Sweden Top 4 Brands : 2000-09

Generally, the top 4 share of the market has dropped in most nations in recent years. It hasn't in Sweden and VW can't close in on Volvo. Will VW ever be the top brand in this country? It's hard to say but VW will have to fight hard to overtake them. Saab had been fighting hard but it was game over when GM pulled the plug.

Total sales are solid and the 307,000 of 2007 is the best for the period under scrutiny, but well short of the 344,000 of 1988. I get the impression that public transport is well organised there, so a cost effective way to get around for Swedes.

Year	1st		2nd		3rd		4th
2000	Volvo	54,883	VW	30,532	Saab	27,103	Renau	18,800
2001	Volvo	48,738	Saab	24,652	VW	24,000	Ford	17,784
2002	Volvo	50,191	Saab	26,052	VW	23,752	Ford	17,710
2003	Volvo	49,647	Saab	27,044	VW	22,700	Toyota	18,384
2004	Volvo	53,197	Saab	25,085	VW	21,042	Toyota	19,247
2005	Volvo	54,101	VW	23,244	Saab	21,271	Toyota	20,562
2006	Volvo	55,832	Saab	25,624	VW	25,061	Toyota	22,393
2007	Volvo	63,963	VW	27,661	Saab	24,884	Toyota	23,583
2008	Volvo	47,834	VW	26,667	Toyota	20,171	Saab	19,871
2009	Volvo	41,808	VW	23,090	Toyota	18,922	Ford	13,113

Data source: Thanks to BilSweden.

For others in the series, please click on the years: 2010-19. 1990-99, 1980-89,
1970-79, 1960-69, and 1950-59.

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