Romania March 2016: Homegrown Dacia outpaces market up 23%

Dacia sales are up 29% year-on-year at home in March.

* See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 200 All-models by clicking on the title *

Romanian new car sales continue on their breakneck speed in March at +23% year-on-year to 6.572 units, lifting the year-to-date total up 21% to 17.471 registrations. Homegrown manufacturer Dacia beats the market with sales up a flamboyant 29% to 1.940 for a 29.5% market share, distancing Skoda (-4%), Ford (-26%) and Volkswagen (+9%) all underperforming. Renault (+44%), Opel (+94%), Peugeot (+83%), Toyota (+68%), BMW (+36%), Kia (+34%), Mazda (+176%) and Suzuki (+219%) all post spectacular year-on-year gains. Model-wise, the Dacia Logan remains firmly in command with 18.9% share above the Duster (5.6%) and Skoda Octavia (3.9%) with the Dacia Sandero (3.3%) and Skoda Rapid (2.7%) rounding up the Top 5. The Ford Fiesta is up 6 spots on last month to #6, the Opel Corsa up 14 to #8, the Fiat 500L up 5 to #10, the Opel Astra up 23 o #12 and the Peugeot 308 up 43 to #17.

Previous post: Romania January-February 2016: Dacia places four models in Top 5

One year ago: Romania March 2015: Ford Fiesta on podium, Fiat 500L in Top 10

Full March 2016 Top 33 All-brands and Top 200 All-models below.

Romania March 2016 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-16	%	/15	Feb	2016	%	/15	Pos	FY15
1	Dacia	1,940	29.5%	29%	1	5,221	29.9%	20%	1	1
2	Skoda	583	8.9%	-4%	2	1,533	8.8%	2%	2	2
3	Ford	516	7.9%	-26%	4	1,305	7.5%	7%	4	4
4	Volkswagen	503	7.7%	9%	3	1,463	8.4%	17%	3	3
5	Renault	322	4.9%	44%	5	976	5.6%	36%	5	5
6	Opel	308	4.7%	94%	8	645	3.7%	1%	7	6
7	Mercedes	295	4.5%	31%	6	730	4.2%	18%	6	9
8	Peugeot	264	4.0%	83%	11	569	3.3%	79%	9	13
9	Toyota	238	3.6%	68%	12	543	3.1%	23%	10	7
10	Hyundai	213	3.2%	25%	9	540	3.1%	18%	11	8
11	Fiat	186	2.8%	16%	10	510	2.9%	32%	12	10
12	BMW	178	2.7%	36%	7	572	3.3%	29%	8	11
13	Kia	156	2.4%	34%	13	418	2.4%	51%	13	12
14	Mazda	138	2.1%	176%	15	318	1.8%	90%	16	17
15	Audi	124	1.9%	14%	14	359	2.1%	13%	14	14
16	Nissan	116	1.8%	53%	19	270	1.5%	19%	18	15
17	Land Rover	84	1.3%	53%	17	283	1.6%	24%	17	18
18	Suzuki	83	1.3%	219%	16	329	1.9%	254%	15	16
19	Honda	62	0.9%	24%	18	183	1.0%	49%	19	19
20	Seat	53	0.8%	43%	24	110	0.6%	-11%	21	20
21	Citroen	49	0.7%	14%	21	139	0.8%	32%	20	21
22	Mitsubishi	43	0.7%	2%	23	102	0.6%	-13%	22	22
23	Volvo	32	0.5%	-20%	20	84	0.5%	11%	24	24
24	Jeep	30	0.5%	30%	22	94	0.5%	38%	23	23
25	Porsche	15	0.2%	15%	25	46	0.3%	18%	25	25
26	Mini	8	0.1%	-20%	27	29	0.2%	-9%	27	26
27	Jaguar	8	0.1%	33%	29	18	0.1%	6%	29	28
28	Smart	7	0.1%	40%	26	30	0.2%	30%	26	27
29	Lexus	6	0.1%	50%	28	22	0.1%	47%	28	29
30	Subaru	5	0.1%	25%	30	11	0.1%	-8%	30	30
31	SsangYong	3	0.0%	n/a	35	4	0.0%	300%	33	33
32	Alfa Romeo	2	0.0%	-60%	31	5	0.0%	-58%	31	31
33	Lada	2	0.0%	n/a	32	4	0.0%	n/a	32	41

