Liechtenstein Top Ten Sales By Brand : 1975-84

They say small things amuse small minds. Then my mind must be minuscule as the Liechtenstein car market is about as small as they come. Between the dates here under consideration, no brand could crack the 300 sales level and total sales were always under 1,900.

The loyalty of Liechtensteiners to VW cannot be questioned, as they have remained the top selling make through to 2015. Opel was second for much of this time shown below. Japanese car importers were doing increasingly well, with Subaru a surprisingly popular choice.

Audi is listed here but at that time, it was a mixture of makes that eventually became one under the Audi logo. It included DKW, Auto Union and NSU as well.

Each column after the brand counts the years from 1975 to 1984 with sales listed for the Top 10 of that year. So in 1975 VW sold 151 cars and Alfa Romeo made 10th spot with 45 sales.

Rk	Brand	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84

1	VW	151	225	269	288	245	283	265	275	216	280
2	Opel	73	110	136	172	164	154	128	212	158	219
3	BMW	89	80	88	120	116	164	115	138	116	132
4	Ford	69	116	168	175	141	148	179	120	135	105
5	Toyota	47	61	80	116	84	99	87	99	96	94
6	Renault	69	78	108	160	122	133	118	133	78	83
7	Subaru							107	95	72	80
8	Fiat	58	44	71	88	66		96	92	72	77
9	Audi	55	73	105	88	106	74			98	72
10	Mercedes	49	45	50	62		67				72
	Nissan		46				108	122	101	100
	Mazda					74		93	81
	Mitsubishi						68
	Citroën			48	67	65
	Alfa Romeo	45

Data source: Statistical Office of Liechtenstein.