Skoda aims to win back leading position from Toyota

Skoda Auto Polska was the leader in 2005 when  it managed to sell 27,600 new cars on the domestic market. Meanwhile, in January this year the sales of its rival Toyota grew significantly thanks to which it took the leading position. "We can compare this situation to that of last year. In January 2005, Toyota was the leader. However, finally over the whole year Skoda turned out to be the winner. Skoda hopes that we will sell around 30,000 cars. With this number we will definitely maintain the leading position on the market," said Skoda Auto Polska president, Leszek Płonka. He went on to say that although the Fabia remains the most popular model, the company will introduce a new model, Skoda Roomster in September of this year. Skoda hopes to sell several hundreds of this car on the domestic market by the end of this year. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) A.K.