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25/06/2008 02:13. MLADA BOLESLAV - June 24, 2008: koda Auto delivered nearly as many vehicles over the first five months of 2008 as it had over the first six months of 2007. Altogether 301,521 customers have bought a koda since the beginning of this year, 18.4% more than last year.

Despite the generally difficult situation and the overall automotive market slump in Western Europe, koda Auto's sales in this region have grown by 1.5 % as compared with the same period of last year, reaching 144,919 vehicles in total.

With 19,236 vehicles delivered to customers since January (+79.2 %), the sales in Russia have almost doubled; the sales in the neighbouring Ukraine also grew significantly over the first five months of 2008 (12,949 vehicles, +48.9%).

Despite increasingly tough competition,... // Autochannel