Should Subaru just pull out of the UK???
 

Subaru car production in 2009 drops by 20% compared with 2008!!

2008: 616,502 cars produced

2009: 491,352 cars produced

Subaru UK sales in 2009 also drop by 20% compared with 2008

2007: 6051 cars sold

2008: 4668 cars sold

2009: 3730 cars sold

Never realised just what a tiny market the UK is for Subaru - makes you wonder why they don't just pull out??

Compare with Alfa sales during the same period:

2007: 7355 cars sold

2008: 5950 cars sold

2009: 9067 cars sold

subaru car registrations for jan 2010 are up by 56% on jan 09

alfa for the same months are up 4.8% :confused: so subaru must be doing something right? even if the exchange rate for yen to pound is, well, sh[t.

to be honest most car manufacturers have suffered over the last 18 months or so but have been rising over the last couple of months and subaru have never had big % of market share anyway. (you do know about the recession dont you? ;))

i dont quite understand where your coming from??

just to add that all of the major japanese car manufacturers are doing well on the same jan - jan comparison (except poor old toyota they are down, something to do with brakes maybe the culprit ;))