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Italy 1972: Fiat 128 best-seller, Fiat 127 arrives

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Fiat 128

* See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Andrea *

Launched in 1969, the Fiat 128 becomes the best-selling car in Italy in 1972 and sells 239,675 units over the first 11 months of the year. During the same period the Fiat 127 lands in 2nd place with 181,068 sales for its first ‘full’ year while the Fiat 500, #1 up until 1971, drops to 3rd place at 176,005 units. The Fiat 124 follows with 95,497 sales.

Fiat 127

The Leyland-Innocenti Mini shines in 5th position, followed by the Autobianchi A112 and the Alfa Romeo Giulia. The Simca 1000 is the best-selling foreign model at #8 ahead of the Ford Escort (#10) and Opel Kadett (#11).

Thanks to the UNRAE team I can now share with you the Top 20 best-selling brands and most produced models in 1972 (see ‘Read more’ to check it out).

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Full 11 months 1972 Top 60 Ranking Table below.

Italy 11 months 1972:

Pos Model 11m 1972 1970
1 Fiat 128 239,675 2
2 Fiat 127 181,068  -
3 Fiat 500 176,005 1
4 Fiat 124 95,497 4
5 Leyland-Innocenti Mini 58,168 7
6 Autobianchi A112 57,127 11
7 Alfa Romeo Giulia 34,137 5
8 Simca 1000 33,038 8
9 Lancia Fulvia 32,990 14
10 Ford Escort 28,681 10
11 Opel Kadett 21,855 9
12 Alfa Romeo 2000 21,713  -
13 Citroen GS 20,111  -
14 NSU Prinz 18,448 6
15 Simca 1301 17,403  -
16 Fiat 132 17,252  -
17 Renault 6 17,218 17
18 VW 1200/1300 16,672 21
19 Citroen Dyane 15,296 20
20 Opel Ascona 14,525  -
21 Ford Taunus 14,063 26
22 Citroen Ami 12,767 19
23 Alfa Romeo Alfasud 12,497  -
24 Renault 4 11,949 18
25 Autobianchi Bianchina 11,491 13
26 Simca 1100 10,758 25
27 Fiat 125 10,452 12
28 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 9,839  -
29 Fiat 850 9,428 3
30 Mercedes 220 8,310 30
31 Citroen DS/ID 7,896 23
32 Autobianchi A111 7,712 22
33 Peugeot 204 7,002  -
34 BMW 2000 5,245  -
35 Ford Capri 4,991 16
36 Peugeot 504 4,257  -
37 NSU 1000 3,940  -
38 Peugeot 304 3,914  -
39 Renault 12 3,890  -
40 Opel Manta 3,787  -
41 BMW 2500/2800/3000 3,673  -
42 Lancia 2000 3,601  -
43 Opel Rekord 3,082  -
44 Renault 5 2,842  -
45 BMW 1600 2,604  -
46 Renault 16 2,479  -
47 VW 1600 2,394  -
48 Skoda 100/110 2,392  -
49 DAF 44 2,337  -
50 Fiat 130 2,281  -
51 Audi 60 2,014  -
52 Austin Mini 1,942  -
53 VW K70 1,829  -
54 Audi 100 1,692  -
55 NSU 1200 1,660  -
56 Leyland-Innocenti I5 1,536  -
57 Porsche 911 1,512  -
58 Renault 15 1,496  -
59 Volvo 144/145/164 1,268  -
60 DAF 66 1,107  -

Source: Quattroruote, many thanks to Andrea for sharing the data!

Italy 1972:

Pos Brand Sales % 1971
1 Fiat 804,809 54.7% 1
2 Alfa Romeo 84,731 5.8% 2
3 Autobianchi 82,964 5.6% 4
4 Simca 67,611 4.6% 5
5 Leyland Innocenti 64,218 4.4% 6
6 Citroen 62,377 4.2% 9
7 Ford 54,321 3.7% 3
8 Opel 48,689 3.3% 7
9 Renault 46,297 3.1% 10
10 Lancia 38,599 2.6% 11
11 NSU Prinz 26,017 1.8% 8
12 VW 24,566 1.7% 12
13 Peugeot 17,410 1.2% 13
14 BMW 12,460 0.8% 14
15 Mercedes Benz 11,626 0.8% 15
16 DAF 4,603 0.3% 16
17 Audi 4,216 0.3% 17
18 Skoda 2,628 0.2% 18
19 Morris 2,068 0.1% 19
20 Porsche 1,774 0.1% 20

Most produced models in 1972:

Pos Model Production %
1 Fiat 128 495,493 28.6%
2 Fiat 127 351,080 20.3%
3 Fiat 124 217,095 12.5%
4 Fiat 500 194,659 11.2%
5 Autobianchi A112 90,579 5.2%
6 Leyland Innocenti Mini 61,964 3.6%
7 Alfa Romeo 2000 50,293 2.9%
8 Fiat 132 44,596 2.6%
9 Lancia Fulvia 35,755 2.1%
10 Alfa Romeo 1300 32,769 1.9%
11 Fiat 850 21,678 1.3%
12 Fiat 125 21,473 1.2%
13 Alfa Romeo Alfasud 21,057 1.2%
14 Alfa Romeo 1800 17,954 1.0%
15 Alfa Romeo 1600 16,019 0.9%
16 Fiat 126 15,488 0.9%
17 Autobianchi Bianchina 11,722 0.7%
18 Autobianchi A111 11,098 0.6%
19 Lancia 2000 5,604 0.3%
20 Fiat 130 4,930 0.3%

Source: ANFIA, many thanks to the UNRAE team for opening up your archives!

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