New car sales up 4.0 percent in January-May in Greece

New car sales in Greece rose by 4.0 percent during the first five months of 2007 compared with the same period last year, Athens News Agency reports on Friday.

A total of 131,193 units were registered from the start of the year until May, as opposed to 126,031 in the equivalent period of 2006. The strongest increase occurred in May, when car sales increased 10.6 percent to reach 29,251 units registered.

Toyota led the domestic market in May for the highest sales, with 2,569 units sold and a market share of 8.8 percent. VW ranked second with 2,500 units sold and a market share of 8.5 percent and Ford came the third place with 2,448 sales and a market share of 8.4 percent.

The Opel Corsa was the most popular car model in the first five months of 2007, with 4,537 sales, outstripping the Toyota Yaris (4, 342 sales) in the same category. The VW Golf, which led category C with 4,445 sales, was followed by the Ford Focus with 4,255 sales.

Source: Xinhua