Dacia car registrations in France declined 5.1% in the first ten months of the year to 67,454 units, while the overall French car market decreased 13.3%, to 1.59 million units.
Dacia registrations on the French market fell 14.1% in September.
The Romanian carmaker’s market share dropped to 4.08% in October, from 4.86% in the same interval a year ago. Between January and October, its market share increased to 4.23%, from 3.87% in the first ten months of 2011.
Dacia’s SUV, the Duster, was the best-selling Dacia model in January-October, with 28,782 units and a market share of 1.8%, and was ranked 12th among 100 car models. Sandero was the 16th best-selling model, with 22,436 registrations and a 1.4% market share. Lodgy was ranked 37th with 10,758 units and a market share of 0.7%.
On the light commercial vehicle segment, Dacia registrations dropped 68% in October, to 162 units, and 19.5% in January-October to 3,400 units.
Registrations of French group Renault, owner of Dacia, fell 25.5% in October to 47,045 units (both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles). Registrations dropped 17.4% on the year to 470,479 units in January-October.