Car Production In Germany By Brand : 1970-79

1.7 million Opel Kadets were made from 1973-79. A nice, simple car 

Production volume continued its steady incline in Germany, despite the the oil crisis that hit mid-decade. VW continued as the mainstay of the volume, although it went from 46% of the total in 1969 to 33% by 1979. Both GM Opel and Ford had solid gains too. However, while Mercedes and BMW were doing nicely, Audi was stuck in the doldrums.

Porsche got a lift in volume when the 924 model replaced the 914 for 1976. Hanomag was making a few passenger cars which I believe were camper vans. That ended in 1975, with Neckar branded Fiat cars finishing a few years earlier.

Please note that the figures below are in thousands, so three zeros need to be added.

	Yr	VW	GM	Ford	MB	BMW	Audi	Por	Han	Nec	Total
	1970	1,518	812	409	280	159	317	17	4	12	3,528
	1971	1,622	832	479	284	164	282	11	6	17	3,697
	1972	1,373	871	436	324	182	299	15	8	13	3,521
	1973	1,364	868	456	332	196	410	15	7	2	3,650
	1974	1,170	578	286	340	185	266	10	5	-	2,840
	1975	1,050	656	413	350	218	205	9	6	-	2,907
	1976	1,221	919	487	378	268	242	32	-	-	3,547
	1977	1,278	922	543	409	285	318	36	-	-	3,791
	1978	1,346	952	544	404	312	295	37	-	-	3,890
	1979	1,305	960	547	433	328	323	36	-	-	3,932

The 924 model added volume to Porsche