Poland's car production breaks record in September

More than 68,500 new cars were produced in Poland in September, up 20.4 percent year-on-year, setting a record over the past four years, Poland's Samar company monitoring the car market said on Thursday.

In the first three quarters of 2006, 528,809 cars were manufactured, up by more than 20 percent year-on-year. Among them, 3.7 percent were sold inside the country and 96.3 percent were exported, the company was quoted by the PAP news agency as saying.

The biggest car producer was Fiat with a market share of 46.5 percent. It was followed by Opel with 31.5 percent and Volkswagen with 14.8 percent.

In September, production of vans reached 10,182, a 33.8 percent rise year-on-year.

A total of 79,695 vans were produced in Poland during the first nine months of 2006, up 23 percent year-on-year. About 92.6 percent of the vans were exported.

Source:english.people.com.cn