A total of 38,431 new cars were assembled in January, 19,800 by Dacia, which saw the worst decline, 15%, despite the launch of new Logan and Sandero Stepway generations, and 18,600 by Ford, 6% fewer, Romania’s carmaker association ACAROM data show. In January last year, Ford was preparing to boost production of the newly launched Puma SUV.
Besides the lockdown affecting certain markets, there is also the shortage of certain components, which caused Dacia to halt production for three days in February.
Ford, however, kept going in Craiova, while halting production of the Focus model in Germany for a month, due to the lack of microchips.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)