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
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