New car sales continue to tumble at 20% less than 1999

New car sales in October confirmed the downslide observed earlier this year in the market. Since the beginning of the 2000, 421,500 cars were sold, almost 110,000 fewer.than last year, for a 20.4% decline from last year. In October, only 32,581 cars were sold, 36% less year-on-year. The plight of Polish car producers is intensifying, since only every second car sold on the Polish market in October was actually produced in Poland. Meanwhile there are no changes in the ranking of the best selling cars. Fiat continues to hold first place, having more or less preserved its market stake. Daewoo, at second place, has lost 5% of the market share, yet its position is still strong. Opel places third with 35,078 cars sold, with a market share loss of 1% compared to last year. Fourth place goes to Skoda, with 31,502 cars sold, while Renault clings to fifth place. Even though its sales decreased, Renault still managed to enlarge its market share. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.4)