US Beetle sales, 1949-1980
Year Sedan Convertible
49 2 0
50 328 0
01/51-09/52 367 N/A
10/52-03/53 887 N/A
53 1,139 N/A
54 8,086 N/A
55 33,662 N/A
56 38,129 2,303
57 47,446 2,613
58 52,221 3,261
59 84,677 4,180
60 112,027 5,841
61 148,144 6,219
62 174,960 7,169
63 209,747 7,377
64 251,806 7,606
65 288,583 7,848
66 296,624 5,799
67 314,343 6,349
68 390,079 9,595
69 367,307 10,025
70 366,790 11,432
71 318,990 12,201
72 335,646 8,471
73 342,790 7,567
74 220,368 5,730
75 78,412 3,618 [1st year of VW Rabbit]
76 23,213 3,581
77 12,090 7,155
78 0 9,932
79 0 10,681
80 0 4,572
I found this via the Internet Archive. Since the page it was on doesn't exist anymore, I thought I'd share.