Calendar year
1981
What the archive documents for calendar year 1981. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.
Across the archive in 1981
- Production started DeLorean DMC-12 DeLorean Motor Company · 21 January 1981
- Production ended Hongqi CA770 Hongqi · 1981
- Production ended Suzuki Jimny (first generation) Suzuki · 1981
Other models in production during 1981
Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 1981. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.