SEAT’s Cava has regained its sparkle

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SEAT’s Cava has regained its sparkle – still behind past peak, but catching up fast
Published: Thu, 16 Jan 2013 17:51:01 GMT
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SEAT headed the group’s upwardly mobile with a striking 10.7 per cent sales gain in last year’s slightly smaller overall car market.

Outperforming last year’s weaker market helped catapult SEAT’s full year car sales share to 2.4 per cent, almost half-a-percentage point higher than a year ago.

2.4%
SEAT’s full year West European car sales share

Its unwavering climb in what still ranks as a gloom laden car sales year, was due in large measure to last year’s simply outstandingly good showing in Germany, where its sales shot up 22.4 per cent to 83,364 units, boosting its share to a highest-ever 2.8 per cent for the year.

That’s in a year when the overall German market dropped below the 3 million mark for only the second time since unification.
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EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by country
DECEMBER 2013 v DECEMBER 2012
FULL YEAR 2013 v FULL YEAR 2012

WEST EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by manufacturer and marque
DECEMBER 2013 v DECEMBER 2012
12-MONTHS 2013 v 12-MONTHS 2012

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2.4% SEAT’s full year West European car sales share

2.4%
SEAT’s full year West European car sales share