Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, declined 15.8% to 42.990 units, from 50.272 units in the first half of 2011.
In June compared with May, new car sales were down 18% to 6,971 units, the data showed. Overall auto sales decreased 13.6% on the month to 8,532 units.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local market with 9,653 units sold in the first half, followed by Volkswagen with 4,035 units, Skoda with 3,357 units and Renault with 2,518 units.
In 2011, Romanian auto sales fell 11% on the year to 94,624 units.