Calendar year

1980

What the archive documents for calendar year 1980. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 1980

Production started Audi Quattro Audi · 1980
Production started Fiat Panda (141) Fiat · 1980
Production started Toyota Land Cruiser (J60) Toyota · 1980
Production ended Triumph Spitfire Triumph · 1980
Production ended Toyota Land Cruiser (J50) Toyota · 1980

Other models in production during 1980

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 1980. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.

Chevrolet Suburban Volkswagen Beetle Citroën 2CV Oldsmobile 88 Hindustan Ambassador Toyota Land Cruiser (J40) Renault 4 Porsche 911 (classic) Premier Padmini Shanghai SH760 Trabant 601 Alfa Romeo Spider (105/115) Hongqi CA770 Wartburg 353 Chevrolet Corvette (C3) Saab 99 Autobianchi A112 Dacia 1300 Range Rover (first generation) Suzuki Jimny (first generation) Fiat 127 Renault 5 Citroën CX Lamborghini Countach Volkswagen Golf Mk1 BMW 3 Series (E21) Hyundai Pony (first generation) Mercedes-Benz W123 Lada Niva (VAZ-2121) Mazda RX-7 (SA/FB) Saab 900 (first generation) Lancia Delta (first generation) Mercedes-Benz G-Class (W460) Suzuki Alto (first generation)