Firebird suffered the same. Combine Camaro & Firebird and sales weren’t bad considering. While ‘70 suffered from short production year there were allot of other factors. Radical design, 1st model year, higher price, fuel and insurance costs, cost of living and soon to come emission changes allot of suffering was inevitable. Allot of people already spent their money on the popular ‘69 models during the longer production run so may not have been willing to jump to new purchase.. Another issue was popularity of other models. Cutlass was one of the most popular models and it numbers did not see the same declines start of ‘70’s.
Year Total Firebird Production
1967 82,560
1968 107,112
1969 87,011
1970 66,576
1971 52,124
1972 29,951
1973 46,313
1974 73,729
1975 84,063
1976 96,778
1977 117,626
1978 187,285
1979 211,454
1980 107,340
1981 71,899
1982 116,366
1983 74,884
1984 128,304
Year Number of Cutlass' Produced
1961 76,394
1962 93,968
1963 118,811
1964 167,002
1965 180,097
1966 202,967
1967 226,406
1968 300,284
1969 204,865
1970 275,179
1971 234,208
1972 302,669
1973 381,094
1974 315,499
1975 323,842
1976 495,344
1977 633,910
1978 613,340
1979 631,027
1980 591,984
1981 597,525
1982 382,204
1983 335,357
1984 429,651
1985 292,633
1986 305,566
1987 192,433
1988 30,267
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