Wolseley Production Details 1940 - 1950

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WOLSELEY PRODUCTION BY YEAR

Years
Quantities
1940-1944
23669 total vehicles of all types; cars built in 1940-1941 and 1944
1945
388 cars
1946
6464 cars
1947
9226 cars and taxis
1948
6661 cars and taxis
1949
322 cars and taxis at Ward End; 5454 cars at Cowley after move
1950
9078 cars at Cowley
  • It is uncertain whether the years are calendar years or fiscal years; if the latter, the beginning of one fiscal year is the August of the preceding calendar year. The 1940 - 1944 period would then be August 1939 to July 1944.
  • A total of 500 passenger cars was built in 1944, all of them Model 18/85 cars for the British Army. Some of the 1940-1941 cars were also Model 18/85s for the military. The first cars of 1945 were Model 18/85s for the government. This car, being a six-light saloon, was ideal for military personnel and government officials.
  • Although no official statistics exist for Wolseley passenger car production in 1942 - 1943, a few 1942 cars are known to exist, possibly reflecting year of first registration; one is a Model 14/60. 

WOLSELEY PRODUCTION BY MODEL

The following years are calendar years. All of the cars are considered “Series III” vehicles, except the Oxford Taxi.

Model
Years
Quantities
16/65
1938-1940
646
Super Six 16
1937-1940
354
Super Six 21
1937-1940
646
25
1937-1940
200 lwb / 1100
25 Drophead Coupe
1938-1940
175
10/40
1939-1941
5161
12/48
1938-1941
9198
14/60
1939-1941
4969
18/85
1938-1941
1577
18/85
1944
500
18/85
1945-1948
8213
14/60
1945-1948
5731
12/48
1945-1948
5602
10/40
1945-1948
2715
Eight
1946-1948
5344
25
1947-1948
75
Oxford Taxi
1947-1953
1200
  • Taxi production was put in hand in late 1946, but did not begin until early 1947. The taxi’s prototype had been completed in 1940 and had run successfully during the war years.
  • The postwar Eight was to be announced for the 1940 model year, but was postponed due to the war’s intervention.
  • The 25 was in limited production during 1947 -1948, mainly as a government vehicle.

Data compiled by Bill Kreiner.

Sources: Data supplied privately from 1970’s B.M.C. documents by independent historian. Bart Vanderveen publications. Nixon, St. John C.: Wolseley: A Saga of the Motor Industry; G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.; London; 1949.  Marti, Stahel, & Stoeckli: Wolseley: Eine englische Traditionsmarke; Eigenverlag, Martin Stoeckli; Zuerich; 2000.

Also see: Wolseley Car Reviews | Wolseley 6/80 | Wolseley 6/90 | Wolseley 15/50 | Wolseley 6/110 | Wolsey 24/80 | Fredrick Wolseley

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