Finland Top 4 Brands : 2000-13

VW Golf a top seller in Finland...

From the year 2000 when 134,600 cars were sold, to a peak of 148,200 in 2005 to the economic slump that took sales down to 89,100 in 2009. That was all in one decade! The only note to make was that camper vans were excluded in the last figure, not that it made much difference. It would have been 90,600 if included. Sales climbed back to 124,500 in 2011 and then fell away again to 102,100 in '13. It seems the economy is hurting a little again, with forestry and electronics not doing well.

Toyota took top spot most of the time, but VW finally got there, but not by much. Skoda's rise is surprising while Ford has been just off the pace at the top.

Yr	1st	Sales	%	2nd	Sales	%	3rd	Sales	%	4th	Sales	%	%
2000	Toyo	15.4	11	VW	14.4	11	Opel	14.4	11	Ford	12.2	9	42
2001	Toyo	12.4	11	Opel	11.7	11	VW	10.3	9	Ford	10.1	9	41
2002	Toyo	16.4	14	VW	12.2	10	Ford	10.5	9	Volv	9.2	8	41
2003	Toyo	22.8	15	VW	17.0	12	Ford	11.9	8	Niss	11.3	8	43
2004	Toyo	21.4	15	VW	15.1	11	Ford	11.3	8	Niss	10.2	7	41
2005	Toyo	20.8	14	VW	14.9	10	Niss	11.7	8	Ford	11.0	7	39
2006	Toyo	21.1	14	VW	15.0	10	Niss	9.8	7	Ford	9.7	7	38
2007	Toyo	17.1	14	VW	12.8	10	Volv	8.8	7	Ford	8.0	6	38
2008	Toyo	18.5	13	VW	16.5	12	Ford	9.7	7	Volv	9.3	7	39
2009	Toyo	14.5	16	VW	11.4	13	Ford	7.9	9	Skod	6.2	7	45
2010	Toyo	15.1	14	VW	14.4	13	Skod	9.2	8	Ford	9.1	8	43
2011	VW	17.2	14	Toyo	13.3	11	Ford	10.7	9	Skod	10.2	8	41
2012	VW	13.9	13	Toyo	13.4	12	Skod	8.7	8	Ford	8.5	8	41
2013	VW	12.7	12	Toyo	12.3	12	Skod	8.4	8	Ford	7.8	8	40

Data source: Thanks to Autolan Tiedotuskeskus.
For other decades: 1956-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1980-89, and 1990-99.

..and the Toyota Avensis has been popular with Finns too.