Light commercial vehicles registrations, including minibuses, increased 15.5% to 15,051 in the ten months through October, APIA said in a press release. Registrations of heavy commercial vehicles and buses grew 29.8%.
As many as 32.4% of the new passenger cars were registered in Romania during the period were manufactured by Dacia.
The top 10 best selling car brands in Romania in the first nine months of 2023:
Carmaker | Units sold | y/y pct change | Mkt share |
Dacia | 39,075 | +26.0% | 32.4% |
Renault | 8,776 | +46.9% | 7.3% |
Skoda | 8,871 | +23.8% | 7.4% |
Toyota | 8,773 | +4.4% | 7.3% |
Volkswagen | 8,377 | +25.0% | 6.9% |
Hyundai | 7,364 | -10.2% | 6.1% |
Ford | 5,235 | -27.9% | 4.3% |
Suzuki | 3,979 | +112.4% | 3.3% |
BMW | 3,991 | +61.8% | 3.3% |
Mercedes Benz | 3,461 | +23.0% | 2.9% |
Others | 22,706 | - | 18.8% |
Total | 120,608 | +15.2% | 100% |
Souorce: APIA