The best-selling model in the first seven months was Dacia Logan (9,341 units), followed by Dacia Duster (3,868), Dacia Sandero (3,617), Skoda Octavia (2,244) and Dacia Logan MCV (1,833).
Companies in Romania purchased 75% of the new cars in the first seven months, down from 81% in May.
Used car imports grew 13.4% on the year in the first seven months and over 76% of imported second-hand cars (around 103,000 units) are older than eight years (qualifying a car for scrapping under the national clunkers program).
In July, there were 39,406 vehicles produced in Romania, 13.3% more than in June, and seven-month output reached 251,839 units, up 2.3% compared to January-July 2014. Of these, 221,335 were made by Dacia and 30,504 by Ford.
Of the 251,839 units produced in the first seven months, 91% (228,306 cars) were exported, up 0.2% compared with 2014.
The bestselling car makes in the first seven months were Dacia (19,822 units, 36.5% of the total), followed by Volkswagen (5,192 units, 9.6%), Skoda (4,896 units, 9%), Renault (3,369 units, 6.2%), and Opel (1,928 units, 3.6%).