Automotive
Dacia Registrations In France Decline 7.3% In January- August
Registrations of new Dacia cars in France, its biggest market, declined 7.3% on the year in January-August, to 67,098 units, the biggest decline among carmakers with large sales volumes, whi...
Electric Car Sales Doubled In 2015, At Nearly 250 Units
Sales of hybrid and electric sales doubled in the January to July period, according to the data of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA), on a growing interest for ecolog...
Romania’s Bicycle Production Hits Record High
Romania made 820,000 bicycles last year, a new record high for the country, which helped it climb to the sixth place in the EU, ahead of France and Portugal for the first time.
Renault Introduces Automated Manual Transmission For Logan, Sandero At Frankfurt Motor Show
French group Renault will introduce in September, at 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Easy-R automated manual transmission, a two-pedal solution for the Logan, Logan MCV, Sandero and Sandero S...
Dacia Hits New Production Record
Renault-owned Automobile Dacia’s plant in Mioveni, southern Romania, reached a new production high in the first seven months of the year, assembling almost 221,400 cars, according to the Aut...
Romania Raises Subsidies To Encourage Electric Car Purchases
Buyers of electric cars will receive RON20,000 vouchers and buyers of hybrids will benefit from a RON5,000 discount, according to a government emergency ordinance approved Wednesday.
APIA: Romanian Car Market Up 16% In January-July
The Romanian auto market rose 15.8% in annual terms in the first seven months of the year, as sales of cars and commercial vehicles reached 66,054 units, while car sales alone increased 13.4...
New Car Sales Up Merely 0.2% In July
New car sales last month saw the slowest progress of this year, 0.2% on the year-ago period, while monthly growth rates in the first half stood at 13% to 23%, according to the Automotive Man...
Romanian Air Traffic Controllers Threaten Full Blown Strike As Of Sept 1
Romanian air traffic controllers threaten to stop work on September 1 unless their demands are met, saying issues at hand are "life and death" and concern air passenger safety.