Greece Top 4 Brands : 1980-89

The 1980 Datsun Sunny. The brand was dominant in 1980 Greece.

Total sales were up and down in the 1980's. From 35,700 in 1990 it went to 80,000 in 1982. Another low was 1987 with 50,500 but 1989 was up to 85,600. Brands changed places with a regularity rarely seen. Nissan was the only solid performer through the decade. Fiat started on second, fell away to 15th in '84 and back to 3rd by 1989. That sums up the Greek car market of the time.

In the chart below, sales are in hundreds so that 6.3 equates to 6,300. The column '%' shows the percentage the top four brands achieved that year.

Yr	1st	Sales	%	2nd	Sales	%	3rd	Sales	%	4th	Sales	%	%
1980	Niss	6.3	18	Fiat	3.0	8	Opel	3.0	8	Toyo	2.6	7	42
1981	Niss	8.0	17	Opel	4.0	9	Ford	3.7	8	Toyo	3.7	8	41
1982	Ford	10.2	13	Niss	10.0	12	Hon	7.6	10	Opel	7.5	9	44
1983	Niss	7.5	12	Opel	6.2	10	Ford	5.6	9	Toyo	5.2	8	40
1984	Opel	8.5	13	Niss	7.1	11	Ren	5.5	8	Yugo	3.0	5	39
1985	Opel	9.5	12	Niss	8.6	11	Yugo	6.3	8	VW	5.7	7	38
1986	Niss	11.2	17	Seat	6.0	9	Lada	5.5	8	Toyo	4.7	7	42
1987	Niss	8.9	18	Toyo	4.7	9	Seat	4.4	9	Lada	3.6	7	43
1988	Niss	8.9	15	Toyo	8.9	15	Lada	4.0	7	Seat	3.9	7	44
1989	Niss	11.8	14	Toyo	10.7	13	Fiat	6.1	7	Lada	5.2	6	40

A Toyota Starlet from the 80's