Skoda Auto Sales in Australia via vfacts

[anthony]

If anyone is interested,I have the August figures and could post them up.
PM Me.

[SKODA vRS147]

If anyone is interested,I have the August figures and could post them up.
PM Me.

I am sure that the regulars would appreciate the information - go for it.

[Jake02]

Beat him to it.

Skoda sold 209 cars last month.
55 Superbs, 3 Scouts and the rest were Octavias. How awesome!

[brad]

From press release here

Skoda comes to Sydney (International Motor Show) after a record September. With just under 1200 units year to date 2010, the brand is almost 50 per cent up on the same period in 2009.

The arrival of an automatic version of Octavia Scout in January will be a fillip for the brand, Wiesner contends. Superb is key but Yeti, however, will be the "gamechanger" he says.

"Superb has already done a lot for us... This [Yeti] will do more," he opined.

[K1W1]

Beat him to it.

Skoda sold 209 cars last month.
55 Superbs, 3 Scouts and the rest were Octavias. How awesome!

In think we need to keep in mind that this is a lagging indicator as far as Skoda are concerned. They didn't sell 209 cars in September they registered 209 cars in September. Most of the sales were probably made in June or July.
Any kick in sales that Skoda gets from the motor show probably won't be evident in vfacts figures until February 2011.

[Brycem]

Sales down 29% in November according to go auto. No figures provided. Anyone know where we are year to date?

[Bezant]

Now I am very confused!?!?

Skoda has put out information that sales were up in Australia by 100% in March

March 2011: Best month ever for Skoda | Easier

While The Motor Report is saying that VFACTS has Skoda selling only 80 cars for march!!

What the hell is the truth of the matter???

[Jake02]

TMR is saying that VFACTS has Skoda selling only 80 cars for march!!

What the hell is the truth of the matter???

That was VFACTS March 2010 .

[K1W1]

"Other individual non-European markets also experienced very positive development in March: Standing out in particular are Skoda’s sales in Turkey +97.4 percent, in Israel +21.8 percent, and in Australia with a 100% growth."

100% growth from when?
If they are referencing against March 2010 that means they sold 160 cars in March 2011. The 100% figure is totally meaningless with reference detail.

[Damo105]

100% growth against a very small base doesn't mean a lot, but at least it's a positive sign and they're moving in the right direction. They seem to have really ramped up the marketing lately, with TV campaigns and the footy sponsorship. And all the reviews are positive. If only Aussie consumers were more open minded! Although with such impressive growth in other markets, I can't see Australia climbing the pecking order in terms of supply priority, so I doubt sales volumes will increase dramatically anytime soon.