1936 LASALLE

1936 LaSalle Notes

• Introduced October 1935
• Model year sales: 13,004
• Model year production: 13,004
• Nicholas Dreystadt was general manager
• Ernest W. Seaholm was chief engineer
• William Mitchell was chief designer (Cadillac Studio)
• Don E. Ahrens was general sales manager

1936 Automotive Notes

• Industry production rises slightly to 3,669,528 cars and 784,587 trucks
• Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was president of GM
• Lammot du Pont was chairman of the board at GM
• Cord returns with the 810 "coffin-nose"
• The 12-cyl Lincoln-Zephyr is a medium-priced car
• Reo leaves building cars after this year and concentrates on trucks
• The Bearcat speedster is Stutz last automobile
• American Bantam attempts to replace American Austin
• Nash cars seats fold down to form a bed
• Nash Motor Company merges with Kelvinator Corporation to form Nash-Kelvinator. George W. Mason is president and Charles W. Nash is chairman
• After Willys-Overland Motors is reorganized it comes out of receivership
• Buick uses names like Century and Roadmaster instead of just numbers
• Chevrolet drops the roadster and phaeton
• Chevrolet features new hydraulic brakes
• Hupmobile shuts its plant down for 18 months
• Pierce-Arrow is called the "World's Safest Car."
• Reo drops the Self-Shifter and offers overdrive instead
• Studebaker introduces "Hill Holder" to keep the car from rolling backward down a hill
• Top model year production for 1936

  1. Ford	930,778	... increased 110,000
  2. Chevrolet	918,278	... increased 370,000
  3. Plymouth	520,334	... increased 193,000
  4. Dodge	263,647	... increased over 64,000
  5. Oldsmobile	191,357	... increased 104,000
  6. Pontiac	176,270	... decreased 2,500 units
  7. Buick	168,596	... increased 115,000
  8. Terraplane	86,791	... increased 35,000
  9. Packard	61,027	... increased 30,000
  10. Chrysler	59,258	... increased 20,000
  11. Studebaker	55,960	... decreased 12,000
  12. Nash	43,070	... increased 8,000
  13. DeSoto	40,299	... increased 13,000
  14. Willys	30,826	... increased 20,000
  15. LaFayette	27,860	... increased 18,000
  16. Hudson	26,347	... increased 5,000
  17. Graham	19,225	... increased 4,000
  18. Lincoln	16,528	... increased 15,000
  19. LaSalle	13,004	... increased 4,353
  20. Cadillac	12,880	... increased 8,000
  21. Reo	3,206	... decreased 1,400
  22. Hupp	2,171	...
  23. Auburn	1,848	...