Romania June 2012: Dacia Lodgy makes its first appearance
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After starting the year all guns blazing, the Romanian car market is now in negative for the third consecutive month in June at -15% year-on-year to 7,326 registrations. The year-to-date total is still up 5% on 2011 at 33,343 units. The Dacia Logan continues to recover: at 21.5% market share thanks to 1,576 sales it hits its highest level in the country since last November and is now above its Full Year 2011 level (21.3%). The rest of the Top 4 is unchanged on May with the Skoda Octavia at #2 with 5.8% of the market, followed by the Dacia Duster (4.7%) and the Renault Symbol (3.6%).
Other great performers in June in Romania include the Hyundai i20 up 10 spots to #15, the Toyota Aygo up 19 to #16, the Toyota Yaris up 12 to #19, the Renault Clio up 17 to #20, the Suzuki Swift up 15 to #21, the VW Up! up to #35, the Fiat 500 up to #38 and the Peugeot 208 breaking into the Romanian Top 50 for the very first time at #45 with 33 sales. Finally, the 4th Dacia in the line-up, the Lodgy, makes its very first appearance in its ‘native’ country, even though it is produced in Morocco, at #37 with 39 sales and 0.5% market share.
Previous month: Romania May 2012: Dacia Logan back in shape at 19% share
One year ago: Romania June 2011: Dacia Logan strong, VW Jetta in Top 10
Full June 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.
Romania June 2012:
| Pos | Model | June | % | May | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Dacia Logan | 1,576 | 21.5% | 1 | 5,831 | 17.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda Octavia | 422 | 5.8% | 2 | 2,066 | 6.2% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Dacia Duster | 344 | 4.7% | 3 | 1,916 | 5.7% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Renault Symbol | 263 | 3.6% | 4 | 803 | 2.4% | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | VW Golf | 213 | 2.9% | 7 | 973 | 2.9% | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Ford Focus | 203 | 2.8% | 9 | 1,031 | 3.1% | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Skoda Fabia | 199 | 2.7% | 10 | 776 | 2.3% | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | Dacia Sandero | 169 | 2.3% | 6 | 584 | 1.8% | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | Chevrolet Aveo | 143 | 2.0% | 5 | 514 | 1.5% | 14 | 10 |
| 10 | Ford Fiesta | 131 | 1.8% | 14 | 791 | 2.4% | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | Opel Astra | 121 | 1.7% | 8 | 627 | 1.9% | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | VW Passat | 120 | 1.6% | 17 | 642 | 1.9% | 10 | 9 |
| 13 | Renault Fluence | 105 | 1.4% | 13 | 457 | 1.4% | 15 | 14 |
| 14 | VW Jetta | 96 | 1.3% | 11 | 701 | 2.1% | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | Hyundai i20 | 96 | 1.3% | 25 | 313 | 0.9% | 20 | 24 |
| 16 | Toyota Aygo | 92 | 1.3% | 35 | 215 | 0.6% | 32 | 38 |
| 17 | Hyundai ix35 | 84 | 1.1% | 24 | 373 | 1.1% | 18 | 25 |
| 18 | Renault Megane | 83 | 1.1% | 15 | 428 | 1.3% | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Toyota Yaris | 79 | 1.1% | 31 | 212 | 0.6% | 34 | 17 |
| 20 | Renault Clio | 75 | 1.0% | 37 | 292 | 0.9% | 22 | 19 |
| 21 | Suzuki Swift | 73 | 1.0% | 36 | 175 | 0.5% | 41 | 48 |
| 22 | VW Tiguan | 70 | 1.0% | 16 | 444 | 1.3% | 16 | 26 |
| 23 | VW Polo | 70 | 1.0% | 20 | 354 | 1.1% | 19 | 13 |
| 24 | Nissan Qashqai | 66 | 0.9% | 26 | 255 | 0.8% | 24 | 23 |
| 25 | Toyota Auris | 61 | 0.8% | 19 | 208 | 0.6% | 35 | 32 |
| 26 | Toyota Avensis | 60 | 0.8% | 27 | 214 | 0.6% | 33 | 52 |
| 27 | Skoda Superb | 57 | 0.8% | 23 | 306 | 0.9% | 21 | 28 |
| 28 | Suzuki SX4 | 56 | 0.8% | 12 | 516 | 1.5% | 13 | 29 |
| 29 | Hyundai Elantra | 54 | 0.7% | 21 | 242 | 0.7% | 26 | n/a |
| 30 | Hyundai i30 | 54 | 0.7% | 47 | 207 | 0.6% | 36 | 20 |
| 31 | Opel Corsa | 52 | 0.7% | 18 | 271 | 0.8% | 23 | 12 |
| 32 | Chevrolet Cruze | 52 | 0.7% | 22 | 231 | 0.7% | 28 | 22 |
| 33 | Opel Insignia | 47 | 0.6% | 38 | 249 | 0.7% | 25 | 21 |
| 34 | Peugeot 308 | 42 | 0.6% | 40 | 158 | 0.5% | 45 | 40 |
| 35 | VW Up! | 40 | 0.5% | n/a | 110 | 0.3% | n/a | - |
| 36 | Nissan Juke | 39 | 0.5% | 29 | 205 | 0.6% | 37 | 31 |
| 37 | Dacia Lodgy | 39 | 0.5% | - | 39 | 0.1% | n/a | - |
| 38 | Fiat 500 | 39 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 39 | Mercedes ML Class | 38 | 0.5% | 30 | 240 | 0.7% | 27 | 51 |
| 40 | VW Touareg | 36 | 0.5% | 44 | 217 | 0.7% | 30 | 35 |
| 41 | Fiat Linea | 36 | 0.5% | 34 | 118 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a |
| 42 | Kia Sportage | 35 | 0.5% | 28 | 216 | 0.6% | 31 | 53 |
| 43 | Peugeot 508 | 35 | 0.5% | 45 | 179 | 0.5% | 40 | n/a |
| 44 | BMW X3 | 34 | 0.5% | n/a | 174 | 0.5% | 42 | 65 |
| 45 | Peugeot 208 | 33 | 0.5% | n/a | 37 | 0.1% | n/a | - |
| 46 | Hyundai i10 | 33 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 47 | Ford Kuga | 31 | 0.4% | 48 | 227 | 0.7% | 29 | 45 |
| 48 | Kia Cee’d | 31 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 49 | BMW 3 Series | 30 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 50 | BMW 5 Series | 28 | 0.4% | 39 | 187 | 0.6% | 39 | 73 |
Source: www.drpciv.ro







