The number of registrations of new passenger cars in Slovakia beat expectations in October with 6,599 cars in this category being registered. In month-on-month terms it was up 29.8 percent.
Registrations in October rose also compared with other months of this year when registrations failed to reach 6,000 cars in any month, according to the data published by the Association of the Automotive Industry (ZAP) on Tuesday. “It is the best October result since 2008, which was in fact the last pre-crisis year,” said Ján Pribula of ZAP SR. “The month October including this year’s is specific from several viewpoints. Skoda still has the highest market share in passenger cars with 24.41 percent, followed by Volkswagen with 9.46 percent and Kia with 6.2 percent.
