Registrations of new light commercial vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes rose by 6.4% on the year to 13,151 in January-August, ACEA said in a statement citing provisional data.
Registrations of new heavy commercial vehicles of over 16 tonnes rose by an annual 2.3% to 4,530 in the first eight months of the year.
New commercial vehicle registrations in the EU, excluding Malta, rose by 6.5% to 1.73 million in January-August.
In 2018, the registrations of new commercial vehicles in Romania rose by an annual 11.5% to 25,812.