”This is due to the elimination of the environmental tax as of February 1, 2017. In terms of lifespan, we can see the number of vehicles older than ten years has doubled, namely, more than 326,000 such vehicles newly entered the market in 2017, compared to just 168,000 in 2016”.
New car sales rose 13.4% to 105,857 units, accounting for 83% of total car registrations.
Overall car sales (vehicles+ commercial vehicles) grew 10.9% on the year in the first ten months of 2017, to a total 127,509 units.
In terms of car brands (vehicles + commercial vehicles), the ranking is led by Dacia with 34,900 units, followed by Volkswagen, with 12,798 units, Ford with 10,170 units, Renault with 10,137 units and Skoda with 9,533 units. As regards the category of light commercial vehicles (including minibuses), the top spot is taken by Ford (3,220 units), with a rise of 36.1%, followed by Dacia (2,745 units and an increase of 10.7%) and Mercedes (1,828 units and a rise of 15.8%) in January-October 2017.
In terms of car models, with 13,234 units sold, Dacia Logan is the best-selling model in the first ten months of 2017, followed by Dacia Sandero with 7,100 units, Dacia Duster with 6,747 units, Skoda Octavia with 4,043 units and Renault Clio, with 3,221 units.