Romania March 2026: Dacia Bigster repeats at record #2, Chery Tiggo 4 cracks Top 10

The Chery Tiggo 4 is inside the Romanian Top 10 in March.

After two horrendous months, the Romanian new car market recovers slightly in March at +4.6% year-on-year to 10,383 units. The Q1 volume is off -19% to 27,275. Local behemoth Dacia (-21.3%) continues to freefall at just 17.9% share vs. 23.8% a year ago in March 2025. Reversely Skoda (+13.9%) and Volkswagen (+10.3%) are both sturdy and leapfrog past Toyota (-1%) roughly stable. Nissan (+1681.3%) delivers the performance of the month and is up 18 spots on February to #5 with 5.5% share vs. 2.6% so far this year (#14). Newcomer Chery repeats at a record #10 with 3.3% share, a ranking it also holds YTD. BYD ranks #12 with 2.7% of the market.

Over in the models charts, the Dacia Duster (-32.8%) stays on top despite falling hard year-on-year while the Dacia Bigster (+11040%) repeats at a record #2, the same position as over Q1. It’s an excellent score for Dacia’s newest model. The Skoda Octavia (+6.4%) climbs back up to #3 ahead of the Toyota Corolla (+40.6%) and Dacia Logan (-65.2%) hitting a wall. This means the March Top 5 is identical to Q1. The Nissan Qashqai (+1215%) shoots up to #6, potentially helped by reexports as it is also the case in Hungary. The VW Golf (+27.9%) also shines at #8 while the new Chery Tiggo 4 is up four ranks on last month to crack the Romanian Top 10 for the first time at #10. The Dacia Sandero (-38.2%) falls flat again but is back up 13 spots on February to #11. It ranks #16 over Q1 (-80.4%) vs. #3 over the Full Year 2025.

Previous month: Romania February 2026: Chery in Top 10, Dacia Bigster up to #2

One year ago: Romania March 2025: Dacia Duster keeps Logan at bay, sales up 8.4%

Full March 2026 Top 51 All brands and Top 290 All models below.