Poland August 2025: Hyundai breaks records, places Tucson at #1 for the first time

The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in August.

The Polish new car market soars 14.6% year-on-year in August to 42,480 sales, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 5.8% to 378,034. Toyota (+0.4%) is stable and remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country with a strong 17% share. Skoda (+5.3%) fares a little better but still vastly trails the market. On the contrary Hyundai surges 51% YoY and six spots on July to land at #3 with 3,508 sales and 8.3% share. These are all records. The Korean brand already reached #3 in September 2021 and April 2022, with its previous best volume being 2,847 in June 2024 and its previous best share 8.2% in April 2022. BMW (+22%) is the only additional Top 10 member to beat the market. Below, Jaecoo (#21), BYD (#22), Omoda (#23), BAIC (#24) and Leapmotor (#31) lead the Chinese charge, which all in all account for a record 8.9% share this month and 6.5% year-to-date.

The Hyundai Tucson (+120.6%) storms into the overall pole position with 4.9% share, the nameplate’s first ever podium finish in Poland. The Toyota Corolla (+18.1%) is relegated to 2nd place but still manages a strong score at 4.7% share vs. 4.2% so far this year. The Skoda Octavia (+24.2%), Toyota Yaris Cross (-27.8%) and C-HR (+0.3%) complete the Top 5. The Toyota Corolla Cross (+120.1%) delivers the biggest YoY gain in the Top 10 with the RAV4 (+21.8%) also strong at #10.

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Previous month: Poland July 2025: Market up 16.5%, Chinese at record 8.2% share

One year ago: Poland August 2024: Mazda (+69.3%), Lexus (+62.9%) highlight stable market

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