Poland: 1974-2021 Historical Data now available
The FSO Polonez Caro was #1 in Poland in the early nineties.
* See links to the 27 Historical Data posts below *
Now updated with 1974 and 1994-1995 data.
Historical sales data covering the last four decades is now available on BestSellingCarsBlog for Poland. The FSM Syrena 105 was the overall best-seller in 1974, followed by the Polski Fiat 125p and 126p. Fast forward to 1992, and Polish brand FSO (Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych) places the Polonez Caro, a rebodied liftback Fiat 125p built under licence from Fiat, atop the sales charts with 18.1% market share. The Polonez also dominates in 1994 and 1995 when it reaches 26.2% share.
FSM Syrena 105
Daewoo is on fire in the nineties with the Tico and Lanos at #1 and #2 in 1998, both models being produced locally. After the Fiat Cinquecento holds a 11% market share in 1997 while the dated Fiat 126 still has 10%, locally-produced Fiat Seicento tops the ranking 4 times between 1999 and 2002, hitting in 1999 a record 83,391 units for a 13% share of a record market (640,183 registrations).
The Seicento then gives the relay to the Skoda Fabia, #1 between 2003 and 2008 with one interruption by the Fiat Panda in 2004. Polish customers have since upgraded to the Skoda Octavia, best-seller in the country since 2009, only to be interrupted by the Fabia in 2013 and 2017.
Poland Historical Data:
Poland 1974: FSM Syrena 105 best-seller
Poland 1992: FSO Polonez Caro and Fiat 126 dominate
Poland 1994-1995: FSO Polonez Caro most popular
Poland 1997: Fiat Cinquecento and FSO Polonez on top
Poland 1998: Daewoo’s year: Tico and Lanos best-sellers
Poland 1999-2000: Fiat Seicento & Daewoo Matiz rule
Poland 2001: Fiat Seicento #1, Skoda Fabia arrives
Poland 2002: Last year of reign for the Fiat Seicento
Poland 2003: Skoda Fabia takes the lead
Poland 2004: Fiat Panda best seller
Poland 2005: Skoda Fabia back in pole position
Poland 2006: Skoda Fabia and Opel Astra dominate
Poland 2007: Skoda Fabia and Octavia in command
Poland 2008: Skoda Octavia closes in on Fabia
Poland 2009: Skoda Octavia new leader
Poland 2010: Skoda Octavia, Fabia and Opel Astra on podium
Poland 2011: Skoda Octavia and Fabia still in command
Poland 2012: Skoda Octavia #1, Dacia Duster in Top 10
Poland 2013: Skoda Fabia edges past Octavia
Poland 2014: Skoda Octavia reclaims top spot
Poland 2015: Skoda Fabia catches up on Octavia
Poland 2016: Opel Astra catches up with Skoda Octavia, Fabia
Poland 2017: Skoda Fabia leads for second time in ten years
Poland 2018: Skoda Octavia back in charge in record market
Poland 2020: Toyota overtakes Skoda to #1 brand, Octavia remains #1 model in market down -22.9%
Poland 2021: Toyota places Corolla and Yaris atop market up 4.5%