Corgi Releases 1957

CORGI TOYS in 1957

page last updated: 10 September 2007

Range consolidation with the introduction of the Land-Rover and some new saloon cars like the Vanguard, the Mk1 Jag and the DS19, we get the first racing car and the beginning of Corgi Majors

Month	No.	Name	Make	Model	Notes	Colour	Price	Units Sold	Scale	With-drawn	Plate No
January	455	Karrier Bantam Two Tonner	Karrier	Bantam Two Tonner	Karrier ‘Bantam’ Two Tonner open sided delivery lorry	Blue/Red		172,000	1:47	1960	58
February	207	Standard Vanguard	Standard	Vanguard III Saloon	Standard Vanguard Saloon, Two-tone	Red/pale blue		315,000	1:46	1962	64
February	207M	Standard Vanguard	Standard	Vanguard III Saloon	Standard Vanguard Saloon, Mechanical friction motor	Prim, yellow; pale blue; red		102,000	1:46	1959	64
March	208	Jaguar 2.4 Saloon	Jaguar	Mk.2	Jaguar 2.4 Saloon	Met. blue	4/-	281,000	1:47	1960	65
March	208M	Jaguar 2.4 Saloon	Jaguar	Mk.2	Jaguar 2.4 Saloon, Mechanical friction motor	White		116,000	1:47	1960	65
April	454	Commer Platform Lorry	Commer	5 Ton Chassis	Commer Platform Lorry	Met. blue/silver; prim. yellow / sil. grey		245,000	1:56	1963	66
May	302	M.G.A Sports	MG	MGA Sports	M.G.A Sports Car	Met.red/cream seats, Cream /red seats; Met. green /red seats		633,000	1:45	1965	67
June	100	Dropside Trailer	No Make	Trailer	Dropside Trailer with wire towbar	Cream with red mudguards		467,000	1:56	1962	68
June	408	Bedford Van AA Road Services	Bedford	CA Van	AA Road Services Van, later models have updated grille & one piece windscreen	Yellow/black		256,000	1:44	1963	68
July	150	Vanwall Formula 1	Vanwall	Vanwall Formula 1	Vanwall Formula 1 Racing No 7	Brit. rac. green		317,000	1:46	1961	69
August	406	Land Rover 109 W.B.	Land Rover	Series 1	Land Rover 109 W.B. Pick-up	Dark met.blue/white cab roof; yellow /black cab roof; Green with tan tilt		442,000	1:46	1963	71
September	407	Karrier Mobile Shop	Karrier	Smith's Van	Smiths Karrier Bantam Mobile Shop "Home Services"	Very pale blue		207,000	1:55	1962	72
October	1101	Bedford Carrimore Car Transporter	Bedford	S Type Cab	Carrimore Car Transporter	Red/white/blue	18/6d	287,000	1:47	1962	73
November	412	Bedford Ambulance	Bedford	CA Van	Civilian Ambulance with decals showing red cross & St Johns logo	Cream	3/2d	122,000	1:44	1960	76
December	210	Citroën DS19	Citroën	DS19	Citroën DS19 Saloon	Met. green/black roof; red; yellow/red roof	3/6d	240,000	1:47	1960	77
December	GS1	Car Transporter Gift Set			1101 Car Transporter 201 Austin Cambridge 208 Jaguar 2.4 300 Austin Healey 302 MGA Sports Car			92,000		1959	77