Acquisitions by natural persons rose both in terms of share (27%) and volume (166%).
“31.6% more vehicles were sold on the month in May, triggering a total 54,595 car sales in the first five months, 18.1% more than in the same period in 2016,” according to APIA.
Vehicles, which account for 80% of total sales in January-May 2017 (43,792 units), saw an increase of 22% compared with the same period a year before, while commercial vehicles (freight and passengers) saw an increase of 4.5%.
By car brands, the ranking is led by local Dacia, with 13,582 units, followed by Volkswagen, with 5,830 units and Ford with 4,363 units.
Over 214,000 used cars (nearly 71% of the volume for the whole of 2016) were registered in January-May 2017, 5.8-fold more than new cars, APIA also said.
Electric and hybrid cars make up 1.6% of total sales in the first five months of 2017.