Skoda Auto Sales in Australia via vfacts

[brad]

Sounds like you have put more thought into it than Skoda

[RSwag]

250 Skodas in Aug 2011.

www.caradvice.com.au

Skoda has been one of the few manufacturers to defy the downturn in new vehicle sales in 2011. After the first eight months of the year, Skoda Australia has delivered 1418 vehicles, 41.5 per cent ahead of the same time in 2010.
Octavia sales are up 13.2 per cent (783 vs 692), Octavia Scout even more at 140.3 per cent (185 vs 77), while the Superb is the only car in the sub-$70,000 large car segment to improve compared with 2010 (450 vs 20.
With prices for the Fabia 77TSI Hatchback to start at $18,990 before on-road costs, the Volkswagen Polo-sized Fabia is set to become the volume seller for the Czech brand in Australia in 2012.

Anyone with even base industry knowledge would know the second half of the year is slower than the first. 1480 units to August puts then on track to do about the sane as last year considering end if last year brought Superb Wagon, 1.4tsi, 1.8tsi and RS option add ons and all with price restructuring.

I can't see Fabia in a manual only variant (statistically removing 70% of your potential audience immediately) will be their volume seller at $22k on road. Not with the Swift coming in a GL for about $5k less than this.

I can't see how your comments stack up?!

[VAG newbie]

Anyone with even base industry knowledge would know the second half of the year is slower than the first. 1480 units to August puts then on track to do about the sane as last year considering end if last year brought Superb Wagon, 1.4tsi, 1.8tsi and RS option add ons and all with price restructuring.

I can't see Fabia in a manual only variant (statistically removing 70% of your potential audience immediately) will be their volume seller at $22k on road. Not with the Swift coming in a GL for about $5k less than this.

I can't see how your comments stack up?!

Don't worry, very soon Skoda Aus will realize how unrealistically high the price is, so they'll drop the price by a few thousands or add more equipment. By then it probably will be the volume seller.

But before the price drop and DSG, I don't see how they can sell the Fabia.

[Frufru]

I do not think that Fabia and Swift are the cars of the same size. The comparison is not valid IMHO. Fabia should be compared with SX4 size-wise.

[Frufru]

Best month ever!! Leapfrogged Peugeot, Volvo and Renault, awesome. It is probably only temporary high point due to release of new models but trajectory is right on the target there. I do not think that they go over 3000 vehicles sold this year, but they may not be far off it.

September 2011 Australian New Car Industry Sales Figures

1 Toyota 17,378
2 Holden 11,009
3 Ford 8,161
4 Hyundai 7,508
5 Mazda 6,037
6 Nissan 5,892
7 Mitsubishi 4,798
8 Volkswagen 4,407
9 Subaru 2,503
10 Kia 2,222
11 Mercedes-Benz 2,004
12 Honda 1,845
13 Suzuki 1,725
14 BMW 1,635
15 Audi 1,200
16 Jeep 948
17 Great Wall 778
18 Lexus 600
19 Isuzu Ute 498
20 Land Rover 481
21 Dodge 464
22 Skoda 421
23 Peugeot 370
24 Volvo 347
25 Renault 304
26 MINI 214
27 Chery 163
28 Ssangyong 162
29 Citroen 140
30 Fiat 127
31 Proton 124
32 Porsche 88
33 Alfa Romeo 83
34 Jaguar 49
35 Smart 29
36 Chrysler 23
37 Lotus 12
38 Maserati 12
39 Aston Martin 10
40 Saab 10
41 Ferrari 7
42 Rolls-Royce 5
43 Lamborghini 4
44 Bentley 3
45 Hummer 1
46 Morgan 1

[Frufru]

Anyone with even base industry knowledge would know the second half of the year is slower than the first. 1480 units to August puts then on track to do about the sane as last year considering end if last year brought Superb Wagon, 1.4tsi, 1.8tsi and RS option add ons and all with price restructuring.

I can't see Fabia in a manual only variant (statistically removing 70% of your potential audience immediately) will be their volume seller at $22k on road. Not with the Swift coming in a GL for about $5k less than this.

I can't see how your comments stack up?!

RSWag, This is a quote from caradvice website. If you feel that the comments do not stack up, please click the link in the post and lodge your comments there.

[dArK5HaD0w]

Best month ever!! Leapfrogged Peugeot, Volvo and Renault, awesome.

woOot!!
next stop...."Top 20"

[VAG newbie]

That's great. I guess the 2.8% finance has got a lot of interest as well! I don't think Fabia or Yeti would have contribute much to the sales though, as they are way too expensive at the moment. Maybe a couple per dealer having it registered as demo, but that should be less than 50 in total.

Which prove only one thing. Skoda really makes good cars! Despite VW's conspiracy to kill it here in Aus, I think consumers are smart! I mean, where else are you gonna get a car with Euro handling with German technology, traditional Aussie big 6's size, Japanese reliability and price? Smart people buy Skoda!

[PassatB6]

778 Great Walls.. that proves for some people price is all that matters.

[Jake02]

I don't think Fabia or Yeti would have contribute much to the sales though, as they are way too expensive at the moment.

I think it's more that the Yeti hasn't been officially launched yet and not many of either have hit dealers yet. Skoda themselves expect the Yeti to become their number one seller, not the Fabia.