November 16 (SeeNews) - New passenger car registrations in Europe under the brand of Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by France's Renault, rose by 24.5% on the year to 194,824 in January-October of 2009, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said on Monday.
In October alone, registrations of Dacia-branded cars rose by 19% on the year to 20,753, ACEA said in a statement.
In the ACEA statistics, Europe includes Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and all EU member states except for Malta and Cyprus.
New car registrations in Europe decreased by 5.0% to 12,206,381 in January-October of 2009 but rose by 11.2% on the year to 1,263,305 units in October alone.
New car registrations in Romania, which joined the EU in 2007, dropped by 62% on the year in January-October to 96,176 units. In October alone they were down by 69.1% to 7,572 units, ACEA said.