Dacia’s market share in Germany fell to 1.1% in September, from 2% in August.
Of the 33 car brands analyzed by KBA, 18 registered a decrease in registrations. Volkswagen registrations fell 2.2% to 50,242 units.
The Renault brand saw an 8.6% decrease in registrations in September, to 7,111 cars.
Dacia’s new car registrations in Germany rose 1.7% in January-September to 34,468 units and the car brand’s market share was 1.6%, similar to that in the first eight months of the year.
The overall German car market fell 6% in the first nine months of 2013 to 2,217,019 units.
Volkswagen registrations dropped 8.6% in January-September to 470,638 cars and the group had a market share of 21.2%.
The Renault brands witnessed an 8.8% decline in registrations in the first nine months to 72,732 units and its market share in Germany was 3.3%.
Germany was the second largest market for Dacia last year, after France.
Carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France rose 7.3% in the first nine months of 2013 to 65,291 units, while the overall French car market shrank 8.5% to 1.31 million units.
In September, Dacia registrations in France climbed 11.1% to 5,052 units. Its market share rose slightly, to 3.55% from 3.31% in the similar month a year ago.
Dacia sales worldwide rose 4.8% on the year to 359,822 cars in 2012.