USD and euro exchange rate and its influence on the motor vehicle market in Poland

Abstract

This article deals with a foreign exchange policy and its influenced on the Polish car market in the years 2002-2007. The first part of the article is focused on explaining and defining main problems and ideas such as - foreign exchange, foreign exchange policy, also economic factors have been discussed here, which directly and indirectly influence the level of exchange rate. Foreign exchange policy is related to the following ideas: devaluation, revaluation, appreciation, depreciation. Changes in prices of Euro and American dollar also affected Polish new car market between 2000 and 2007, it also influenced the structure of imported used cars from the USA among others. The next part of the article introduces the price policy of car concerns on the Polish new car market based among others on the European Committee Reports. Also Car Catalogues, Statistical Year Books, car magazines and everyday press of 2003-2008 have been used for this article.