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Romania August 2012: Skoda Octavia and VW Jetta shine

September 11th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

VW Jetta

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The Romanian new car market is falling further into recession each month, down a worrying 42% year-on-year in August to 5,044 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 44,392 units, down 9% on 2011. The historical 100 consecutive months atop the Romanian models ranking are approaching fast for the Dacia Logan: August is #96 thanks to 704 sales at a lukewarm 14% market share. Year-to-date it is at 16.9% compared to 21.3% over the Full Year 2011. The Skoda Octavia has an outstanding month at 418 units and 8.3%, its highest share since the 8.8% it reached in March 2011.

Skoda Octavia

The Dacia Duster stays third both in August at 4.7% and year-to-date at 5.6%, while the VW Golf is up 2 spots on July to land at #4 like in the year-to-date ranking, but with 4% share this month it is one full percentage point above its 2012 level. With the Octavia, the VW Jetta is the other great performer of the month in Romania, up 9 ranks to a best-ever 5th place with 161 sales and 3.2% share and now #9 year-to-date vs. #16 in 2011. Below, the Ford Fiesta is up 3 spots to #6, the Ford Focus down one to #7 and the Renault Symbol down 4 to #8.

Great Wall Peri

Further down, the Hyundai i30 is up 7 ranks to #15, the Toyota Yaris up 8 to #17 and the VW Up! and BMW 3 Series both strong at #26 and #35 respectively. Notice also the Dacia Lodgy already slipping out of the Top 50, down 13 spots to #59 for its third month and the Great Wall Peri selling one unit (its 2nd in 2012), the only Chinese car in the Romanian ranking this month and one of 3 over the first 8 months of 2012 with the Great Wall Hover (1) and Geely CK (1). Clearly the Chinese invasion in Romania is still a (very) long way away!

Previous month: Romania July 2012: The usual suspects on top

One year ago: Romania August 2011: Dacia Duster and Renault Symbol solid

Full August 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Romania August 2012:

Pos Model August % Jul 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Dacia Logan 704 14.0% 1 7,507 16.9% 1 1
2 Skoda Octavia 418 8.3% 2 2,849 6.4% 2 2
3 Dacia Duster 237 4.7% 3 2,495 5.6% 3 3
4 VW Golf 202 4.0% 6 1,337 3.0% 4 5
5 VW Jetta 161 3.2% 13 950 2.1% 9 16
6 Ford Fiesta 139 2.8% 9 1,057 2.4% 7 15
7 Ford Focus 133 2.6% 5 1,329 3.0% 5 7
8 Renault Symbol 118 2.3% 4 1,103 2.5% 6 4
9 Opel Astra 115 2.3% 7 874 2.0% 11 6
10 VW Passat 112 2.2% 8 883 2.0% 10 9
11 Chevrolet Aveo 86 1.7% 14 688 1.5% 13 10
12 Skoda Fabia 82 1.6% 10 964 2.2% 8 11
13 Suzuki SX4 82 1.6% 26 650 1.5% 14 29
14 VW Tiguan 79 1.6% 18 596 1.3% 15 26
15 Hyundai i30 66 1.3% 22 334 0.8% 26 20
16 Renault Megane 57 1.1% 16 563 1.3% 17 18
17 Toyota Yaris 56 1.1% 25 324 0.7% 29 17
18 VW Polo 55 1.1% 11 502 1.1% 18 13
19 Dacia Sandero 54 1.1% 12 730 1.6% 12 8
20 Hyundai i20 51 1.0% 27 416 0.9% 20 24
21 Hyundai ix35 46 0.9% 21 480 1.1% 19 25
22 Hyundai Elantra 46 0.9% 20 351 0.8% 24 n/a
23 Renault Fluence 42 0.8% 15 581 1.3% 16 14
24 Skoda Superb 41 0.8% 23 404 0.9% 21 28
25 Nissan Juke 41 0.8% 33 285 0.6% 34 31
26 VW Up! 41 0.8% 24 208 0.5% 48  -
27 Kia Sportage 40 0.8% 41 290 0.7% 32 53
28 Ford Mondeo 37 0.7% 32 333 0.8% 27 42
29 Nissan Qashqai 36 0.7% 29 341 0.8% 25 23
30 Opel Corsa 35 0.7% 19 369 0.8% 23 12
31 Chevrolet Cruze 35 0.7% 36 301 0.7% 31 22
32 Opel Insignia 34 0.7% 30 332 0.7% 28 21
33 VW Touareg 34 0.7% 37 286 0.6% 33 35
34 BMW X5 33 0.7% 39 238 0.5% 40 n/a
35 Mitsubishi ASX 30 0.6% n/a 170 0.4% 54 n/a
36 BMW 3 Series 29 0.6% 35 160 0.4% 58 n/a
37 Mercedes ML Class 28 0.6% 28 320 0.7% 30 51
38 BMW 5 Series 28 0.6% n/a 230 0.5% 43 73
39 Audi A4 28 0.6% 34 219 0.5% 45 44
40 Chevrolet Spark 28 0.6% 49 136 0.3% 63 30
41 Range Rover Evoque 27 0.5% 31 249 0.6% 38 n/a
42 Audi Q5 27 0.5% 38 198 0.4% 50 n/a
43 Honda Civic 27 0.5% 58 147 0.3% 60 n/a
44 Toyota RAV4 26 0.5% 59 167 0.4% 55 n/a
45 Peugeot 208 26 0.5% 48 91 0.2% n/a  -
46 Toyota Avensis 25 0.5% 44 272 0.6% 35 52
47 BMW X3 25 0.5% 45 232 0.5% 42 65
48 Peugeot 508 23 0.5% 50 228 0.5% 44 n/a
49 Seat Leon 23 0.5% n/a 142 0.3% 61 n/a
50 Kia Rio 23 0.5% n/a 93 0.2% n/a n/a

Source: www.drpciv.ro

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  1. MIKE
    September 12th, 2012 at 04:52 | #1
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    that small gw peri is already out of production in china, so maybe it’s just a single import, new models from gwm will be delivered to romania from gwm bulgarian factory

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