Italian Car Production (Brand) : 1971-80

The Alfasud looked great and handled well but had durability issues

This started out as a good decade for Fiat. By 1973, over 1.8 million cars were made in Italy. Then it fell to under 1.45 million by 1980. That wasn't due to Alfa Romeo or Lancia, both of whom over doubled production. Fiat was the problem as far as numbers were concerned.

One reason was the opening of a plant in Poland to make the 126 model that took volume away. Also models such as the 131 and 132 didn't match their predecessors (124 and 125) in popularity. The Ritmo (Strada in some places) wasn't quite the match for the 128 either. It all added up to a fall in numbers.

Yr	Fiat	Alfa	Auto -	Inno-	Lancia	Ferr-	Mas-	Lam-	Other	Total
		Romeo	bianchi	centi		ari	erati	borg
71	1,371,729	123,309	87,958	61,950	52,789	1,246	550	422	1,111	1,701,064
72	1,368,216	140,595	113,399	62,834	41,778	1,843	557	318	2,839	1,732,379
73	1,390,251	204,902	113,896	58,471	52,631	1,772	738	550	122	1,823,333
74	1,205,754	208,386	108,314	60,711	44,920	1,436	571	355	239	1,630,686
75	1,006,660	189,682	71,347	33,061	45,745	1,337	201	276	235	1,348,544
76	1,098,182	201,145	93,874	12,789	63,348	1,427	195	201	147	1,471,308
77	1,057,261	201,118	72,704	38,120	68,944	1,798	292	105	128	1,440,470
78	1,104,026	219,499	89,436	40,719	52,462	1,939	339	68	109	1,508,597
79	1,081,386	207,514	88,734	39,991	60,459	2,308	371	55	86	1,480,904
80	995,455	219,571	76,585	39,770	110,756	2,381	555	64	84	1,445,221
Av	1,167,892	191,572	91,625	44,842	59,383	1,749	437	241	510	1,558,251

Data source: ANFIA.

The Lancia Beta was a good car let down with rust problems