Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, declined 18.6% to 34.978 units, from 42.990 units in the first half of 2012.
In June compared with May, new car sales were down 11.9% to 5,719 units, the data showed. Overall auto sales decreased 12.3% on the month to 6,919 units.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local market with 8,494 units sold in the first half, followed by Volkswagen with 3,450 units, Skoda with 2,347 units and Renault with 1,754 units.
Romanian auto sales dropped 21% on the year to 87,505 units in 2012.