Finland Top 4 Brands : 1970-79

The Fiat 127 was popular in Europe

Without a home brand, things are often more fluid. This is certainly he case with Finland with four top brands in the ten years considered here. Fiat was never below second over this decade, but otherwise it was in constant flux.

In 1973, 118,000 cars were bought which was the best year. Way back then Nissan was Datsun and that marque was top by 1979. However, the economy faltered in the late 70's and sales were down to 80,700 in 1978.

Yr	1st	Sales	%	2nd	Sales	%	3rd	Sales	%	4th	Sales	%	%
1970	Ford	13.2	14	Fiat	10.1	11	Toyo	9.2	10	VW	8.4	9	45
1971	Fiat	12.7	17	Toyo	9.0	12	Ford	7.8	10	Dats	5.7	8	47
1972	Fiat	13.0	13	VW	10.8	11	Ford	10.7	11	Dats	9.2	9	43
1973	Fiat	15.5	13	Toyo	15.4	13	Ford	14.0	12	VW	9.1	8	46
1974	Fiat	12.6	13	Ford	10.6	11	Saab	10.4	11	Toyo	9.3	10	45
1975	Fiat	15.3	13	Saab	15.2	13	Dats	11.4	10	Ford	11.0	9	45
1976	Saab	12.9	14	Ford	9.9	11	Dats	9.8	11	Lada	8.3	9	44
1977	Saab	11.2	12	Fiat	9.4	10	Ford	8.9	10	Dats	8.7	9	42
1978	Saab	10.3	13	Fiat	8.4	10	Dats	8.4	10	Lada	8.2	10	44
1979	Dats	13.5	14	Fiat	10.8	11	Lada	10.5	11	Saab	10.1	10	45

Data source: Thanks to Autolan Tiedotuskeskus.
For other decades: 1956-59, 1960-69, 1980-89, 1990-99, and 2000-13.

The Toyota Corona enjoying the snow