Poland: 1974-2020 Historical Data now available

July 27, 2021
Matt Gasnier
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The FSO Polonez Caro was #1 in Poland in the early nineties.

* See links to the 23 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).

Fiat Seicento

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

Skoda Fabia