Italy 1990: Fiat Uno keeps pole position, podium unchanged
Fiat Uno
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Very strong numbers again for the Fiat Uno at 362,896 sales this year, nearly double the volume of the #2, the Fiat Tipo at 186,414 units. Like last year the Fiat Panda takes the 3rd spot with 179,768 sales.
Fiat Tempra
It is followed this year by the Ford Fiesta, up 7 spots and 143% to 131,168 units, by far the highest year-end volume ever achieved by a foreign model in Italy. The Lancia Lancia Y10 is #5 at 120,833 sales. One more model manages to sell over 100,000 units: the VW Golf at 101,204 in 6th position.
Below the Alfa Romeo 33 (#8) and the Lancia Dedra (#9), notice the Fiat Tempra landing directly at #10 for its first year of sales at 55,654 units.
Previous year: Italy 1989: Fiat Uno, Tipo and Panda on podium
Next year: Italy 1991: Fiat Uno and Ford Fiesta in command
Full Year 1990 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
Italy Full Year 1990:
| Pos | Model | 1990 | 90/89 | 1989 | Pos |
| 1 | Fiat Uno | 362,896 | -5% | 382,500 | 1 |
| 2 | Fiat Tipo | 186,414 | -29% | 262,520 | 2 |
| 3 | Fiat Panda | 179,768 | -20% | 223,410 | 3 |
| 4 | Ford Fiesta | 131,168 | 143% | 53,960 | 11 |
| 5 | Lancia Y10 | 120,833 | -3% | 124,450 | 4 |
| 6 | VW Golf | 101,204 | 18% | 85,890 | 5 |
| 7 | Peugeot 205 | 77,066 | 12% | 68,540 | 7 |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo 33 | 68,213 | 8% | 62,900 | 8 |
| 9 | Lancia Dedra | 56,814 | 67% | 34,070 | 19 |
| 10 | Fiat Tempra | 55,654 | new | 0 | - |
Source: UNRAE
1990 Total Chart selling in Italy by Brand
TOTALE MARKET 2.307.265
total italian Cars 1.200.243 – 52,02%
total foreign Cars 1.107.022 – 47,98%
FIAT/INNOCENTI 845.145
LANCIA/AUTOB. 226.806
VOLKSWAGEN 188.684
FORD 179.482
RENAULT 152.819
ALFA ROMEO 127.872
PEUGEOT 106.499
OPEL 100.992
CITROEN 71.073
SEAT 64.862
AUDI 46.472
MERCEDES 42.096
BMW 27.896
ROVER 24.948
VOLVO 23.106
SUZUKI 12.867
NISSAN 12.722
MITSUBISHI 9.231
TOYOTA 6.582
HONDA 5.430
SAAB 4.824
CHRYSLER/JEEP 4.377
LADA 3.946
DAIHATSU 3.042
HYUNDAI 2.540
SKODA 2.510
MAZDA 2.223
PORSCHE 1.330
MASERATI 1.142
SUBARU 1.072
FERRARI 1.042
JAGUAR 920
ARO 854
UAZ 554
LOTUS 84
CHEVROLET 40
CADILLAC 26
BENTLEY 19
ROLLS ROYCE 13
PONTIAC 6
ASTON MARTIN 5
BUICK 4
LEXUS 1
other foreign 2.871
other italians 1.764
(Elaborazioni UNRAE su dati del CED – Ministero dei Trasporti presenti in archivio al 31/3/2000)
(Calculations based on data from UNRAE CED – Ministry of Transport in the archive at 31/3/2000)