Automotive
ACEA: New Car Registrations In Romania Up 3.7% In January-February
New car registrations in Romania increased 3.7% on the year in January and February, while Dacia deliveries in the EU rose 3.6%, to 57,106 units, and a 3% market share.
Commercial Utility Vehicle Registrations Up 24% In Jan-Feb
Commercial utility vehicle registrations rose eight times faster than new car registrations in the first two months of the year, which shows carriers continue to invest in expanding their bu...
New Car Registrations Up 13% In February
New car registrations rose by 13% to more than 4,100 units in February on the year-ago month, offsetting the slight decline of January, according to the Driving License and Vehicle Registrat...
Ford Moves 1.5-Liter EcoBoost Engine Production From Romania To Wales
Ford Europe has relocated the production of 1.5-liter EcoBoost engines almost entirely from its plant in Craiova, Romania, to the Bridgend, Wales plant after the Welsh government approved a...
Renault To Manufacture Logan, Sandero And Sandero Stepway In Argentina In 2016
French group Renault, owner of local carmaker Dacia, will invest $100 million in the production of Logan, Sandero and Sandero Stepway models at its Argentina-based plant, the company said in...
Romania Drops To 10th Place In European Car Production Ranking
The lack of a new Dacia model and the slowdown of the production in Mioveni along with the decline at the Ford plant in Craiova led to a drop in Romania’s car production by 5% to 391,500 car...
CFR Marfa Privatization To Be Completed In 2016, Transport Minister Says
Romania’s Transport Minister Ioan Rus on Tuesday said the privatization process of state-owned railway freight carrier CFR Marfa will be completed in 2016, as agreed with the International M...
Ford Lays Off 500 Employees At Its Romanian Plant
U.S. carmaker Ford has started the voluntary layoff program targeting 500 of the 3,200 employees at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania), while the company decided to reduce working hours...
Dacia Sales In UK Up 18.4% To 2,189 Units In January-February
Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in Great Britain rose 18.4% in the first two months of 2015, to 2,189 units, double from the new car market, which rose 8.3%, to 241,814 units...