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Romania November 2012: New Dacia Logan hits the streets

December 11th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Dacia Logan

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Romanian new car sales are taking a catastrophic turn this month, down 45% year-on-year to just 5,698 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 61,608 units, down 17% on 2011. November marks the first month of sales of the new generation Dacia Logan, and the data doesn’t show this yet given the model is at an ordinary 16.6% market share and 947 sales, roughly the same level as its 2012 year-to-date share. Perhaps the next few months will be more fruitful. Meanwhile, the Top 4 best-sellers reorganise themselves to reflect the YTD order, with the Skoda Octavia at #2 (5.6%) followed by the Dacia Duster (4.6%) and the VW Golf (3.7%).

The Hyundai i20 is down 3 spots to #11 but stays way above its YTD level (#18) as does the Hyundai ix35 up 12 ranks to #13 vs. #20 YTD, the Renault Clio up 18 to #14 vs. #25 and the Seat Ibiza up 52 to #21 vs. #52. Further down, notice the Dacia Lodgy stable at #24, the Mitsubishi Outlander boosted by the new generation and up 40 spots to #26, the Ford B-Max breaking into the Top 50 for the first time at #32 with 44 sales and the Dacia Dokker dropping out of it for its 2nd month in market at #56.

There is now also a Top 30 brands ranking available for Romania, showing Dacia logically in the lead but with sales down a worrying 57% year-on-year in November at 1,380 units and 24.2% share, Volkswagen #2 at 11.6% followed by Skoda at 8.9%, Renault at 6.7% and Ford at 6.5%. The only Top 30 brands gaining ground this month are Mercedes up 14%, Kia up 12%, Land Rover up 28%, Honda up 4%, Subaru up 33%, Jaguar up a spectacular 200% and Jeep & Lexus both up 100%.

Previous month: Romania October 2012: Ford Fiesta up to #2, Dacia Dokker lands

One year ago: Romania November 2011: 3 Dacias in Top 5

Full November 2012 Top 50 models and Top 30 brands Ranking Tables below.

Romania November 2012 – models:

Pos Model Nov % Oct 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Dacia Logan 947 16.6% 1 10,460 17.0% 1 1
2 Skoda Octavia 319 5.6% 4 3,764 6.1% 2 2
3 Dacia Duster 261 4.6% 3 3,298 5.4% 3 3
4 VW Golf 212 3.7% 7 1,817 2.9% 4 5
5 Ford Focus 139 2.4% 5 1,794 2.9% 6 7
6 Ford Fiesta 120 2.1% 2 1,815 2.9% 5 15
7 Renault Symbol 109 1.9% 6 1,562 2.5% 7 4
8 Opel Astra 108 1.9% 10 1,221 2.0% 10 6
9 Skoda Fabia 107 1.9% 11 1,287 2.1% 8 11
10 VW Jetta 91 1.6% 9 1,278 2.1% 9 16
11 Hyundai i20 90 1.6% 8 714 1.2% 18 24
12 Dacia Sandero 87 1.5% 13 978 1.6% 12 8
13 Hyundai ix35 77 1.4% 25 655 1.1% 20 25
14 Renault Clio 75 1.3% 32 517 0.8% 25 19
15 Toyota Yaris 74 1.3% 12 585 0.9% 21 17
16 Opel Corsa 74 1.3% 22 572 0.9% 22 12
17 VW Tiguan 73 1.3% 14 798 1.3% 15 26
18 VW Passat 73 1.3% 15 1,104 1.8% 11 9
19 Renault Fluence 69 1.2% 17 778 1.3% 16 14
20 Hyundai i30 65 1.1% 19 532 0.9% 24 20
21 Seat Ibiza 62 1.1% 73 280 0.5% 52 27
22 VW Polo 61 1.1% 18 698 1.1% 19 13
23 Renault Megane 59 1.0% 23 747 1.2% 17 18
24 Dacia Lodgy 59 1.0% 24 272 0.4% 54  -
25 Peugeot 208 59 1.0% 31 243 0.4% 56  -
26 Mitsubishi Outlander 59 1.0% 66 198 0.3% 65 n/a
27 Suzuki SX4 58 1.0% 16 848 1.4% 14 29
28 Chevrolet Aveo 57 1.0% 20 904 1.5% 13 10
29 Kia Sportage 50 0.9% 58 378 0.6% 32 53
30 Skoda Superb 48 0.8% 27 537 0.9% 23 28
31 Toyota Aygo 46 0.8% n/a 310 0.5% 42 38
32 Ford B-Max 44 0.8% n/a 48 0.1% n/a n/a
33 Suzuki Swift 43 0.8% 59 305 0.5% 44 48
34 Nissan Qashqai 39 0.7% 21 489 0.8% 26 23
35 Mercedes ML Class 38 0.7% 37 416 0.7% 29 51
36 Audi Q5 38 0.7% 45 284 0.5% 51 n/a
37 Chevrolet Cruze 37 0.6% 34 414 0.7% 30 22
38 Hyundai Elantra 36 0.6% 36 468 0.8% 27 n/a
39 Hyundai Santa Fe 36 0.6% 68 54 0.1% n/a n/a
40 Toyota Auris 35 0.6% 26 373 0.6% 35 32
41 Mitsubishi ASX 34 0.6% 28 286 0.5% 50 n/a
42 Nissan Juke 34 0.6% 35 377 0.6% 33 31
43 BMW X5 34 0.6% 48 336 0.5% 38 n/a
44 Range Rover Evoque 34 0.6% 51 330 0.5% 40 n/a
45 Ford Mondeo 33 0.6% 46 432 0.7% 28 42
46 VW Touareg 32 0.6% 39 376 0.6% 34 35
47 Fiat Qubo 30 0.5% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
48 Audi A4 29 0.5% 53 291 0.5% 47 44
49 BMW X3 29 0.5% 53 320 0.5% 41 65
50 Mercedes GLK Class 28 0.5% 49 277 0.4% 53 n/a
51 Mercedes C Class 28 0.5% 60 256 0.4% 55 n/a
52 Audi A3 28 0.5% 61 203 0.3% 63 n/a

