Romania April 2011: VW Golf on podium
Although stronger than in March at 4,999 units, the Romanian car market is down 44% year-on-year in April and 17% year-to-date. The Top 2 best selling cars stay unchanged. The Dacia Logan stabilises around 17% market share and the Skoda Octavia confirms it is selling at a much higher rate than in 2010 with a solid 7.2% market share this month and 7.4% year-to-date.
The best performance of the month goes to the VW Golf, up to 3rd with a very strong 6.7% market share. It also passes the Dacia Duster to establish itself as the 3rd best selling car in Romania year-to-date at 4.6%, compared to 2.9% in 2010. The Duster stays relatively strong at #4 and 3.6%, ahead of the Opel Astra at 2.7%, making the April Top 5 identical to the year-to-date Top 5.
Good month also for the Renault Fluence, up to #6 with 134 sales and 2.7%, the VW Jetta breaking into the Top 10 at #10 and 1.9% and the Fiat 500 going from virtually no sales to 86 and #13.
Full Top 30 Ranking Table below.
Romania April 2011:
| Pos | Model | Apr | % | Mar | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Dacia Logan | 825 | 16.5% | 1 | 2,500 | 17.0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda Octavia | 358 | 7.2% | 2 | 1,084 | 7.4% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | VW Golf | 334 | 6.7% | 4 | 682 | 4.6% | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Dacia Duster | 182 | 3.6% | 3 | 641 | 4.4% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Opel Astra | 134 | 2.7% | 7 | 387 | 2.6% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Renault Fluence | 134 | 2.7% | 9 | 306 | 2.1% | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | VW Passat | 131 | 2.6% | 5 | 358 | 2.4% | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Chevrolet Aveo | 103 | 2.1% | 29 | 214 | 1.5% | 13 | 7 |
| 9 | Renault Symbol | 96 | 1.9% | 14 | 254 | 1.7% | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | VW Jetta | 94 | 1.9% | 24 | 154 | 1.0% | 19 | 31 |
| 11 | Renault Clio | 93 | 1.9% | 12 | 181 | 1.2% | 17 | 25 |
| 12 | Toyota Aygo | 88 | 1.8% | 26 | 146 | 1.0% | 21 | - |
| 13 | Fiat 500 | 86 | 1.7% | - | 92 | 0.6% | 36 | - |
| 14 | Renault Megane | 84 | 1.7% | 11 | 182 | 1.2% | 16 | 17 |
| 15 | Opel Corsa | 78 | 1.6% | 27 | 219 | 1.5% | 12 | 9 |
| 16 | Ford Focus | 71 | 1.4% | 10 | 268 | 1.8% | 10 | 12 |
| 17 | Skoda Fabia | 70 | 1.4% | 6 | 298 | 2.0% | 9 | 11 |
| 18 | Fiat Panda | 66 | 1.3% | 23 | 109 | 0.7% | 30 | 37 |
| 19 | Dacia Sandero | 65 | 1.3% | 8 | 307 | 2.1% | 7 | 8 |
| 20 | VW Polo | 64 | 1.3% | 18 | 214 | 1.5% | 14 | 13 |
| 21 | Opel Insignia | 59 | 1.2% | 15 | 158 | 1.1% | 18 | 27 |
| 22 | Nissan Qashqai | 56 | 1.1% | 39 | 115 | 0.8% | 25 | 26 |
| 23 | Ford Fiesta | 52 | 1.0% | 22 | 212 | 1.4% | 15 | 10 |
| 24 | Hyundai i30 | 49 | 1.0% | 21 | 133 | 0.9% | 23 | 19 |
| 25 | Chevrolet Cruze | 47 | 0.9% | 37 | 101 | 0.7% | 33 | 16 |
| 26 | Skoda Superb | 45 | 0.9% | 13 | 152 | 1.0% | 20 | 32 |
| 27 | Hyundai ix35 | 43 | 0.9% | 34 | 112 | 0.8% | 28 | 38 |
| 28 | VW Tiguan | 42 | 0.8% | 16 | 131 | 0.9% | 24 | 24 |
| 29 | Chevrolet Spark | 42 | 0.8% | 48 | 82 | 0.6% | 41 | 18 |
| 30 | Seat Ibiza | 39 | 0.8% | 56 | 113 | 0.8% | 26 | 22 |
Source: www.drpciv.ro







