pilot, Crown Victoria, Fairlane, Mainline, Sunliner Convertable,
Ford F-100 Pickup Thunderbird Convertable Popular Prefect
Ford Zephyr Zodiac Consul Anglia Mustang
Hillman Minx
Humber Hawk
Jaguar XK120 XK140 XK150
Lincoln Capri Continental
Mercedes 300 220 300SL Gullwing 190
Mercury Monterey
MG TD TF Magnette MGA Coupe MGA Roadster
Morris Oxford Minor Split Screen Minor Series 2 Minor Convertible
Packard Clipper
Plymouth Belvedere Pontiac Catalina Woody
Renault Dauphine
Rover 90
Studebaker Golden Hawk
Triumph T100 TR2 TR3
Vauxhall Wyvern Velox
Volkswagen VW Beetle Camper Van
Wolseley 6/80
Aston Martin DB2 $5,956 1950
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite $1,795 1958
Buick Century $3,706 1957
Buick Invicta $3,515 1959
Buick Roadmaster $3,373 1954
Buick Super $2,139 1950
Cadillac Coupe De Ville $4,163 1952
Cadillac Elderado $4,146 1956
Chevrolet Corvette $3631 1958
Chevrolet Delray Coupe $1,884 1954
Chevrolet Impala $2,693 1958
Chevrolet Imperial $4,225 1953
Chrysler New Yorker $4,347 1958
Chrysler Saratoga $3,995 1958
De Sota Fireflite $3,119 1956
De Sota Powermaster Six Club Coupe $2334 1953
De Sota S15 Custom 6 $2,793 1952
Dodge Coronet V8 $2,494 1953
Dodge Lancer $2,807 1956
Dodge Royal V8 $2,915 1958
Edsel Corsiar ( Ford ) $3,346 1958
Ford Custom Club Sedan $1895 Wisconsin 1955
Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon $2,060 1952
Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon $2,947 1959
Ford Fairlane 500 $2,428 1958
Ford Mainline $1548 1954
Ford Thunderbird $2,944 1955
Hillman Minx $1890 Illinois 1952
Hudson Hornet 6 $2,568 1951
Hudson Hornet V8 $2,821 1957
Hudson Jet $1,885 1954
Hudson Super Wasp $2,413 1953
Jaguar XK120 $4,039 1951
Jaguar XK140 $3,940 1955
Lincoln Capri $4,803 1958
Lincoln Continental Mark 4 $7,056 1959
Lincoln Cosmopolitan $3,226 1953
Mercury Montclair $2,465 1955
Mercury Monterey $1,947 1950
Mercury Monterey $3,578 1957
Metropolitan $1445 1954
MG TD $1,945 1953
MG MGA $2.269 1957
Nash Ambassador $2,586 1957
Nash Airflyte $1,955 1951
Nash Statesman $2,345 Wisconsin 1955
Nash Metropolitan $1,673 1954
Oldsmobile, "88" holiday sedan $2,929 New Jersey 1956
Oldsmobile, Super 88 $2,958 1958
Packard Clipper $2,624 Texas 1955
Plymouth Belvedere $1,618 1954
Plymouth Suburban $2296 Ohio 1957
Pontiac Bonneville $3,586 1958
Pontiac Chiefton $2,058 1950
Pontiac Star Chief $2,394 1954
Rambler Country Club $1550 Illinois 1954
Rambler DeLuxe 6 $1,775 1958
Rambler Ambassador $2,587 1959
Studebaker Champion Bullet Nose $1,419 1950
Studebaker Commander Coupe $2,095 1955
Studebaker Hawk $2,630 1959
Studebaker Scotsman $1795 Ohio 1955
Studebaker Starlight President $2695 1958
Sunbeam Alpine Sports Roadster $2,899 1953
Triumph TR3 $2,595 1956
Willys Aero Falcon $1843 1953
Willys Station Wagon $1946 1953
1950's Cars Information
Some of the type of advertising for cars available in the 1950's
Willys Woody Car for comfort and economy
Studebaker is a sleek and fleet look with Roadhugging Surefootedness
Buick the beautiful buy just for you
Ford cars worth more when you buy it worth more when you sell it
Dodge 54 from any point of view a lot more for your money
Crysler between thought and action with instant power response
Pontiac 1955 with 180HP V8 and twin streak styling
American Motors Rambler from Nash and Hudson Distinction in Driving
Cadillac Elegance is the word that expresses it
The 1950s was one of the most memorable eras in automotive history.
