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FIAT SALES BOOST LEADS EUROPE IN 2006
The Fiat Group took the 2006 European prize for the largest sales increase, with a 17.6 per cent sales increase for the 15 European Union countries and the EFTA countries, contrasting with just a 0.7 per cent increase for the market as a whole.
Within the Fiat Group, the Fiat brand scored the largest increase with the pan-European success of the new Fiat Punto lifting sales by 22 per cent, while Alfa Romeo, with the new Alfa 159 impacting on sales, saw its deliveries lift by 12.2 per cent.
Most other major car makers saw single digit increases in 2006 over their 2005 sales, with the Fiat Group the only one achieving double-digit growth and many major car makers going backwards compared to their 2005 figures.
The sales boost for the Fiat Group saw it breach the million cars a year mark and its sales in 2007 are set to march forward with the launch of the new Fiat Bravo set to further enhance the Italian car maker’s 2007 performance.
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Editor’s Notes:
- Figures supplied by European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
- Comparable figures for other brands:
o Volkswagen Group: + 6.2 per cent
o PSA Group - 2.2 per cent
o Ford Group - 1.1 per cent
o GM Group - 2.5 per cent
o Renault - 10.9 per cent
o Daimler Chrysler + 0.9 per cent
o Toyota Group + 9.2 per cent
o BMW Group + 1.8 per cent
o Hyundai - 6.2 per cent
o Kia - 8.5 per cent
o TOTAL MARKET +0.7 per cent
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Release Number: 158-fiat-AU
Date of Issue: 19 January 2007. Time of Issue: 16:10:56