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. Toyota eventually gained an advantage over Nissan. GM Opel took over from Ford as the US representative and Lada did surprisingly well.

Year	1st		2nd		3rd		4th
1980	Nissan	17,237	Toyota	11,030	Lada	9,409	Fiat	8,627
1981	Nissan	15,202	Ford	10,320	Toyota	9,528	Lada	9,398
1982	Nissan	18,604	Ford	12,450	Toyota	11,208	Opel	10,734
1983	Nissan	15,642	Toyota	12,742	Ford	9,835	Lada	9,630
1984	Nissan	14,860	Toyota	12,947	Lada	11,351	Ford	11,203
1985	Toyota	17,010	Nissan	15,388	Opel	12,936	Lada	11,513
1986	Toyota	18,653	Nissan	15,259	Lada	12,710	Opel	12,638
1987	Toyota	22,373	Nissan	15,750	Lada	14,650	Opel	12,823
1988	Toyota	24,749	Nissan	18,304	Opel	15,668	Lada	15,390
1989	Toyota	24,528	Opel	19,111	Nissan	16,578	Lada	13,359

Data source: Thanks to Autolan Tiedotuskeskus.
For other decades: 1956-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1990-99, 2000-09. and 2010-19.

I guess they were solid and practical