Car sales in Slovakia dropped 21.5% in 2010, so to come back +4.2% this year was at least movement in the right direction - to 74,000 units. It now has a big car making industry, with over 560,000 vehicles made in 2010, obviously mostly exported.
1 Skoda 13,900 18.8%
2 VW 6,500 8.8%
3 Peugeot 5,100 6.9%
4 Renault 4,900 6.7%5 Kia 4,900 6.7%
6 Citroen 3,600 4.9%
7 Hyundai 3,600 4.8%
8 Opel 3,200 4.3%
9 Ford 3,000 4.1%
10 Fiat 3,000 4.1%
11 BMW 2,500 3.4%
12 Suzuki 2,300 3.2%
13 Toyota 2,300 3.2%
14 Seat 2,300 3.1%
15 Mercedes 1,800 2.5%
16 Dacia 1,800 2.4%
17 Audi 1,600 2.2%
18 Chevrolet 1,500 2.1%
19 Nissan 1,500 2.0%
20 Mitsubis 850 1.2%
21 Honda 800 1.1%22 Volvo 600 0.8%
23 Mazda 600 0.8%
24 Subaru 267 0.4%
25 MINI 234 0.3%
26 Iveco 223 0.3%
27 Land Rover 202 0.3%
28 Alfa Romeo 152 0.2%
29 Porsche 108 0.1%
30 Lexus 90 0.1%
31 Lada 86 0.1%
32 Lancia 77 0.1%
33 Chrysler 57 0.1%
34 Jaguar 54 0.1%
Others 110 0.1%
Total 73,950 4.2% increase.
Big Hits: VW (+31.4%), Opel (+19.9%), Seat (+36.2%), Dacia (+45.1%) and MINI (+196%). Big Misses: Citroen (-16.9%), Suzuki (-19%), Toyota (-20.3%), Honda (-18.3%) and Mazda (-30.5%).
Japanese brands are not that popular here, and things got worse for them this year too. No such problems for the Korean duo.
My guess: Surely a better year in sales for 2012.
Source: ZAP SR
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