Romania March 2016 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-16	%	Feb	2016	%	/15	Pos	FY15
1	Dacia Logan	1,242	18.9%	1	3,019	17.3%	33%	1	1
2	Dacia Duster	365	5.6%	2	1,021	5.8%	-24%	2	2
3	Skoda Octavia	258	3.9%	3	747	4.3%	4%	3	3
4	Dacia Sandero	217	3.3%	4	469	2.7%	9%	5	4
5	Skoda Rapid	178	2.7%	6	449	2.6%	-5%	6	5
6	Ford Fiesta	172	2.6%	12	341	2.0%	-32%	10	7
7	Ford Focus	167	2.5%	7	446	2.6%	0%	7	6
8	Opel Corsa	144	2.2%	22	235	1.3%	99%	15	22
9	VW Passat	122	1.9%	8	358	2.0%	56%	9	10
10	Fiat 500L	115	1.7%	15	252	1.4%	22%	13	13
11	Renault Clio	113	1.7%	10	412	2.4%	59%	8	8
12	Opel Astra	98	1.5%	35	206	1.2%	1%	19	18
13	VW Jetta	97	1.5%	9	305	1.7%	53%	11	12
14	Toyota Corolla	93	1.4%	28	202	1.2%	124%	20	20
15	VW Golf	91	1.4%	20	297	1.7%	-12%	12	9
16	Dacia Dokker	81	1.2%	5	569	3.3%	145%	4	11
17	Peugeot 308	81	1.2%	60	133	0.8%	37%	30	43
18	Peugeot 208	78	1.2%	14	240	1.4%	353%	14	46
19	Ford Mondeo	77	1.2%	11	211	1.2%	148%	17	23
20	Mercedes GLE	73	1.1%	18	206	1.2%	new	18	54
21	Nissan Qashqai	70	1.1%	38	150	0.9%	90%	24	27
22	Suzuki Vitara	68	1.0%	13	219	1.3%	new	16	25
23	Skoda Superb	65	1.0%	26	142	0.8%	-5%	27	32
24	Hyundai i20	62	0.9%	39	129	0.7%	-20%	31	19
25	Kia Sportage	56	0.9%	23	179	1.0%	-2%	22	15
26	Skoda Fabia	55	0.8%	19	148	0.8%	20%	25	17
27	Mercedes GLC	55	0.8%	29	129	0.7%	new	32	107
28	Hyundai Tucson	52	0.8%	16	184	1.1%	new	21	69
29	Kia Cee’d	50	0.8%	27	112	0.6%	53%	37	44
30	Renault Fluence	48	0.7%	64	96	0.5%	-30%	40	26
31	VW Polo	46	0.7%	50	120	0.7%	0%	35	14
32	Peugeot 2008	45	0.7%	96	75	0.4%	142%	54	78
33	VW Tiguan	44	0.7%	25	127	0.7%	-8%	33	29
34	Toyota Aygo	43	0.7%	73	81	0.5%	76%	49	35
35	Renault Captur	41	0.6%	34	141	0.8%	-7%	28	16
36	Hyundai i10	41	0.6%	70	72	0.4%	188%	58	67
37	Mercedes C Class	40	0.6%	44	90	0.5%	-15%	44	38
38	BMW X5	39	0.6%	24	137	0.8%	78%	29	47
39	Kia Rio	39	0.6%	78	73	0.4%	356%	55	89
40	Mazda3	38	0.6%	47	84	0.5%	-1%	47	36
41	Mazda CX-3	37	0.6%	45	85	0.5%	new	46	104
42	Toyota Yaris	37	0.6%	54	84	0.5%	31%	48	28
43	Honda Civic	36	0.5%	41	92	0.5%	88%	41	40
44	Peugeot 3008	36	0.5%	63	57	0.3%	850%	69	150
45	Dacia Lodgy	35	0.5%	30	143	0.8%	77%	26	30
46	Renault Kadjar	35	0.5%	36	115	0.7%	new	36	61
47	VW Touareg	35	0.5%	32	97	0.6%	3%	39	48
48	Mazda CX-5	35	0.5%	49	90	0.5%	55%	43	57
49	Hyundai i30	35	0.5%	56	85	0.5%	63%	45	34
50	Ford Kuga	34	0.5%	21	125	0.7%	26%	34	37
51	Fiat 500	33	0.5%	17	172	1.0%	13%	23	24
52	Opel Mokka	32	0.5%	43	73	0.4%	-37%	56	31
