Finland Top 4 Brands : 1980-89

The popular Nissan Cherry

Finland became more settled with the top 4 brands in the 1980's. Sales rose consistently through the decade, starting from 103,100 in 198 to 176,800 in 1989. There was an increase in every year except a slight drop in 1983.

Two Japanese brands took turns at the top, no doubt reliability a major factor in a harsh climate. GM Opel took over from Ford as the US representative and Lada did surprisingly well. The right column shows the share the top 4 took and that dropped marginally through the ten years covered here.

Yr	1st	Sales	%	2nd	Sales	%	3rd	Sales	%	4th	Sales	%	%
1980	Niss	17.2	17	Toyo	11.0	11	Lada	9.4	9	Fiat	8.6	8	45
1981	Niss	15.2	14	Ford	10.3	10	Toyo	9.5	9	Lada	9.4	9	42
1982	Niss	18.6	15	Ford	12.5	10	Toyo	11.2	9	Opel	10.7	8	41
1983	Niss	15.6	13	Toyo	12.7	11	Ford	9.8	8	Lada	9.6	8	40
1984	Niss	14.9	12	Toyo	12.9	10	Lada	11.4	9	Ford	11.2	9	40
1985	Toyo	17.0	12	Niss	15.4	11	Opel	12.9	9	Lada	11.5	8	41
1986	Toyo	18.7	13	Niss	15.3	11	Lada	12.7	9	Opel	12.6	9	41
1987	Toyo	22.4	15	Niss	15.8	10	Lada	14.7	10	Opel	12.8	8	43
1988	Toyo	24.7	14	Niss	18.3	11	Opel	15.7	9	Lada	15.4	9	42
1989	Toyo	24.3	14	Opel	19.1	11	Niss	16.6	9	Lada	13.4	7	41

Data source: Thanks to Autolan Tiedotuskeskus.
For other decades: 1956-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1990-99, and 2000-13.

I guess they were solid and practical