New Car Sales Dwindle 1.4% yr/yr In Hungary in H1

While Suzuki remained on top of the game with a 17% market share, its slice of the market was 0.9 ppt smaller than in H1 last year. Moreover, it sold 6.5% fewer cars in the first half than in the same period last year.
 
Opel came second with a market share of 11.6%, up from 11.3% in Jan-June 2007, and Ford got the bronze medal again with market share of 11.1%, becoming the best performer in this respect, as its market share grew from 10% in H1 2007. Skoda's market share dropped the most in a year, 1.2ppts to 7.1%. 

The largest yr/yr increase in sales was observed at Mazda, Subaru and Hyundai - 51.9%, 46.8% and 41.7%, respectively, - while in terms of the number of cars sold none of them made it to the Top10. 

Ssangyong suffered the greatest decline in sales (-59.4% yr/yr), followed by Chrysler (-35.9%) and Land-Rover (-25%)."

Source: Portfolio Online Financial Journal