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Polish Power: Car Sales Surge 10% as Chinese Brands Close In
Europe's fifth-largest car market is on a record run — up 10% through September with Chinese brands chasing a 17% share — even as Poland's …
Polish Paradox: Sales Soar 10% While EVs Stall
Poland's new-car market is up 10% through September 2026, extending a record run — and Chinese brands are closing in on a 17% share. Yet in…
Brand Climb: Hyundai and BMW Secure Poland Top-10 Spots
Poland's car market is growing at nearly twice the EU pace, and the league table is being redrawn: Hyundai and BMW have secured top-10 posi…
Fleet Flip: Corporate EVs Could Reshape Poland by 2035
A 23% slide in Poland's September EV registrations makes for grim reading — but a new PSNM report argues the country's real electrification…
Fleet Power: Poland Eyes Corporate EV Revolution by 2035
New EV registrations in Poland slumped 23% in September, but a new PSNM report argues the real story is unfolding in company car parks — wh…
Fleet Awakening: Poland's Corporate Cars Hold the EV Key
September brought a 23 percent slide in Polish EV registrations, yet a new PSNM report sees the real story elsewhere: corporate fleet elect…
Drone Diversion: Ukraine Pushes Grain Checks into Poland
Russian drone attacks on trucks have prompted Kyiv to propose moving grain customs inspections to Poland and Slovakia — the sharpest sign y…
Home Turf: Chinese Brands Surge in Škoda's Czechia
Czech registrations edged up a modest 2.5% while much of CEE raced ahead — but the real story sits in the brand mix: Chery, Omoda and Jaeco…
Chery Charge: Chinese Sales Soar 14-Fold in Czechia
The Czech market grew a modest 2.5% this year, yet Chery Group registrations exploded from 252 to 3,564 in a single half-year, a fourteen-f…
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Polish Power: Car Sales Surge 10% as Chinese Brands Close In
Europe's fifth-largest car market is on a record run — up 10% through September with Chinese brands chasing a 17% share — even as Poland's …
Polish Paradox: Sales Soar 10% While EVs Stall
Poland's new-car market is up 10% through September 2026, extending a record run — and Chinese brands are closing in on a 17% share. Yet in…
Brand Climb: Hyundai and BMW Secure Poland Top-10 Spots
Poland's car market is growing at nearly twice the EU pace, and the league table is being redrawn: Hyundai and BMW have secured top-10 posi…
Fleet Flip: Corporate EVs Could Reshape Poland by 2035
A 23% slide in Poland's September EV registrations makes for grim reading — but a new PSNM report argues the country's real electrification…