Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, declined 13.2% to 49.325 units, from 56.853 units in the first eight months of 2012.
In August compared with July, passenger car sales were down 23.7% to 5,424 units, the data showed. Overall auto sales decreased 21 % on the month to 6,339 units.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local market with 13,297 units sold in the January-August period, followed by Volkswagen with 4,761 units, Skoda with 3,174 units and Renault with 2,436 units.
Romanian auto sales dropped 21% on the year to 87,505 units in 2012.