The average new car cost about 1,750 dollars and a gallon of gas went for 27. cents a gallon.
This was the first time teenagers had the chance to own and drive their own cars.
The 50's also brought Ford into the 50s style of design , until then they had been remodeling the same 1942 style car.
Fords new slogan was" 50 new improvements for the "50s.
Some of improvements were:
Recessed gas filler neck,
Redesigned hood ornaments,
Flat-top horn ring,
Three bladed cooling fan
Push-button handles on exterior doors.
An assembly plant designation was used in the serial numbers for the first time.
The Ford Thunderbird was one of the 1950s super cars. The stylish new sports car with a new 102in. wheelbase chassis frame, and a smart new body style , barrel sides, and straight through wing lines from head lamp to tail-lamp cluster,and a fully wrapped-round windscreen with a pronounced dog-leg pillar.
Chevrolet offered the 1950 styleline deluxe sedan with affordable automatic transmission.
Mean while in the UK BMC was offering the 1959 mini minor one of the first compact cars that offered full 4 pass anger seating .
In the 50s Chryslers advertising not only pictured elegance in automotive design, it also highlighted advancements in engineering. Hydraglide,the industries first power steering unit, was introduced in 1951, and reduced steering effort by up to 80 percent.
Following on the heels of Hydraglide were two other innovations-air cooled brakes, and Hemi-head V8 engine.
Eventually a 300-horsepower Hemi-head engine found its way into the Chryslers brand's most notable achievements- the 1955 Chrysler C300. As the most powerful full sized car in the world,it found its way into the NASCAR circuit, winning 20 out of 40 races held in 1955. When NASCAR officials realized the power of the 300C engine the decision to ban it from sanctioned racing.
Oddly enough the negative publicity, made the Chrysler C300 even more popular, and led up to a similar "super car" in 1956. In 1956 Chrysler teamed up with CBS to offer the " Highway HI-FI" a compact phonograph mounted under the dashboard that played specially-made records.
In 1957 the now famous torsion-bar suspension which provided superior handling and allowed for much lower body styles .
At the end of the decade in 1958, Chrysler created a much more efficient and dependable alternative to the carburetor with the development of the electronic fuel injection.
In 1954 Jaguar produced the racing D-Types, initially as a racing car, and from 1955 as a limited production machine for worldwide sale. More of these cars were built than could be sold, and at the end of 1956 these D-Types would be reworked and sold as "road-going " cars renamed the XKSS.
One of the most famous Mercedes of all time was the, was the gull -wing 300SL..The engine was so heavy the rest of the car had to be as light as possible, to which the competition department designed a stressed multi-tubular space frame, that weighted a little more then 110 lb (50)kg.This car would reach 60mph in under 7.5 sec. and 100mph (160kph) in less than 15 sec.
At the end of the 1950s decade a average car cost around 2,200 dollars, and a gallon of fuel was about 30. cents. The 1950s produced so of the most famous, and most collectable cars of our time.
Some of the new innovations and safety features found in cars from the 1950's
Seatbelts
vacuum-operated wipers replaced with electric
Automatic Gearboxes
Disk Brakes
Synchronized Manual Gearboxes
Electric Windows
Radial Tyres
Powersteering
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, 1900 CSS
Austin A90, A 30, A35, A 40, Cambridge, A55, Healey 100/4, 100/6
Healey Frogeye Sprite, Metropolitan Nash
Buick Century, Eight, Riviera, Skylark,
Cadillac DeVille, Eldorado,
Chevrolet Corvette, Bel Air, Surburban, Biscayne,
Chrysler Nassau Coupe, Saratoga,
Ford V8 Pilot, Crown Victoria, Fairlane, Mainline, Sunliner Convertable,
Ford F-100 Pickup Thunderbird Convertable Popular Prefect
Ford Zephyr Zodiac Consul Anglia Mustang
Hillman Minx
Humber Hawk
Jaguar XK120 XK140 XK150
Lincoln Capri Continental
Mercedes 300 220 300SL Gullwing 190
Mercury Monterey
MG TD TF Magnette MGA Coupe MGA Roadster
Morris Oxford Minor Split Screen Minor Series 2 Minor Convertible
Packard Clipper
Plymouth Belvedere Pontiac Catalina Woody
Renault Dauphine
Rover 90
Studebaker Golden Hawk
Triumph T100 TR2 TR3
Vauxhall Wyvern Velox
Volkswagen VW Beetle Camper Van
Wolseley 6/80