53	Seat Toledo	31	0.5%	86	67	0.4%	-11%	63	42
54	Renault Mégane	30	0.5%	31	111	0.6%	-6%	38	21
55	BMW 3 Series	30	0.5%	46	80	0.5%	54%	50	72
56	Range Rover Evoque	28	0.4%	40	92	0.5%	-13%	42	50
57	Mitsubishi ASX	28	0.4%	87	54	0.3%	-7%	72	70
58	Renault Talisman	28	0.4%	–	28	0.2%	new	105	–
59	Mazda6	27	0.4%	68	51	0.3%	155%	76	77
60	Audi A4	26	0.4%	33	76	0.4%	43%	52	79
61	Audi Q7	26	0.4%	69	58	0.3%	346%	65	103
62	BMW X1	26	0.4%	61	57	0.3%	10%	67	80
63	Citroen C-Elysée	25	0.4%	85	79	0.5%	147%	51	49
64	BMW 5 Series	25	0.4%	57	57	0.3%	43%	66	82
65	Nissan Juke	23	0.3%	125	53	0.3%	-23%	73	45
66	Mercedes GLA	23	0.3%	58	50	0.3%	9%	78	71
67	Honda CR-V	22	0.3%	52	76	0.4%	29%	53	62
68	Toyota Auris	22	0.3%	42	68	0.4%	8%	61	39
69	Range Rover	22	0.3%	67	56	0.3%	87%	71	95
70	Ford Tourneo Courier	22	0.3%	89	43	0.2%	187%	81	100
71	VW Kombi	21	0.3%	104	38	0.2%	192%	86	114
72	Fiat Tipo	21	0.3%	–	21	0.1%	new	116	–
73	Opel Insignia	20	0.3%	53	69	0.4%	-5%	60	41
74	Land Rover Discovery Sport	20	0.3%	74	57	0.3%	613%	68	108
75	Mercedes A Class	19	0.3%	82	50	0.3%	-2%	77	55
76	VW Up!	19	0.3%	91	44	0.3%	-2%	80	53
77	Audi A3	18	0.3%	48	56	0.3%	-25%	70	64
78	Renault Trafic	18	0.3%	66	52	0.3%	2500%	74	85
79	Toyota Avensis	18	0.3%	84	43	0.2%	87%	82	97
80	Skoda Citigo	18	0.3%	123	27	0.2%	-16%	108	75
81	BMW X6	17	0.3%	55	65	0.4%	12%	64	66
82	Mercedes S Class	17	0.3%	109	30	0.2%	-40%	101	83
83	Hyundai Santa Fe	17	0.3%	132	29	0.2%	-3%	104	112
84	BMW X3	16	0.2%	51	70	0.4%	13%	59	60
85	Audi Q5	16	0.2%	95	48	0.3%	-9%	79	74
86	VW Caddy	16	0.2%	77	38	0.2%	65%	85	111
87	Jeep Renegade	16	0.2%	100	36	0.2%	177%	91	117
88	Seat Leon	16	0.2%	103	34	0.2%	-11%	95	65
89	Audi Q3	15	0.2%	65	51	0.3%	11%	75	76
90	Mercedes V Class	15	0.2%	76	37	0.2%	76%	87	105
91	Peugeot 301	14	0.2%	75	41	0.2%	-27%	83	68
92	Volvo XC90	14	0.2%	93	32	0.2%	n/a	99	140
93	Toyota Land Cruiser	13	0.2%	112	30	0.2%	-33%	103	102
94	Range Rover Sport	12	0.2%	37	67	0.4%	6%	62	63
95	Volvo XC60	12	0.2%	62	39	0.2%	-11%	84	93
96	Toyota RAV4	12	0.2%	92	33	0.2%	-69%	97	51
97	Ford C-Max	11	0.2%	101	27	0.2%	108%	106	127
98	Audi A6	10	0.2%	99	36	0.2%	-3%	89	84
99	Ford Ecosport	10	0.2%	88	35	0.2%	new	94	159
100	Kia Sorento	10	0.2%	118	23	0.1%	1050%	113	169
101	BMW X4	9	0.1%	79	32	0.2%	-20%	98	94
102	Citroen C4 Cactus	9	0.1%	105	25	0.1%	-17%	110	87
103	Mercedes CLA	9	0.1%	136	21	0.1%	-28%	117	101
104	Skoda Yeti	9	0.1%	127	20	0.1%	82%	121	129
105	Peugeot 508	9	0.1%	115	18	0.1%	-57%	127	106
106	Mini	8	0.1%	111	37	0.2%	61%	88	96
