1977, Car Spotting: Sint-Veerleplein, Ghent, Belgium

First row, left to right

Chrysler 160/180/2 litre, Ford Capri MkI, Daf 55, BMW 02-series, Datsun 1200 coupé (B110), unidentified red car probably Fiat 124, Fiat 125 or Lada 2101.

Second row (including the side street), left to right

Peugeot 404, Peugeot 504.

Third row, left to right

Fiat 124, Citroën 2CV, Mercedes-Benz W114/W115, Simca 1000, Simca 1100, Volkswagen Golf, Renault 4.

And "La Brugeoise et Nivelles" PCC-car.

1974, Best selling cars UK

This list contains the best selling car models in the UK with more than 5,000 units sold in 1974. (source: Auto Katalog, Germany)

N° 42 Simca 1301 / 1501 (Chrysler France)

5,459 units sold

N° 41 Škoda 100 / 110

5,662 units sold

N° 40 Audi 80

5,822 units sold

N° 39 Peugeot 504

5,987 units sold

 

N° 38 Volkswagen Passat

6,514 units sold

N° 37 Renault R4

6,532 units sold

N° 36 Toyota Corolla

6,558 units sold

N° 35 Renault R6

6,602 units sold

N° 34 Datsun Violet (aka Datsun 140J/160J)

6,706 units sold

N° 33 Citroën GS

7,104 units sold

N° 32 Audi 100

7,388 units sold

N° 31 Datsun Bluebird (aka Datsun 160B/180B)

8,420 units sold

N° 30 Simca 1100 (Chrysler France)

9,511 units sold

N° 29 MGB / Midget (British Leyland)

9,531 units sold

N° 28 Fiat 126

9,778 units sold

N° 27 Fiat 128

9,874 units sold

N° 26 Renault R5

10,378 units sold

N° 25 Fiat 127

11,389 units sold

N° 24 Renault R16

11,879 units sold

N° 23 Jaguar XJ / Daimler Double Six (British Leyland)

13,454 units sold

N° 22 Triumph Dolomite / Sprint (British Leyland)

13,977 units sold

N° 21 Volkswagen Beetle

14,627 units sold

N° 20 Renault R12

15,331 units sold

N° 19 Hillman Imp (Chrysler UK)

15,797 units sold

N° 18 Triumph 2000 / 2500 (British Leyland)

15,833 units sold

N° 17 Datsun Sunny (aka Datsun 120Y)

16,407 units sold

N° 16 Rover 2200 / 3500 / S (P6) (British Leyland)

17,080 units sold

N° 15 Vauxhall Victor (FE)

17,772 units sold

N° 14 Datsun Cherry

21,036 units sold

N° 13 Austin / Morris 1800/2200 (BMC ADO17, British Leyland)

24,424 units sold

N° 12 Ford Consul / Granada

25,644 units sold

N° 11. Triumph Toledo / 1500 (British Leyland)

29,293 units sold

N° 10 Hillman Hunter (Chrysler UK)

31,806 units sold

N° 9 Austin Maxi (British Leyland)

34,712 units sold

N° 8 Ford Capri

36,111 units sold

N° 7 Hillman Avenger (Chrysler UK)

58,114 units sold

N° 6 Austin Allegro (British Leyland)

58,231 units sold

N° 5 Vauxhall Viva / Magnum (HC)

67,434 units sold

N° 4 Morris Marina (British Leyland)

78,376 units sold

N° 3 Mini (ADO20) (British Leyland)

84,932 units sold

N° 2 Ford Escort

86,749 units sold

N° 1 Ford Cortina

124,576 units sold

1971, Car Spotting: Overschiestraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

First row:

Unidentified truck, probably Saviem/Renault Super Goélette

Second row, left to right:

BMC/British Leyland Mini (ADO20), Volkswagen 1500/1600 Fastback (Type 3), Fiat 600, Opel Kadett B Caravan

Third row, left to right:

Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Rekord C, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), DKW 3=6 (Sonderklasse), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Fiat 500, a rare Ford (Taunus) 20M (P7a), Opel (Olympia) Rekord (P1), Peugeot 204

Fourth row, left tot right:

Ford Escort (Mark I), Opel Rekord C, Opel Kadett B, Datsun (Nissan) (Sunny) 1200 (B110), Citroën 2CV, Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen 1500/1600 Squareback (Type 3), Renault 4, Fiat 128, Simca 1000, Fiat 850, Ford (Taunus) 12M (P6), Ford (Taunus) 15M (P6), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1)

Fifth row, left to right:

Opel Rekord C, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Citroën Ami 8, Fiat 600, Volvo 142/144, Renault 16, Volvo 142/144, Ford Escort (Mark I), Opel Kadett B, Opel Kadett B, Opel Kadett B, Ford Capri (Mark I), Citroën DS, Opel Kadett B, Fiat 124, Opel Kadett B

Sixth row, left to right:

Ford Cortina (Mark II), BMC/British Leyland Mini (ADO20), Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Fiat 124, Citroën Ami 8, Ford Taunus 17M/20M (P5), Honda N360/N600, Opel Kadett B, Vauxhall Viva HB, Fiat 128, Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1500/1600 Fastback (Type 3), Ford Taunus L (TC1), Renault 8, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1500/1600 Squareback (Type 3)

