vauxhall getting worrid?
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vauxhall getting worrid?
erm, have you see the sales figures for 2007?!
fiat- 59409
vx- 331321
so for every 1 fiat sold there were 5.6 vx's sold, they sold nearly 6 times more cars in 2007.
lets look at market share.
fiat- 2.47%
vx-13.78%
this shows fiat is an insignificant part of the market, and vx are a big player. vx would not even consider fiat to be a major competitor because fiat do not have enough of a market share.
lets look at share growth in 2007-
fiat- 0.98%
vx- 9.83%
that means vx are growing 10 times more quickly than fiat.
to see figures for all marques in the uk in 2006 and 2007: http://smmtlib.findlay.co.uk/articles/news/News/December 2007 press release.zip
amazingly fiat did sell more cars than hyundai, kia, mazda, saab, seat, skoda, suzuki & volvo
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is that for the whole world?
no, only for the uk. there are no worldwide figures, well non that i know of. you can get european figures but i dont think the 2007 results are available online yet.
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yeah but you got to wonder how many vx's are bought with peoples own money?. I dare say at least a third maybe more are Company, hire, or fleet cars.
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true, but its fair to include those sales because all marques have the same opportunity to sell in those markets. the real question should be why fiat cant sell to these customers. we all know why so i wont say it.
Cause managers don't give a crap what the staff use for driving around. Something cheap and tacky will do so they know their place. Fleet of Focus's should do it. Right onto that 10am golf appointment.
Conclusion: Fiats are way more exclusive than Vauxhall
oh yes
i have the only one in the car park at work, i have the only italian car infact
The first Vauxhall with a red badge in "modern" times was the Viva HC in late '73/early '74. The FE Victor, VX4/90 and Ventora followed on with this tradition as did various Cavaliers. The design of this badge also looks slightly reminiscent of the latest from Holden. All 6-cylinder Vauxhalls and Opels used an in-line arrangement until the arrival of the Omega. Co-incidentally, straight 6's and V12's are the only engines with perfect primary balance which is why Rolls Royce used them until they got V8's and BMW still use them today. As has been said, Vauxhalls are only sold in the U.K., but prior to GM(E) using essentially the same models all over Europe, Vauxhall and Opel used to sell against each other in virtually every market, sometimes in the same dealerships. Vauxhalls were sold in Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Italy, Israel, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Those markets outside Europe were actually not covered by Opel. Every so often a Bedford CF campervan still comes up for sale in Italy. This was also sold in Germany as the Opel Blitz. As for U.K. sales, Vauxhall also sell a lot of their product into large fleets. At least half the major hire fleets such as Hertz and Europcar use Vauxhalls, whereas, as far as I know, only Avis uses FIATs in any really large numbers. BSM also take about 4,000 Corsas and Astras a year.
