In 1980, the main updates to the 530, which replaced its predecessor 520, included a new cab with tinted windows, controls, an enlarged rear axle, the angle of the rear axles, larger tires, and a bigger tank. As with the previous model range, there was also the better-equipped 535 alongside it, which featured, among other things, automatic cutting height adjustment, a chaff spreader, and a climate-controlled cab as standard. The 530 combines sold in Finland also had automatic cutting height adjustment. The 1984 model year MF 530s received the designation S, which meant a 40-hectoliter grain tank (previously an optional extra), a reinforced front axle and transmission, and a new sieve case.

Larger models were still not imported into Finland. The French 565/665 introduced in 1981 was the last MF combine developed by Massey Ferguson itself for the European market. It featured a new climate-controlled cab, transmission, front axle, and sieve adjustment accessible from outside the combine. Like other models larger than the 530, it could be equipped with a Power Flow header, which had a belt conveyor between the cutter bar and the feed auger. At this stage, however, the header was not yet longer than usual. The 540 and 550 models on the North American market were of the same generation as the 665. The 750 and 760, at this point, were already somewhat older models produced in Canada, but they were the only MF combines with hydrostatic transmission.

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