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VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic HalfDork
1/22/23 12:23 p.m.

In honor of the "What car has the longest relatively unchanged production?" thread, What car has the shortest production run? I nominate the Volvo 1800ES produced 1972-1973 with a total of 8,077 produced.

spedracer
spedracer New Reader
1/22/23 12:43 p.m.

Fisker Karma is my first thought here. Looks like 2011-2012 with < 3k produced.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisker_Karma

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) MegaDork
1/22/23 12:48 p.m.

Do you want to limit this to a major manufacturer?  How about model lines vs. special trim?

I feel that artifically limited production runs like the GNX or 22B would be cheating.

 

GM designed an all new Cadillac engine called the Blackwing and only ended up making about 1500 of them before cancelling production.

MotorsportsGordon
MotorsportsGordon Dork
1/22/23 12:53 p.m.
VolvoHeretic said:

In honor of the "What car has the longest relatively unchanged production?" thread, What car has the shortest production run? I nominate the Volvo 1800ES produced 1972-1973 with a total of 8,077 produced.

Nah for Volvo at least the p1900 has it beat easily on 68 made

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1900

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic HalfDork
1/22/23 12:53 p.m.

The title doesn't specify so I guess anything goes. smiley

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic HalfDork
1/22/23 12:57 p.m.

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

Lol. I guess I should have asked which car company has the most shortest run cars ever?

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
1/22/23 1:03 p.m.
VolvoHeretic said:

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

I guess I should have asked which car company has the most shortest run cars ever?

Company with the most short-run cars is probably Ferrari.  Lots of expensive, special run cars.  36 250 GTOs, 30 FXXes, etc.  https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/ferrari-road-car-models-and-production-numbers.196388/

As for model with shortest run, IIRC Lamborghini made ONE LM001.

 

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones SuperDork
1/22/23 1:13 p.m.

For an actual production car, made for the masses, the original Nissan Silvia has to be close with 550 made. 

johndej
johndej SuperDork
1/22/23 1:14 p.m.

Rarest one I've seen, 1 of 9.

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones SuperDork
1/22/23 1:25 p.m.

In reply to johndej :

Only issue there is it's just a customized F-550, I wouldn't call that a production vehicle. Still a cool truck though

CrustyRedXpress
CrustyRedXpress Dork
1/22/23 1:27 p.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:

GM designed an all new Cadillac engine called the Blackwing and only ended up making about 1500 of them before cancelling production.

That whole thing seemed nuts. Would love to know what the inside story was.

j_tso
j_tso Dork
1/22/23 1:58 p.m.

Jaguar XKSS is narrowly a production car.

16 made before a factory fire.

MotorsportsGordon
MotorsportsGordon Dork
1/22/23 2:03 p.m.

The Cizeta-Moroder V16T made 12 or so cars

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) UltimaDork
1/22/23 2:07 p.m.

Kia Borrego was only in production for a year and some change.  For a mass-market SUV this thing was a big black spot on Kia's books.  Remember these things?

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/does-the-kia-telluride-owe-its-success-to-another-failed-suv/

grafmiata
grafmiata UltraDork
1/22/23 2:10 p.m.

Only around 50 Vectors were produced, I believe.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/22/23 2:10 p.m.

503 Dodge Daytonas were made for a production run of 1 year.

mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise UberDork
1/22/23 2:22 p.m.

Two produced in 1998 

Nissan R390 GT1

 

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle UltraDork
1/22/23 2:35 p.m.

Porsche 959

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos)
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) MegaDork
1/22/23 4:19 p.m.

Fewest produced or shortest (in time) production run?

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/22/23 4:23 p.m.

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :

Theres no rules. Either one is interesting.

flatlander937
flatlander937 HalfDork
1/22/23 4:51 p.m.

For more recent and common "normal" cars that aren't hand built, Mazda2 was only about 60k from 2011-2014 in North America. Very small amount of manuals, and manual Touring trim (has OE cruise control), are very uncommon.

Javelin
Javelin MegaDork
1/22/23 4:53 p.m.

2004-2006 Pontiac GTO was really short for a mainstream manufacturer. 

1987-88 Ford Thunderbird was a super short MAJOR refresh (all new sheet metal less the hood).

ProDarwin
ProDarwin MegaDork
1/22/23 4:55 p.m.

2014 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet Review & Ratings | Edmunds

There were 6000 of these made

ProDarwin
ProDarwin MegaDork
1/22/23 4:56 p.m.

 The Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe Is Rarer Than A Ferrari F40

1266 of these

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy MegaDork
1/22/23 5:12 p.m.
ProDarwin said:

2014 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet Review & Ratings | Edmunds

There were 6000 of these made

Dang, that totally sucks to hear that.

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