Romania November 2016: Opel Astra on podium in market up 20%

Opel Astra sales are up 365% in November in Romania.

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It’s another very dynamic month for new car sales in Romania, up 20% year-on-year in November to 9.645 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 18% to 85.588. Local manufacturer Dacia goes against the overall trend with a 3% drop this month but remains ultra-dominant at 28.4% share. Volkswagen (+51%), Skoda (+29%) and Ford (+56%) follow, all beating the market, with Audi (+57%), Nissan (+65%), Honda (+67%), Jaguar (+125%), Opel (+138%) and Peugeot (+190%) also posting spectacular year-on-year gains this month. The Dacia Logan (-3%), Duster (+17%) and Skoda Octavia (-3%) top the models ranking in the same order as year-to-date, while the Opel Astra shoots up 5-fold on the previous model a year ago in equal third place with 335 sales, knocking the Dacia Sandero (+10%) to #5. Other great performers this month include the Skoda Rapid (+55%), VW Golf (+137%), Ford Fiesta (+77%) and VW Jetta (+72%).

Previous month: Romania October 2016: Renault (+41%) and Opel (+70%) shine

One year ago: Romania November 2015: Dacia Logan hits highest share in 17 months

Full November 2016 Top 35 All-brands and Top 210 All-models below.