Pontiac Tempest and LeMans production numbers by year (1961

Silver 1964 Pontiac Tempest LeMans hardtop with red pinstripe, stacked quad headlamps and chrome wheels with redline tires, front three-quarter in a parking lot — 1964 Pontiac Tempest LeMans hardtop coupe in silver Photo: JOHN LLOYD from Concrete, Washington, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Production by year

Each year's headline total, exactly as its source scopes it. Scopes differ from year to year (some include related models or other markets), so read the label before comparing years. Every year's fact sheet has the full breakdown.

Year	What was counted	Count	Status
1963	Tempest Custom LeMans totalbuilt, model-year	61,658	Reported
1964	Tempest LeMans total (excluding GTO)built, model-year	74,406	Reported
1965	Tempest LeMans total (excluding GTO)built, model-year	107,553	Reported
1966	Tempest LeMans totalbuilt, model-year	121,740	Reported
1967	Tempest LeMans totalbuilt, model-year	109,413	Reported
1968	Tempest LeMans totalbuilt, model-year	140,711	Reported
1969	Tempest LeMans total (series 237/239)built, model-year	104,116	Reported
1970	LeMans totalbuilt, model-year	84,252	Reported
1971	T-37 totalbuilt, model-year	44,986	Reported
1972	LeMans total (includes GTO-optioned cars)built, model-year	120,299	Reported
1973	LeMans total (series scope not stated by compiler)built, model-year	205,649	Reported
1974	LeMans sales as stated by Curbside Classicsold, not stated by source	148,254	Reported
1975	LeMans sales as stated by Curbside Classicsold, not stated by source	48,589	Reported
1976	LeMans total (series scope not stated by compiler)built, model-year	96,229	Reported
1977	LeMans total (series scope not stated by compiler)built, model-year	81,391	Reported
1979	LeMans total (series scope not stated by compiler)built, model-year	131,052	Reported

Folder panel with a yellow 1961 Tempest seen head-on among trees, a vital-statistics table, and a dark Tempest coupe under the words What is Tempest really like — 1961 Pontiac Tempest, from Pontiac's 1961 Tempest folder: front view, specifications and the new Tempest coupe

Red 1962 Tempest sports coupe on a wet city street at dusk, over the headline Take off in a Tempest sports coupe — 1962 Pontiac Tempest sports coupe in red (factory brochure)

Gold 1962 Tempest LeMans coupe with its door open, below the LeMans badge and brochure copy — 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans coupe in gold (factory brochure)

Red 1962 Tempest convertible with its top down and split grille, seen from the front three-quarter at a car show — 1962 Pontiac Tempest convertible in red Photo: Bull-Doser, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Red 1963 Tempest sports coupe with its door open, parked on sand beside the water with boats behind — 1963 Pontiac Tempest sports coupe in red, parked on a beach (factory brochure)

Red 1964 LeMans convertible, top down, seen from a high front three-quarter angle on a red background — 1964 Pontiac Tempest LeMans convertible in Grenadier Red (factory brochure)

1964 Pontiac Tempest LeMans coupe in aqua (factory brochure)

Illustration of a copper 1965 LeMans four-door sedan with stacked headlights, parked by a cafe awning, with an inset of its interior — 1965 Pontiac Tempest LeMans 4-door sedan, painted for the 1965 Pontiac full-line brochure

Black-and-white side view of a 1966 Tempest two-door hardtop parked in front of a glass building — 1966 Pontiac Tempest hardtop coupe, from Pontiac's 1966 overhead-cam six folder

Tinted studio photo of the Pontiac overhead-cam six-cylinder engine with its cam cover and air cleaner, motion-blurred pulleys in front — Pontiac's 1966 overhead-cam inline six, from the 1966 OHC-6 folder

White 1966 Tempest LeMans hardtop seen head-on, with stacked headlights and a split black grille lettered PONTIAC — 1966 Pontiac Tempest LeMans hardtop coupe in white, head-on Photo: HLW, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Close-up of a turquoise 1966 LeMans rear quarter panel showing the LEMANS script, the vertical-bar taillamp and chrome bumper — 1966 Pontiac LeMans rear quarter with its LeMans script and taillamp Photo: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Model years

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