Sales on the Romanian market are still fueled by purchases made by companies which covered 81% in January-May, down from 88% end-April, mainly due to the start of the cash for clunkers program.
In May, there were 34,153 cars made in Romania, 8.5% fewer than in April. Total output stood at 177,643 units in the first five months, up 0.9% on the year. Of these, 155,904 cars were made by Dacia and 21,739 by Ford.
Exports decreased by 1.2% in January-May, to 159,265 units. The best-selling model abroad was Dacia Duster (68,367 units), followed by Dacia Logan (28,794 units) and Dacia Sandero (22,959 units).
Car sales stood at 43,182 units in the first five months, up 18.3% on the year.
The best selling car makes in January-May were Dacia (13,290 units, 37.4% of the total), followed by Volkswagen (3,377 units, 9.5%), Skoda (3,227 units, 9.2%), Ford (2,264 units, 6.4%), Renault (2,200 units, 6.2%) and Opel (1,158 unis, 3.3%).
By country of origin, 35.7% of the cars sold in Romania in the first five months were locally made, 16.6% were imported from Germany, 9.9% from the Czech Republic, 8% from Spain and 6.9% from France.