Italian Car Production (Brand) - 1951-60

I wish more associations were as open as ANFIA. It allows us to peer into the past and see how things were. From it we see the Italian car industry rising from the ashes of WWII. It's surprising how quickly things picked up from the wreckage wrought on Europe not many years earlier.

Fiat of course was the mainstay of the automotive industrial revival, accounting for 84% of the volume for this ten year period. Lancia started as the second brand but was passed by Alfa Romeo through the decade. Autobianchi was part owned by Fiat and made slightly pricier cars than the equivalent Fiat model. Innocenti just started in 1960 making BMC vehicles under licence.

Ferrari and Maserati were of a similar size and the latter just edged ahead by 1960. Iso made the Isetta Bubble Car although the figures her don't quite add up to me.

Over 2.8 million cars were made, Fiat making just over 2.5 million of them. Things were looking better as commerce got back to normal and and more people were able to consider buying a new car.

Yr	Fiat	Alfa	Lancia	Auto -	Inno-	Mas -	Ferr -	ISO	Other	Total
		Romeo		bianchi	centi	erati	ari
51	108,889	1,420	8,614	-	-	26	83	-	235	119,267
52	101,659	3,514	8,034	-	-	6	90	-	350	113,653
53	132,061	3,477	7,658	-	-	20	85	-	297	143,598
54	163,561	3,826	11,782	-	-	61	66	1,298	272	180,866
55	218,082	5,919	6,572	-	-	111	73	105	126	230,988
56	262,143	11,748	5,746	-	-	119	110	17	26	279,909
57	290,672	16,675	10,269	750	-	72	122	-	231	318,791
58	327,049	20,580	10,239	10,898	-	105	149	-	366	369,386
59	412,682	32,089	12,130	12,655	-	249	248	-	621	470,674
60	500,527	57,870	21,022	14,787	870	402	306	-	139	595,923
Av	251,733	15,712	10,207	9,773	870	117	133	473	266	282,306

Data source: ANFIA