 This was well down on the 19,904 cars produced in 1964 which had been the first year for the Admiral "A".The Admiral appears to have been outclassed and outsold by premium models from premium manufacturers.BMW, with their 2500/2800/3.0 model had returned to the six cylinder sedan market only in 1968, and by 1977 had clocked up an output of 222,001 of these six cylinder engined cars Also on a roll were Mercedes-Benz whose prestigious six cylinder engined "S-Class" 280S/280SE/280SEL models managed 280,473 six cylinder engined cars produced between 1972 and 1980.