The car in front is a Skoda as Toyota falls behind in Poland's new sales table

"The leading position is very tempting but we are not going to fight to keep it at all costs," said Leszek Płonka, head of Skoda Auto Poland. Despite such positive results Skoda sold 59% less cars than in April 2004. This country's car market is currently in crisis and unpredictable. Thus Skoda had to revise its sales prognosis and lower it from the initial 36,000 to 34,000 cars, mainly due to rising import of used cars from the EU and unfavorable fiscal regulations. The Skoda Auto Polska chief believes that the company's priority is keeping market share above 10% (currently it is 12%). "This year we want to work on stabilizing our market position," said Płonka. Next year Skoda is to launch a new minivan Skoda Roomster but its leading products would still be the Fabia, the new model of Octavia and Octavia Tour. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) D.W.