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DodgeWayfarer

1949–1952 United States passenger car 4 production years
Production1949–1952
Recorded originUnited States
Classpassenger car
Background

The Dodge Wayfarer is an automobile produced by Dodge from February 1949 until 1952. It was discontinued without a replacement in the United States, although the Kingsway series remained available in export markets. The Wayfarer was the first true roadster built by the Big Three since the 1930s. However, the roadster concept was soon altered to the plusher Sportabout as higher comfort levels were demanded by the post-war auto buyers. 9325 roadsters and Sportabouts were built, out of a total of 217,623 Wayfarers of all bodystyles.

Text adapted from “Dodge Wayfarer” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1949–1952

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗4 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1952

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗1 year