107	Jeep Grand Cherokee	8	0.1%	97	36	0.2%	6%	90	92
108	Nissan X-Trail	8	0.1%	98	36	0.2%	0%	93	91
109	Ford Mustang	8	0.1%	126	27	0.2%	new	107	172
110	BMW 7 Series	8	0.1%	94	25	0.1%	400%	109	179
111	Mercedes Vito	8	0.1%	117	24	0.1%	-29%	112	113
112	Ford S-Max	8	0.1%	110	20	0.1%	300%	118	187
113	Nissan Micra	8	0.1%	138	14	0.1%	0%	134	99
114	Mitsubishi Lancer	8	0.1%	170	13	0.1%	44%	138	121
115	Opel Vivaro	8	0.1%	139	13	0.1%	n/a	139	132
116	Renault Kangoo	8	0.1%	176	11	0.1%	-8%	143	155
117	Porsche Cayenne	7	0.1%	90	25	0.1%	-11%	111	109
118	Mercedes B Class	7	0.1%	108	20	0.1%	-31%	119	120
119	Hyundai i40	6	0.1%	72	33	0.2%	18%	96	90
120	Mercedes E Class	6	0.1%	113	20	0.1%	-57%	120	88
121	Suzuki Swift	6	0.1%	131	19	0.1%	-24%	123	86
122	Audi A5	6	0.1%	114	18	0.1%	-28%	124	116
123	BMW 4 Series	6	0.1%	119	18	0.1%	-33%	125	115
124	Fiat Punto	6	0.1%	143	17	0.1%	240%	128	130
125	Nissan Pulsar	6	0.1%	121	16	0.1%	45%	130	151
126	Mitsubishi Outlander	5	0.1%	83	31	0.2%	-34%	100	73
127	Smart Fortwo	5	0.1%	80	20	0.1%	233%	122	165
128	Mercedes ML Class	5	0.1%	122	14	0.1%	-84%	132	59
129	Porsche Macan	5	0.1%	128	14	0.1%	100%	135	126
130	Fiat Doblo	5	0.1%	145	13	0.1%	117%	136	118
131	Jaguar XE	5	0.1%	140	9	0.1%	n/a	147	173
132	Citroen C4 Picasso	5	0.1%	179	7	0.0%	250%	149	194
133	Seat Ibiza	5	0.1%	187	7	0.0%	0%	153	119
134	Suzuki SX4	4	0.1%	81	73	0.4%	30%	57	58
135	Jeep Wrangler	4	0.1%	106	18	0.1%	29%	126	124
136	Mercedes Sprinter	4	0.1%	120	14	0.1%	75%	133	142
137	Honda HR-V	4	0.1%	144	13	0.1%	new	137	191
138	Opel Zafira Tourer	4	0.1%	167	10	0.1%	150%	144	166
139	Suzuki Celerio	4	0.1%	135	10	0.1%	n/a	146	221
140	Mercedes CLS	4	0.1%	174	7	0.0%	-65%	152	135
141	Volvo V40	4	0.1%	164	6	0.0%	-67%	157	123
142	Citroen C5	4	0.1%	192	5	0.0%	25%	163	183
143	Fiat 500X	3	0.0%	130	21	0.1%	n/a	115	138
144	VW Multivan	3	0.0%	133	12	0.1%	100%	140	168
145	Ford Tourneo Connect	3	0.0%	134	11	0.1%	n/a	141	153
146	Lexus NX	3	0.0%	124	11	0.1%	22%	142	137
147	Citroen C4	3	0.0%	173	6	0.0%	-33%	155	162
148	Subaru Forester	3	0.0%	177	6	0.0%	-33%	156	160
149	Audi A8	3	0.0%	160	5	0.0%	25%	160	152
150	Mercedes AMG GT	3	0.0%	–	5	0.0%	new	167	253
151	Mercedes GL	3	0.0%	162	5	0.0%	-69%	168	143
152	Mercedes G Class	3	0.0%	–	3	0.0%	0%	189	184
153	Land Rover Discovery	2	0.0%	116	36	0.2%	177%	92	141
154	Opel Antara	2	0.0%	71	30	0.2%	-67%	102	33
155	BMW 1 Series	2	0.0%	102	16	0.1%	23%	129	98
156	Smart Forfour	2	0.0%	129	10	0.1%	-41%	145	128
