Driving forward
The number of cars rolling off the country's production lines rose significantly in January to 41,958 vehicles, representing a jump of 7.5 percent on December's figures and an increase of 4.3 percent on January 2004.
The rise in production is being driven by demand outside Poland's borders, mainly in Western Europe. According to the car market research company Samar, nearly 90 percent of all production was destined for foreign markets.
Samar's founder Wojciech Drzewiecki said: "Out of over 40 thousand cars, which left the production lines of the factories in Gliwice, Lublin, Poznań, Tychy and Warsaw in January this year, 37,574 units found their customers outside Poland."
The country's largest car manufacturer is Fiat. In January its share of passenger car production was 58.50 percent, while Opel took second spot with 23.23 percent of total manufacturing. Third spot was claimed by the Volkswagen company, which accounted for 14.30 percent of domestic output at the end of January. Fourth place was taken by FSO with a 3.96 percent share.
Of the models produced, Fiat's Panda accounted for almost half of the total output , with 20,341 units.
The rise in production is being driven by demand outside Poland's borders, mainly in Western Europe. According to the car market research company Samar, nearly 90 percent of all production was destined for foreign markets.
Samar's founder Wojciech Drzewiecki said: "Out of over 40 thousand cars, which left the production lines of the factories in Gliwice, Lublin, Poznań, Tychy and Warsaw in January this year, 37,574 units found their customers outside Poland."
The country's largest car manufacturer is Fiat. In January its share of passenger car production was 58.50 percent, while Opel took second spot with 23.23 percent of total manufacturing. Third spot was claimed by the Volkswagen company, which accounted for 14.30 percent of domestic output at the end of January. Fourth place was taken by FSO with a 3.96 percent share.
Of the models produced, Fiat's Panda accounted for almost half of the total output , with 20,341 units.
