Poland June 2025: Skoda Karoq, Renault Captur impress in negative market

Skoda Karoq sales are up 230.5% YoY in June.

The Polish new car market edges down -1.3% year-on-year in June to 49,583 units. This means the year-to-date tally is now up just 3% to 285,282. Toyota (-14.4%) remains in the brands lead but significantly underperforms, seeing its share fall to 13.2% vs. 15.9% over H1. On the contrary Skoda (+32%) surges ahead, so that its YTD volume is close to stable at -0.5%. Volkswagen (-9.6%) falls but Renault (+15.1%) climbs 6 spots on May to #4 and 5.6% share vs. #9 and 3.9% so far this year. Dacia (+35.3%) and BMW (+31.3%) are the most dynamic in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, Chinese BYD (+2573.3%), Omoda (+1661%) and BAIC (+222.9%) deliver some of the biggest gains, with Tesla (+161.8%) also in great shape. 

Looking at the models ranking, the Toyota Corolla (+8.4%) keeps the lead with the Skoda Octavia (+20.4%) impressive at #2. The Kia Sportage (+1.2%) is up to #3, while the Hyundai Tucson (-16.9%) is up six spots on last month to #4 despite a significant YoY fall. Outstanding performances by the Skoda Karoq (+230.5%) and Renault Captur (+211.8%) inside the Top 5 and Top 10 respectively. This is the Karoq’s first ever Top 10 finish in Poland (previous best #11 in June 2020) and the Captur’s best ever ranking at #8 (previous best #9 last December). The Volvo XC40 (+59.3%) and VW Golf (+47.8%) also make themselves noticed below.

Previous month: Poland May 2025: MG (+83.8%) hits share record in market up 6.8%

One year ago: Poland June 2024: MG HS up to #12 in euphoric market

Full June 2025 Top 50 brands and Top 25 models below.