157	VW Golf Sportsvan	2	0.0%	172	6	0.0%	-25%	158	157
158	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	2	0.0%	153	5	0.0%	-44%	159	146
159	Citroen Berlingo	2	0.0%	–	5	0.0%	-44%	162	167
160	Lexus RX	2	0.0%	156	5	0.0%	400%	166	218
161	Fiat Freemont	2	0.0%	180	4	0.0%	-56%	174	163
162	Jeep Cherokee	2	0.0%	181	4	0.0%	-43%	175	148
163	Lada Niva	2	0.0%	182	4	0.0%	n/a	178	274
164	Volvo S60	2	0.0%	188	4	0.0%	-56%	180	145
165	VW Sharan	2	0.0%	189	4	0.0%	0%	181	185
166	VW Touran	2	0.0%	165	4	0.0%	33%	182	204
167	Audi A7	2	0.0%	–	3	0.0%	-40%	183	181
168	Ford Ka	2	0.0%	193	3	0.0%	-63%	188	122
169	Ssanhgyong Tivoli	2	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	new	215	230
170	Ford B-Max	1	0.0%	107	14	0.1%	-50%	131	110
171	Suzuki Jimny	1	0.0%	146	8	0.0%	-33%	148	158
172	Mazda2	1	0.0%	137	7	0.0%	n/a	151	131
173	Audi A1	1	0.0%	147	6	0.0%	-25%	154	139
174	Jaguar XF	1	0.0%	150	5	0.0%	-69%	165	154
175	Peugeot Partner	1	0.0%	151	5	0.0%	-64%	169	156
176	Renault Master	1	0.0%	152	5	0.0%	-17%	170	174
177	Kia Soul	1	0.0%	–	4	0.0%	n/a	177	215
178	Porsche Panamera	1	0.0%	175	4	0.0%	n/a	179	213
179	VW Beetle	1	0.0%	–	3	0.0%	200%	193	176
180	Audi TT	1	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	n/a	195	208
181	Ford Galaxy	1	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	n/a	198	238
182	Jaguar F-Type	1	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	100%	200	219
183	Jaguar XJ	1	0.0%	194	2	0.0%	n/a	201	269
184	Lexus IS300h	1	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	0%	203	233
185	Mercedes Citan	1	0.0%	197	2	0.0%	-60%	205	180
186	Mitsubishi Pajero	1	0.0%	–	2	0.0%	0%	207	201
187	Mitsubishi Space Star	1	0.0%	198	2	0.0%	100%	208	170
188	Porsche 911	1	0.0%	199	2	0.0%	0%	210	198
189	Seat Alhambra	1	0.0%	201	2	0.0%	100%	213	242
190	Ssangyong Rexton	1	0.0%	202	2	0.0%	100%	214	217
191	Citroen Jumpy	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	0%	218	232
192	Fiat Panda	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	n/a	219	207
193	Nissan Note	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	-80%	224	188
194	Porsche Boxster	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	n/a	226	260
195	Subaru Impreza	1	0.0%		1	0.0%	n/a	228	–
196	Subaru Levorg	1	0.0%		1	0.0%	n/a	230	–
197	VW California	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	n/a	239	–
198	VW Crafter	1	0.0%	–	1	0.0%	-50%	240	235

Source: DRPCIV

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