Seventh row, left to right:

Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Rekord C, unidentified car, Renault 8/10, Fiat 600, Simca 1000, unidentified car, Peugeot 404, Ford (Taunus) 12M (P6), Renault 6, Peugeot 204, Opel Kadett A, Renault 16, Ford (Taunus) 17M/20M (P7b), Simca 1000, Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (P3)

Eight row, left to right:

Ciroën 2CV, Citroën 2CV, 5 unidentified cars, Renault 8, unidentified car, Citroën 2CV, Fiat 500, Peugeot 404, Fiat 124, Citroën 2CV, Fiat 125, Toyota Corolla (E20), BMC Wolseley 6/110 or Austin A60 Cambridge or Morris Oxford, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1)

Overschiestraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Overschiestraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands, other side

1977, Car Spotting: Arnhem, Gele Rijdersplein

From left to right

First row (parked), front to back:

MGB, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Citroën Ami 6, Citroën Type H Van, wrongly parked car probably Simca 1100 Fourgonnette FV2

Second row (traffic), front to back:

Mazda 323 (Familia FA4), Datsun Sunny (B110), Simca 1100, Opel Kadett B, Citroën 2CV, Fiat 124 or Lada 1200/1300 (VAZ-2101), Alfa Romeo Alfasud, Opel Kadett C, unidentified dark coloured car, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), unidentified light coloured car probably Opel or Vauxhall, unidentified car, Ford Escort Mk II, unknown bus probably Daf or Leyland, Citroën Dyane...

Third row (traffic), front to back:

Volkswagen Golf I (Type 17), Renault R4, BMW 3-series (E21), unidentified truck probably DAF 2600, Fiat 126, Volkswagen T1 or T2a, unidentified light coloured car, Ford Escort Mk I, Fiat 128, Peugeot 304, unidentified car probably Ford,...

Fourth row (traffic), front to back:

Citroën GS Break, Opel Kadett B, Simca 1100, Honda Civic, Volkswagen T2b,...

Fifth row (parked), front to back:

Opel Kadett Caravan B (behind is a Opel Record C), Citroën Ami 8 Break, Simca 1307 (in front is a Ford Zephyr/Zodiac Mk IV), unidentified van probably Daf 33 estate, unidentified bus, Mercedes-Benz W114 or W116, unidentified light coloured car, Citroën Dyane, Fiat 127

Sixth row (parked, right of the Citroën GS Break):

Citroën 2CV, Simca 1100, Simca 1100 Break, Peugeot 504

Seventh row (parked, right of the Opel Kadett B Caravan):

Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Volvo Amazon (series 120), after that it's getting very blurry, there is one light coloured Mercedes-Benz W116,...

Eight row:

Only the first car is identifiable: Opel Kadett C City

Ninth row (in front of the Opel Kadett C City):

Renault R4

1974, Best selling cars: (West) Germany

Three Volkswagens and three Opels in the top 10. This list contains the best selling car models in (West) Germany with more than 1,000 units sold. 1974 is the year with the changeover between the Volkswagen Beetle and the Volkswagen Golf. (source: Auto Katalog, Germany)

N° 58: Citroën Ami 8

(Super, Super Break) 1,070 units sold

N° 57: Sunbeam

(1300S, 1300TC, 1300TC Tourisme, 1600GLS) 1,139 units sold

(aka Hillman Avenger (UK) / Plymouth Cricket (US))

 N° 56: Toyota Celica

(1600 LT, 1600 ST, 1600 GT) 1,366 units sold

 N° 55: Fiat X1/9

1,956 units sold

N° 54: Opel Admiral/Diplomat

1,957 units sold

 N° 53: Fiat 500

(500, 500R) 2,284 units sold

 N° 52: Toyota Corolla

(1200, 1200 Coupé, 1200 KE36) 2,769 units sold

 N° 51: Citroën Dyane

(Dyane 4, Dyane 6) 3,086 units sold

 N° 50: DAF 44

(Sedan, Combi) 3,129 units sold

 

 N° 49: Citroën ID/DS

(ID20, DS20, DS23, DS23 Injection) 3,314 units sold

N° 48: Chrysler 160/180/2L

4,024 units sold

 N° 47: Renault R15/17

(TL, TS) 4,664 units sold

 

 N° 46: Datsun 120Y

4,668 units sold

 N° 45: Autobianchi A112

(A112, Abarth) 5,151 units sold

 N° 44: Datsun Cherry

(Cherry, Combi, 1200) 5,356 units sold

 N° 43: Volkswagen 412

(Sedan, Variant) 5,693 units sold

 

 N° 42: Peugeot 204

(GL, Break, D, D Break) 6,960 units sold

 

