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Romania March 2012: Dacia Duster hits 10% market share!

April 6th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Dacia Duster. Picture by plushev, all rights reserved.

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The Romanian car market is up a further 29% year-on-year in March at 4,902 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 13,965 units, up 44% on 2011. The Dacia Logan has been the best-selling car in the country each and every month since September 2004 (that’s 91 consecutive times) however it is struggling this month with 630 sales and a meagre 12.9% market share, its second lowest ever after the 8% it dropped to in January 2010. Year-to-date it is at 15.6% compared to 21.3% over the Full Year 2011…

While the Logan worries, the Dacia Duster can’t stop impressing with its phenomenal success, beating its share record in March with just under 10% of the Romanian market thanks to 483 sales! This is by far the highest share the Duster has reached anywhere in the world, and never before had the Duster been this close to the Romanian pole position… Its previous best was 8.8% in August 2010 and July 2011.

Ford is in awesome shape this month in Romania and places the Fiesta as best-selling import at #3 with a huge 6.3% share, its best since February 2010, and the Focus at #5 with 5.2% of the market. The Skoda Octavia retains its import crown year-to-date at #3 and 840 sales for a 6% share. Other great performers include the VW Jetta at #7, Ford Mondeo at #9, Suzuki SX4 at #10, Peugeot 508 at #17 (its first time in the Romanian Top 50!) and the Range Rover Evoque at #32.

Previous month: Romania February 2012: Dacia Duster and Skoda Fabia in shape

One year ago: Romania March 2011: Skoda Octavia and Dacia Duster very strong

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Romania March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Dacia Logan 630 12.9% 1 2,173 15.6% 1 1
2 Dacia Duster 483 9.9% 2 1,007 7.2% 2 3
3 Ford Fiesta 309 6.3% 7 503 3.6% 5 15
4 Skoda Octavia 280 5.7% 3 840 6.0% 3 2
5 Ford Focus 254 5.2% 8 544 3.9% 4 7
6 VW Golf 146 3.0% 6 452 3.2% 6 5
7 VW Jetta 120 2.4% 11 316 2.3% 9 16
8 VW Passat 100 2.0% 9 324 2.3% 7 9
9 Ford Mondeo 96 2.0% 18 187 1.3% 12 42
10 Suzuki SX4 92 1.9% 16 178 1.3% 13 29
11 Opel Astra 90 1.8% 5 276 2.0% 10 6
12 Skoda Fabia 80 1.6% 4 322 2.3% 8 11
13 Renault Fluence 79 1.6% 14 177 1.3% 14 14
14 VW Tiguan 71 1.4% 15 217 1.6% 11 26
15 Hyundai ix35 65 1.3% 20 172 1.2% 15 25
16 VW Polo 55 1.1% 17 168 1.2% 17 13
17 Peugeot 508 54 1.1% 68 72 0.5% 41 n/a
18 Renault Megane 52 1.1% 22 155 1.1% 19 18
19 Dacia Sandero 46 0.9% 13 169 1.2% 16 8
20 Ford Kuga 44 0.9% 21 147 1.1% 20 45
21 Skoda Superb 39 0.8% 24 123 0.9% 22 28
22 VW Touareg 38 0.8% 34 109 0.8% 26 35
23 Opel Insignia 37 0.8% 26 128 0.9% 21 21
24 Mercedes ML Class 37 0.8% 29 117 0.8% 24 51
25 Nissan Qashqai 36 0.7% 37 92 0.7% 29 23
26 Renault Clio 35 0.7% 12 118 0.8% 23 19
27 Hyundai i20 35 0.7% 35 99 0.7% 28 24
28 BMW X1 35 0.7% 41 82 0.6% 37 47
29 Audi A3 30 0.6% 61 48 0.3% 59 n/a
30 Renault Symbol 29 0.6% 31 163 1.2% 18 4
31 Hyundai Elantra 29 0.6% 74 64 0.5% 47 n/a
32 Range Rover Evoque 26 0.5% 33 87 0.6% 34 n/a
33 Chevrolet Cruze 26 0.5% 39 79 0.6% 39 22
34 Audi A6 26 0.5% 42 63 0.5% 48 n/a
35 Audi A4 26 0.5% 79 61 0.4% 51 44
36 Mercedes GLK 25 0.5% 50 76 0.5% 40 57
37 BMW X6 24 0.5% 32 91 0.7% 30 49
38 Nissan Juke 24 0.5% 38 82 0.6% 36 31
39 Mercedes C Class 24 0.5% 53 63 0.5% 49 43
40 BMW X5 23 0.5% 23 112 0.8% 25 36
41 Hyundai i30 23 0.5% 54 91 0.7% 31 20
42 BMW X3 23 0.5% 27 89 0.6% 32 65
43 VW Caddy 22 0.4% 80 58 0.4% 54 61
44 Mitsubishi Outlander 21 0.4% n/a 45 0.3% 62 n/a
45 Citroen C1 21 0.4% n/a 30 0.2% 79 n/a
46 Toyota Avensis 20 0.4% 30 71 0.5% 42 52
47 Seat Ibiza 20 0.4% 69 60 0.4% 52 27
48 Toyota Aygo 20 0.4% 36 55 0.4% 55 38
49 Renault Latitude 19 0.4% 70 34 0.2% 72 n/a
50 Audi Q5 18 0.4% 45 67 0.5% 46 59
51 Seat Leon 18 0.4% 46 53 0.4% 58 33
52 BMW 3 Series 18 0.4% 71 38 0.3% 68 n/a

Source: www.drpciv.ro

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