The Lada 1200 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in 1974, only 3 years after Lada's arrival. * See the 42 Finland Historical posts at the end of the article * Thanks to Vesa Leinonen we have doubled our coverage of the Finland market with 20 additional articles now spanning over…
Toyota is the best-selling brand in Finland in 1973 and the Corolla is the best-selling model. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales gain 17.1% in 1973 to 117.967 and it's a historical year in Finland: only…
Fiat 600 * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales drop a steep 18.2% year-on-year in 1971 to 74.907 units and the brands ranking is completely reshuffled, now truly displaying Italian, Japanese and Russian influences. Fiat (+26%) ignores the surrounding…
The Ford Cortina is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in 1970. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * 91.633 new light vehicles found a buyer in Finland in 1970, up 9% year-on-year. Ford (-7%) dominates the Finnish brands ranking for the…
Ford is back to the top of the Finnish brands ranking. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The freefalls continues in Finland with new car sales plunging another 26.6% to 48.087 units in 1968, that's less than half the amount of the record…
Volkswagen is the most popular carmaker in Finland over the period. * See the Top 75 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * In 1965, the Finnish new car market posts its very first six-digit annual volume at 100.146 units, up 22% year-on-year. Volkswagen soars 72% to hit its…
Ford is the most popular brand in Finland in 1963 and 1964. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland gain 28.1% in 1963 to reach 52.225 registrations, and there is a new brand leader this year: Ford, up three…
Moskvitsh is the most popular brand in Finland for four consecutive years. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * After a freak year in 1958, 1959 marks the return of Moskvitsh atop the Finnish brands ranking with 16.8% of a market up 49.8% to…
Volkswagen is up 56% to take the lead of the Finnish brands ranking in 1958. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * 1958 is an odd year for the Finland new car market: sales are down 26.2% to 14.214 and most Russian and Eastern-European…
Moskvitsh holds 25% of the Finnish market in 1957... * See the Top 60 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market drops 6.6% year-on-year in 1957 to 19.250 registrations and half the market is monopolises by just two brands this year: Russian Moskvitsh is…
Pobeda is the #2 brand in Finland in 1956. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * 20.602 new light vehicles found a buyer in Finland in 1956, and then the car market was dominated by Russian brands. Moskvitsh holds almost 20% of the market…