Eventually, making the Starfire a fully optioned model increased the price and impacted sales. Production dropped to 13,700 coupes, while the convertible output was nearly cut in half to 2,410 units.

Depending on who you ask, the Starfire production for the 1961 model year included between 5,000 and 10,000 units. Someone on Craigslist says Oldsmobile produced 7,500 Starfires, and they have one ...