Germany Car Sales By Brand : 1980-84

Models such as this 3 Series was doing well for BMW

The 1980's had a settled feel about it, with not much changing.

Local brands: Mercedes got close to Ford then slipped back, while BMW had passed a struggling Audi.

Import brands: Japanese brands had generally plateaued, while a few fringe makes were on the way out.

80	81	82	83	84	Make	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
1	1	1	1	1	VW	526,368	557,163	506,352	516,848	524,063
2	2	2	2	2	Opel	406,003	379,188	392,050	448,193	389,400
3	3	3	3	3	Ford	252,018	273,173	242,708	287,998	293,741
4	4	4	4	4	Mercedes	249,249	245,927	233,645	246,160	233,649
6	6	5	6	5	BMW	138,928	133,899	127,315	155,683	159,525
5	5	6	5	6	Audi	209,741	151,144	125,590	169,204	143,924
8	8	7	7	7	Fiat	84,612	93,624	93,299	101,517	109,727
7	7	8	8	8	Renault	113,591	100,291	83,668	89,299	84,882
12	12	10	9	9	Mazda	46,727	44,143	40,573	58,567	63,474
10	10	9	11	10	Nissan	51,503	44,722	42,490	46,038	58,018
9	9	11	10	11	Toyota	58,893	47,214	40,037	56,000	53,132
16	15	16	15	12	Peugeot	33,328	27,816	23,353	29,285	45,349
14	13	13	13	13	Mitsubishi	41,605	43,815	33,530	37,516	44,017
11	11	12	12	14	Citroen	46,891	44,594	38,699	41,749	37,744
13	14	14	14	15	Honda	43,051	35,226	32,072	30,766	37,613
17	17	17	17	16	Volvo	17,065	14,200	12,511	15,261	15,335
22	21	18	18	17	Suzuki	5,523	7,626	11,942	14,120	14,701
18	18	19	20	18	Alfa/Lancia	14,772	13,336	11,221	12,062	12,378
15	16	15	16	19	Talbot	35,216	27,504	24,755	19,298	11,646
19	19	20	19	20	Porsche	10,525	9,602	10,327	12,176	11,133
21	22	21	21	21	Lada	5,982	6,544	6,585	8,281	8,620
32	24	23	23	22	Subaru	234	2,630	4,700	5,604	7,632
20	23	24	24	23	BLMC	6,712	5,702	4,156	4,832	6,621
24	20	22	22	24	Daihatsu	4,454	7,740	5,870	6,290	6,542
33			29	25	Seat	169			981	5,064
25	25	25	25	26	Saab	2,344	2,625	2,555	3,010	3,614
			28	27	Isuzu				1,488	3,029
			30	28	Jaguar	1,095	971	747	1,260	1,938
27	27	26	27	29	Skoda	2,262	1,619	1,330	1,578	1,923
			26	30	Matra				1,685	1,108
			37	31	Land Rover				143	807
		28	31	32	Betone			510	839	758
		32	32	33	Pininfarina			190	614	734
34	33	33	35	34	Ferrari	142	158	182	210	294
31	31	31	34	35	Alpine	404	410	259	353	287
23	26	27	33	36	GM US	5,073	2,005	808	446	283
30	29	30	36	37	Chrysler	1,197	553	259	166	109
26	28	29			Nuova Innoc	2,322	1,403	483
28	30				FSO	1,693	489
29	32				Autobianchi	1,663	360
					Sonstige	4,832	2,919	766	1,254	1,125
					Insgesamt	2,426,187	2,330,335	2,155,537	2,426,774	2,393,939

Data source: VDA.

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