Romania car sales up 10.2 pct in H1 to 61,151 units

Newsroom 19/07/2016 | 10:46

The cars market from Romania registered a growth of 10.2 percent in the first semester of 2016, the sales volume being 61,151 units and the most acquisitions were made by companies, respectively 79 percent, according to the Association of Producers and Importers of Cars (APIA).

At the level of national production, during January-June 2016, 201,274 cars were produced, with 5.3 percent less than in the same period of 2015, but with 15.7 percent more than in May 2016. Out of these, 178,017 units were produced by Dacia and 23,257 units by Ford.

In this context, the greatest volumes were registered by Dacia Duster, out of which 103,473 units were produced (with 19.9 percent more than in the first six months of 2015), followed by Dacia Sandero (31,122 units), Ford B-MAX (23,257 units), Dacia Logan MCV (22,560 units) and Dacia Logan (20,862 units).

In what concerns the ratio between individual and companies buyers, the cars sales in June 2016 were relatively balanced (46 percent vs 54 percent) while at the level of the first six months of 2016, this ratio was in favor of companies (79 percent).

In addition, at the level of the first semester, the APIA’ s data show that the used cars imports grew by 24 percent compared with 2015, which makes the ratio between used cars and new cars at four to one.