Bulgaria Car/LCV Sales By Brand : 1995-99

The capital city Sofia

Data for countries like Bulgaria isn't that easy to find. Some years ago it was easier and below are sales for both cars and light commercial vehicles, which explains a few of the unusual names. It's not a large car market as the country is not that financially well endowed.

Lada started the period well ahead but fell away to end up 13th. Daewoo ended up the most popular brand and by some margin. Things move quickly here as is often the case with smaller nations.

Rk	Make	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1	Daewoo	1,377	492	1,524	4,010	2,619
2	Peugeot	498	294	414	856	1,339
3	Ford	1,008	1,030	957	1,263	1,200
4	Škoda	612	534	380	565	880
5	Citroën	358	307	386	777	706
6	Opel	663	766	379	660	706
7	Hyundai	420	304	373	84	581
8	Renault		133	208	352	489
9	Toyota	50	92	186	372	449
10	VW	491	426	596	591	433
11	Kia	174	264	170	184	367
12	Suzuki		119	92	244	357
13	Lada	3,216	1,263	617	812	274
14	Mercedes	191	169	133	286	263
15	Rover/LR	478	411	23	56	229
16	Fiat	265	218	547	444	117
17	Dacia	218	62	7		114
18	Seat		92	141	102	113
19	Nissan	120	74	79	55	101
20	Piaggio			5	86	97
21	Mazda		132	270	223	90
22	Mitsubishi	20	47	6	1	79
23	Kamaz					70
24	Volvo		71	64	94	61
25	BMW	133	74	34	52	53
26	Audi	24	35	73	53	47
27	Iveco	20	7	9	38	44
28	Honda	24	41	40	50	32
29	Saab					27
30	Jaguar	3	1	1	1	10
31	Avia		30	61	33	5
32	Chrysler	131	74	17	1	4
33	Aro	19	4	4	14	2
34	Lancia	14	4	1	3
35	Moskvich	453	23
	Tofash	179	7
	Total	11,159	7,600	7,797	12,362	11,958

Data source: SVAB.

Lada lost ground during this time in Bulgaria