Slovak car sales are up a shining 51% in January at 4,414 registrations. The two leading Skodas stay put, with the Octavia #1 at 480 sales and a very solid 10.9% share, and the Fabia very stable in #2 at 328 sales and 7.4%. The surprise of the month is…
Slovak car sales finish the year at 64,033, down 27%. For the first time ever and after 10 consecutive years of Skoda Fabia domination, the best selling car in the country is the Skoda Octavia with 5,675 sales and 8.9%. The Fabia drops to 2nd at 4,766 sales (7.4%). The…
The Slovakian market is slowly recovering from a dismal year: October is at +10% vs. 2009 but the year-to-date sales are still at -33% vs. last year. Like in Czech Republic, the Skoda Octavia is ahead, followed by the Fabia, but their market shares are significantly lower: 8.6% and 7.5%…
Boosted by incentives, the Slovak market is up again at +7% and 74,717 registrations in 2009. For the first time of its career, the Skoda Fabia is under 10% share in the country at -10% and 7,116 sales (9.5%). Another first: perhaps for the first time in over a decade,…
+17% for the Slovak car market in 2008, reaching 70,040 registrations. Skoda places the Fabia and Octavia on top of the sales ranking again, and the Fabia continues its slow decline at -5% this year and 7,922 sales or 11.3% of the market. The Octavia grows faster than the market…
Slovak car sales are up 1% in 2007 at 59,700 registrations. There are no surprises on top with the two star Skoda models leading the pack. However their combined market share goes down to 20.2% from 27.4% in 2006. The Skoda Fabia, in spite of the launch of the Phase…
Down 1% in 2005 at 56,916 registrations, the Slovak car market rebounds in 2006, up 4% at 59,084 units sold. The podium is unchanged for the 3rd and 4th consecutive year: the Skoda Fabia leads with almost identical scores during the two years: 11,855 sales (20.8%) in 2005 and 11,835…
The Slovak car market is very stable, at 57,413 registrations in 2003 and 57,430 in 2004. The Top 5 best selling models are unchanged, with the Skoda Fabia still by far the best selling model in the country, at 18,270 units sold in 2003 (or 31.8% of the market) and 14,897…
The Skoda Fabia launches in October 1999 and is the first Skoda model with all of its mechanical parts developed by or in conjunction with Volkswagen. It replaces the Felicia and takes the lead of Slovak car sales in 2000, keeping its title in 2001 and 2002.
The Skoda Felicia, actually an evolution of the 1987 Skoda Favorit, launches in October 1994 and replaces the Favorit atop the Slovakian car sales for the next 5 years, in all likeliness reaching market shares of between 33 and 50%. More details about the Skoda Felicia here, more pictures: click on…