Poland January 2011: Skoda Octavia at 6.8%, Kia Venga in Top 10
Kia Venga
Polish car sales are down 3% this month at 24,535 units. Skoda is in shape: the Octavia improves its share to a brilliant 6.8% at 1,661 sales and the Fabia climbs back to #2 at 1,162 sales and 4.7%. Both are way above their 2010 shares.
The Fiat Punto ranks 3rd at 3.4%, ahead of the Opel Astra (3.2%). The ranking takes a bit of shake up this month with no less than 9 new entries in the Top 20. Leading these, the Kia Venga breaks into the Top 10 for the first time in Poland as well as any country in the world (it is not sold in South Korea) at #8 with 522 sales and 2.1%.
More commentaries and full Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Other good performers include the Renault Megane (#9), Clio (#11), Hyundai i20 (#12) and Citroen C3 (#18).
Poland January 2011:
| Pos | Model | Jan | % | Dec | 2010 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Skoda Octavia | 1,661 | 6.8% | 1 | 18,335 | 5.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda Fabia | 1,162 | 4.7% | 5 | 12,706 | 3.8% | 2 |
| 3 | Fiat Punto | 845 | 3.4% | 9 | 9,349 | 2.8% | 6 |
| 4 | Opel Astra | 797 | 3.2% | 3 | 11,635 | 3.5% | 3 |
| 5 | Toyota Yaris | 718 | 2.9% | 8 | 9,114 | 2.7% | 7 |
| 6 | Fiat Panda | 709 | 2.9% | 12 | 6,915 | 2.1% | 9 |
| 7 | Opel Corsa | 691 | 2.8% | 13 | 5,768 | 1.7% | 17 |
| 8 | Kia Venga | 522 | 2.1% | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Renault Megane | 507 | 2.1% | 21 | 5,902 | 1.8% | 15 |
| 10 | VW Golf | 483 | 2.0% | 4 | 9,488 | 2.8% | 5 |
| 11 | Renault Clio | 463 | 1.9% | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Hyundai i20 | 448 | 1.8% | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Nissan Qashqai | 444 | 1.8% | 18 | 7,323 | 2.2% | 8 |
| 14 | Chevrolet Aveo | 406 | 1.7% | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Toyota Avensis | 381 | 1.6% | 14 | 4,920 | 1.5% | 18 |
| 16 | Peugeot 207 | 353 | 1.4% | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Honda Civic | 317 | 1.3% | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Citroen C3 | 315 | 1.3% | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Ford Fiesta | 313 | 1.3% | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Kia Cee’d | 306 | 1.2% | 20 | 6,284 | 1.9% | 11 |
Source: SAMAR
