Romania January 2017: Market up 22%, Renault Mégane up to #6

Renault Mégane sales are up 438% year-on-year in Romania thanks to the new gen. 

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New car sales in Romania surge 22% year-on-year in January to 7.059 registrations, with homegrown market leader Dacia trailing market growth at +14% but deliveries a stronger-than-FY16 30.6% market share thanks to 2.159 sals. The next six best-selling brands all frankly outpace the market on the other hand:  Volkswagen (+58%) distances Skoda (+43%), Renault (+57%), Ford (+37%), Opel (+75%) and Toyota (+79%). We have to go down to #16 and Citroen (+38%) to find the next outperforming carmaker, with Volvo (+50%), Seat (+114%) and Lexus (+250%) also making themselves noticed.

Model-wise, the Dacia Logan posts a 149th consecutive month in pole position, gaining 27% to 1.257 sales and 17.8% share thanks to its recent facelift. It is followed like last month by the Dacia Duster (+53%), Skoda Octavia (+23%) and Ford Focus (+51%), with the Skoda Rapid (+45%), Renault Mégane (+438%), VW Polo (+312%) and Passat (+56%) also frankly beating the market. The Dacia Dokker (-49%) and Sandero (+19%) underperform. Among other big gainers, notice the Opel Astra (+71%), Corsa (+216%), Renault Kadjar (+54%), Toyota Aygo (+200%), Skoda Fabia (+125%) and Superb (+110%).

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Full January 2017 Top 34 All-brands and Top 200 All-models below.