Bulgaria was EU's second-placed market in terms of new passenger car registrations in H1 2008, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said in an official press release.
Bulgaria's year-on-year growth rate of 20.5% was beaten only by Lithuania's 36.2%.
Slovakia was tucked into third place with 19.3%.
Bulgaria's otherwise solid growth performance was due to only 23,292 unit sales. Only Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania and Latvia registered fewer sales in H1
The volume of the market remains disappointing compared to nations with similar population figures like Hungary and the Czech Republic where 82,943 and 73,455 new cars were sold over the review period.
Across Europe, new passenger car registrations fell 2.0% in the first half of 2008, said ACEA.
The largest European markets responded in different ways, however, with Germany an France continuing on a growth path (+3.6% and 4.5% respectively), contrasting with a sizable decline of the Spanish and Italian markets (-17.6% and -11.5% respectively).
In total, 8,344,177 new cars were registered over the first six months of the year.
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