The MG ZS breaks into the Romanian Top 10 for the first time in May. New car sales in Romania rally back up 7% year-on-year in May to 11,253 units. This is still a poor result given May 2025 was down -32.7% over the year prior. After a mediocre start…
The Toyota Corolla is up to a record 2nd place in Romania in April. The Romanian market enjoys a second straight positive month, albeit very shy at +2.1% to 10,205 units. This is still a poor result given April 2025 was off -24.7% on the year prior. Year-to-date volumes are…
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…
The Dacia Bigster holds a record 5.8% of its home market in February. The Romanian new car market continues on its mediocre start of the year with February off a further -24.3% year-on-year to 8,965 units. The year-to-date tally is down -28.9% to 16,892. Dacia (-52.3%) halves its year-ago volume to…
The Skoda Octavia is up to a record 2nd place in January. Mediocre start of the year for the Romanian new car market with sales down a painful -33.5% year-on-year to just 7,927. In all European markets we have covered so far (France, Spain and Italy), Dacia has endured appalling…
The Dacia Logan is #1 in Romania for the 21st straight year. Discover 55 years of Romanian Historical Data here. New car sales in Romania advance 3.8% year-on-year in 2025 to 156,883, the highest annual volume since pre-pandemic 2019 (161,562). Local behemoth Dacia almost matches its home market at +2.9%…
The Dacia Bigster breaks it volume and share records this month. 13,837 new cars found a buyer in Romania in November, a tremendous +35.2% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally remains in negative however at -1.3% to 135,447. Local behemoth Dacia surges 60% (it was off -18.3% last year) to 32.7%…
The Dacia Bigster hots a record ranking and share in October. The Romanian new car market shoots up 11.1% year-on-year in October to 12,839 units, but the year-to-date tally remains in negative territory at -4.3% to 121,610. Homegrown superstar Dacia (+15.6%) holds a 26.8% share vs. 28.3% so far this…
The Dacia Bigster is up to #5 at home. New car sales in Romania bounce back up 38.9% year-on-year in September to 12,463 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -5.8% to 108,771. Local behemoth Dacia (+93.7%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 33.1% share, its highest since last…
The Dacia Logan is the best-selling vehicle in Romania in August. New car sales in Romania shoot up 51.7% year-on-year in August to 15,125 units, yet due to a very difficult H1 the year-to-date tally remains in negative territory at -9.6% to 96,308. The Top 5 manufacturers for the month…
The Dacia Bigster continues to climb up its home charts. After imploding -32.7% in May and -50.3% in June, the Romanian new car market catches up on lost time as it rallies back up 25.3% YoY in July to 16,362. This leads to a YTD tally off -15.9% to 81,183.…
First Top 10 finish at home for the Dacia Bigster. New car sales in Romania implode once again in June at a devastating -50.3% year-on-year to 10,612, leading to a H1 2025 tally off -22.4% to 64,821. Keep in mind however that June 2024 volumes were up a spectacular 62.1%…
The Dacia Duster remains the most popular vehicle at home despite falling -51.5% The Romanian new car market completely collapses in May at -32.7% year-on-year to just 10,521 sales. The year-to-date volume is now down -12.8% to 54,209. Local behemoth Dacia (-52%) completely freefalls to 25.2% share vs. 27.4% so…
Dacia Duster sales are down -27.9% year-on-year despite a new generation. It's a mediocre month for new car sales in Romania with April off -24.7% year-on-year to 9,996 units. To be fair, April 2024 was up 34.6% on the year prior. Year-to-date volumes are off -6.1% to 43,688. Local behemoth…
The Dacia Duster holds onto the Romanian top spot. Romanian new car sales sport a second straight positive month in March at +8.4% year-on-year to 9,922 units. The Q1 volume tilts into positive at +1.4% to 33,692. Homegrown Dacia (-2.8%) can't capitalise on the market growth and sees its share…