The most expensive car registered in Romania in January-April was a Lamborghini Aventador, the carmaker’s top of the line model, carrying a price of tag of almost EUR400,000 including VAT.
“Romania has always been a market for such cars but the difficult economy caused this segment to significantly shrink over the last few years. We expect the niche to return to slight growth soon,” said Adrian Pascu, Porsche brand manager with Porsche Inter Auto.
Pascu estimates the sales of his brand on the Romanian market to exceed 150 units. Porsche saw the number of cars registered double in the first four months to 54 from the 27 in the same time of last year.
As for traditional luxury brands, Bentley delivered two cars to Romania according to the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV) instead of one in the first four months of 2011. Ferrari delivered two 458’s between January and April this year.
Whereas Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini are already known to almost anyone in Romania, certain customers chose to go for even more exclusive cars such as Morgan Aero Supersport, which although not carrying an over EUR100,000 price tag can be considered one of the most exclusive cars in Europe because production is in the range of hundreds of units.
Another exclusive car is Nissan GT-R, whose price exceeds EUR100,000, but the model is not officially imported in Romania.
Then there is also BMW, which saw almost ten cars priced at almost and over EUR100,000 registered in the first four months. The cars include two X6 M SUVs and three M5’s.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)
| No | Brand | Model | Registrations (units) | Price (in euros including TVA) | |
| 1 | Lamborghini | Aventador | 1 | 380,000 | 380,000 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 458 | 2 | 220,000 | 440,000 |
| 3 | Bentley | Continental GT | 2 | 200,000 | 400,000 |
| 4 | Porsche | Panamera Turbo S | 2 | 182,746 | 365,492 |
| 5 | Jaguar | XKR-S | 1 | 135,160 | 135,160 |
| 6 | Porsche | Cayenne Turbo | 2 | 132,713 | 265,426 |
| 7 | Maserati | GranCabrio | 1 | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| 8 | BMW | X6 M | 2 | 117,676 | 235,352 |
| 9 | Porsche | 911 S | 5 | 112,847 | 564,235 |
| 10 | BMW | M5 | 3 | 107,136 | 321,408 |
| 11 | Nissan | GT-R | 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 12 | BMW | 650i | 4 | 94,674 | 378,696 |
| 13 | Land Rover | Range Rover | 27 | 93,000 | 2,511,000 |
| 14 | Audi | A8L | 3 | 87,429 | 262,287 |
| 15 | Morgan | Aero Supersport | 1 | 85,000 | 85,000 |
| Grand total | 6,574,056 |