SOFIA (Bulgaria), August 14 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian automobile dealers sold 27,781 new passenger cars in the first seven months of 2007, 23.8% more than they sold a year earlier, local car importers' union UIAB said on Tuesday.
New truck sales through July increased to 1,508 from 885 in the same period of 2006. Mercedes-Benz was the most popular brand, selling 540 trucks, a 2.5-fold increase year-on-year.
Sales of new buses rose in the first seven months rose to 92 from 55 in the year-ago period.
Top 10 car makes by seven-month sales in Bulgaria:
| Jan-July'07 | Jan-July'06 | Jan-July'07 mkt share (pct) | |
| Toyota | 3,164 | 2,213 | 11.39 |
| Ford | 2,768 | 2,316 | 9.96 |
| Peugeot | 2,372 | 2,641 | 8.54 |
| Opel | 2,208 | 1,930 | 7.95 |
| Volkswagen | 2,113 | 1,427 | 7.61 |
| Citroen | 1,819 | 1,672 | 6.55 |
| Skoda | 1793 | 1,716 | 6.45 |
| Renault | 1,787 | 1,161 | 6.43 |
| Dacia | 1,736 | 956 | 6.25 |
| Chevrolet | 1,510 | 870 | 5.44 |