Romania November 2012 – brands:

Pos Brand Nov % /11 2012 % /11 Pos
1 Dacia 1,380 24.2% -57% 15,085 24.5% -29% 1
2 Volkswagen 659 11.6% -34% 7,132 11.6% -10% 2
3 Skoda 509 8.9% -42% 5,834 9.5% -15% 3
4 Renault 380 6.7% -60% 4,300 7.0% -30% 5
5 Ford 371 6.5% -38% 4,845 7.9% 14% 4
6 Hyundai 338 5.9% -8% 2,839 4.6% 25% 6
7 Opel 229 4.0% -46% 2,388 3.9% -43% 7
8 Toyota 213 3.7% -62% 2,120 3.4% -17% 8
9 Audi 169 3.0% -13% 1,694 2.7% 25% 10
10 BMW 164 2.9% -33% 1,957 3.2% 18% 9
11 Mercedes 141 2.5% 14% 1,503 2.4% 4% 12
12 Peugeot 139 2.4% -13% 1,380 2.2% -5% 13
13 Suzuki 130 2.3% -16% 1,313 2.1% 6% 14
14 Chevrolet 125 2.2% -49% 1,652 2.7% -39% 11
15 Mitsubishi 107 1.9% -2% 658 1.1% -16% 19
16 Nissan 100 1.8% -39% 1,155 1.9% -12% 15
17 Kia 91 1.6% 12% 810 1.3% 47% 17
18 Seat 89 1.6% -41% 572 0.9% -48% 20
19 Fiat 68 1.2% -72% 888 1.4% -41% 16
20 Land Rover 60 1.1% 28% 662 1.1% 95% 18
21 Citroen 49 0.9% -27% 566 0.9% -26% 21
22 Honda 48 0.8% 4% 457 0.7% -12% 22
23 Mazda 37 0.6% -33% 395 0.6% -14% 24
24 Volvo 23 0.4% -44% 420 0.7% 12% 23
25 Subaru 16 0.3% 33% 160 0.3% -5% 26
26 Jaguar 15 0.3% 200% 91 0.1% 203% 30
27 Porsche 10 0.2% -17% 165 0.3% 59% 25
28 Mini 10 0.2% -37% 133 0.2% 0% 27
29 Jeep 10 0.2% 100% 121 0.2% 908% 28
30 Lexus 8 0.1% 100% 66 0.1% 37% 31

Source: www.drpciv.ro

Categories: Romania
  1. Steam
    December 28th, 2012 at 23:28 | #1
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    @Thomas
    Right you are. But VW-group sold 1426 cars (VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat) in november, quite a lot. But Dacia offers the right cars for Romania.

  2. Thomas
    December 11th, 2012 at 11:19 | #2
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    @coolcat Right! But VW’s prices also include 40 years of inflation… In some (emerging) markets, people care much more about prices than about safety and perceived quality. Concerning the real quality, being 20 years behind also means less electronic, so better reliability. Dacia is a fair deal!

  3. coolcat
    December 11th, 2012 at 09:57 | #3
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    @Pedro Just a shame the quality and safety are 20 years behind VW’s ;)

  4. Pedro
    December 11th, 2012 at 02:53 | #4
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    Logan’s Front looks like a VW now.

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