Toyota and Ford buck the negative auto trend for 2002

Last year was not a good one for the motor industry, although there were some companies which recorded an impressive increase in sales, despite the stagnation, and Toyota and Ford found themselves in this small privileged group. According to auto-sector monitor Samar, last year 308,200 passenger cars were sold in Poland - 5.82% fewer than in the same period the year before. "This is the worst result since 1995," said Samar manager Wojciech Drzewiecki. The final month of 2002 did not see any changes in the top-ten ranking list of producers with Fiat still holding pole position. Toyota finished the year with flying colors, having sold 23,500 cars - 55.9% more than in 2001. Ford on the other hand recorded the best sales dynamic, putting 16,700 cars on the road - 70.23% more than a year earlier. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.C.