 N° 41: Peugeot 304

(GL, S, S Coupé, S Cabrio, Break) 7,206 units sold

N° 40: DAF 66

(Coupé, Combi, Marathon, Marathon Coupé, Marathon Combi) 8,295 units sold

N° 39: Fiat 124

(Special, 1600 Special T, 1600 Sport Coupé, 1800 Sport Coupé,

1800 Sport Spider, Abarth Rally) 8,668 units sold

N° 38: BMW New Six

(2500, 2800 3.0S, 3.0CS, 3.0CSi, 3.0CSL, 3.3L) 9,200 units sold

N° 37: Peugeot 104

9,391 units sold

N° 36: Audi 50

(LS, GL) 9,629 units sold

N° 35: Volvo 142/144/145

9,867 units sold

N° 34: Volkswagen K70

(L, S) 10,739 units sold

 N° 33: Simca 1000

(SR, Special, Rallye 1, Rallye 2) 10,844 units sold

 N° 32: Fiat 132

(1600, 1800) 11,768 units sold

 N° 31: Opel Manta

(1.2, 1.6, 1.6S, 1.9S, 1.9GT/E) 12,082 units sold

 N° 30: Citroën GS

(Break, Club) 12,640 units sold

 N° 29: Renault R12

(TL, TL Variable, TS) 13,652 units sold

N° 28: Simca 1301/1501

(1301, 1301 Special, 1501, 1501 Special, 1501 Tourisme) 13,658 units sold)

N° 27: Renault R6 (850, TL)

13,887 units sold

 

N° 26: Renault R16

(L, TL, TS, TX) 16,210 units sold

N° 25: Fiat 126

16,577 units sold

N° 24: Volkswagen Scirocco

(L, S, LS, TS) 16,967 units sold

N° 23: Fiat 127

17,068 units sold

N° 22: Peugeot 504

(L, GL, Ti, Commerciale, Break, Familiale, LD, GLD)

18,083 units sold

N° 21: Citroën 2CV

(2CV4, 2CV6) 21,696 units sold

N° 20: Simca 1100

(LS, GLS, Special, Ti, Tourisme) 22,564 units sold

N° 19: Fiat 128

(1100 Special, 1300 Special, 1100 Sport Coupé, 1300 Sport Coupé, Rally, Familiare)

23,660 units sold

 N° 18: Ford Capri II

(1300, 1600, 2300GT, 3000GT) 24,784 units sold

 N° 17: Renault R5

(TL, TS) 26,959 units sold

N° 16: Ford Escort MkI

(1100, 1100 Turnier, 1300, 1300 Turnier, 2000RS)

28,243 units sold

 

 N° 15: BMW 5-series

(518, 520, 525, 528) 29,019 units sold

 N° 14: Mercedes-Benz W116

(280S, 280SE, 280SL, 280SLC, 350SE, 350SL, 350SLC, 450SE, 450SL, 450SLC)

29,199 units sold

N° 13: Ford Consul / Granada

(Consul: 1700, 1700 Coupé, 1700 Turnier, 2000, 2000 Coupé, 2000 Turnier, 2300,

2300 Coupé, 2300 Turnier; Granada: 2000, 2000 Turnier, 2300, 2300 Coupé,

2300 Turnier, 2600, 2600 Coupé, 2600 Turnier, 3000, 3000 Coupé, 3000 Turnier)

40,747 units sold

 N° 12: Audi 100

(1.6, 1.7, LS, GL, Coupé S) 43,396 units sold

 N° 11: Renault R4

(0.8, L) 44,526 units sold

N° 10: BMW 02-series

(1602, 1802, 1800 Touring, 2002, 2000 Touring, 2002 Cabrio, 2002 tii, 2002 Turbo)

45,158 units sold

 N° 9: Opel Ascona

(1.2, 1.6, 1.6 Voyage, 1.6S, 1.6S Voyage, 1.9S, 1.9S Voyage)

60,942 units sold

N° 8: Ford Taunus TC1

(1300, 1300 Coupé, 1300 Turnier, 1600, 1600 Coupé, 1600 Turnier, 2000,

2000 Coupé, 2000 Turnier, 2300, 2300 Coupé, 2300 Turnier)

65,625 units sold

 N° 7: Volkswagen Golf

(N, L, S, LS, TS) 71,403 units sold

 N° 6: Audi 80

(S, LS, GL, GT) 77,094 units sold

N° 5: Opel Rekord/Commodore (D-series)

(Rekord: 1.7, 1.7 Caravan, 1.7S, 1.7 Coupé, 1.9, 1.9 Coupé, 1.9 Caravan,

2100D, 2100D Caravan; Commodore: 2.5S, 2.5S Coupé, 2.8S, 2.8S Coupé,

GS/E, GS/E Coupé) 93,673 units sold

N° 4: Mercedes-Benz W114 / W115

(200, 200D, 220D, 230, 240D, 250, 250C, 280, 280E, 280C, 280CE)

99,000 units sold

 

N° 3: Volkswagen

(1200, 1200L, 1302, 1303, 1303LS Carbrio)

(Type 1, Beetle) 121,351 units sold

N° 2: Opel Kadett (C-series)

(1.0, 1.0 Coupé, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2 Coupé, 1.2 Caravan, 1.2 S, 1.2 S Coupé,

1.2 S Caravan, GT/E) 127,207 units sold

N° 1: Volkswagen Passat

(L, L Variant, LS, LS Variant, TS) 131,442 units sold