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Bogdan Alecu

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Bogdan Alecu

Fields
Automotive, Companies, Real Estate
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
303
Porsche Romania: Market Can No Longer Reach 115,000 Cars. We’ll Have To Settle For 100,000
Automotive

Porsche Romania: Market Can No Longer Reach 115,000 Cars. We’ll Have To Settle For 100,000

Brent Valmar, general manager of Porsche Romania, expects car sales to reach about 100,000 units this year, which means a 6% decline. The Association of Automobile Producers and Importers (A...

Bogdan Alecu · 25.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Skoda Showroom Put For Sale
Automotive

Skoda Showroom Put For Sale

One of the largest Skoda dealers on the Romanian market, Auto-Group in Constanta (SE Romania), has put up for sale a showroom of the brand for EUR1.4 million amid declining sales.

Bogdan Alecu · 24.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Automotive

Thomas Dubruel Takes Charge Of Renault Sales In Romania

Thomas Dubruel is set to take over as general manager of Renault Commercial Roumanie from Fabrice Cambolive on September 1, according to Group Renault Romania officials. Cambolive is to beco...

Bogdan Alecu · 23.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Who Makes The 10 Best-Selling Imported Cars In Romania
Automotive

Who Makes The 10 Best-Selling Imported Cars In Romania

Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey and South Korea are the main countries the best-selling cars in Romania are imported from, according to a ZF analysis, which shows Romanians prefer German...

Bogdan Alecu · 22.08.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Dacia Set To Launch Logan2 And Popster In 2012
Automotive

Dacia Set To Launch Logan2 And Popster In 2012

Automobile Dacia plans to launch production of two new cars and a new range of engines next year, in domestic carmaker’s strongest foray into the European market since it was re-launched in...

Bogdan Alecu · 18.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
First Ten Kilometers Of Romania’s Newest Highway Asphalted After Four Years
Automotive

First Ten Kilometers Of Romania’s Newest Highway Asphalted After Four Years

Almost five months ahead of the deadline, the first section of 10 kilometers out of a total of 42.5 kilometers of the future A3 Bucharest-Ploiesti highway has been asphalted, with work on Ro...

Bogdan Alecu · 18.08.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Skoda Octavia Boasts Highest Sales In Romania In 1H
Automotive

Skoda Octavia Boasts Highest Sales In Romania In 1H

Skoda Octavia was in the first half of this year the car with the highest sales in Romania, according to a ZF analysis based on data from the Association of Car Producers and Importers (APIA...

Bogdan Alecu · 12.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Ionut Bazac Opens Ferrari Store In Monte Carlo, Wants To Bring Another Car Brand To Romania
Automotive

Ionut Bazac Opens Ferrari Store In Monte Carlo, Wants To Bring Another Car Brand To Romania

Ionut Bazac, former health minister from PSD (the Social Democratic Party), who in 2007 brought Ferrari to Romania, wants to launch a third luxury car brand next year.

Bogdan Alecu · 11.08.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romania Halts State Aid To Ford Over Insufficient Investment
Automotive

Romania Halts State Aid To Ford Over Insufficient Investment

The Finance Ministry last year delivered to Ford Romania the first and only tranche of state aid - EUR17.6 million of the total EUR143 million, because the U.S. company invested four times l...

Bogdan Alecu · 11.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Luxury Sedans See Largest Rises On Car Market
Automotive

Luxury Sedans See Largest Rises On Car Market

The premium and luxury automobile segments left the crisis behind in the first half of this year, even recording two-digit sales increases, while sales of cars designed for the “middle class...

Bogdan Alecu · 10.08.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Bechtel, Left With Just Two Sections Of Transylvania Highway After Cashing In EUR640M In 4 Years
Automotive

Bechtel, Left With Just Two Sections Of Transylvania Highway After Cashing In EUR640M In 4 Years

US Bechtel, which in 2003 signed a contract for the construction of Transylvania Highway, between Bors and Brasov, was the largest beneficiary of funds from the Romanian road administration...

Bogdan Alecu · 05.08.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Ford Production In Craiova Starts To Make A Difference
Automotive

Ford Production In Craiova Starts To Make A Difference

Transit Connect utility vehicles, which started to be manufactured by American carmaker Ford in Craiova in the autumn of 2009, are beginning to make a difference in the market for the first...

Bogdan Alecu · 25.07.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min