At the end of May, Dacia had a market share of 1.5% in Germany.

In May, Dacia sales fell 17.1%, to 4,064 units compared with the same period in 2014, and Dacia had a market share of 1.6% in Germany.

The German auto market fell 6.7% in May, to 256,385 units.

New registrations of Renault, part of the French group that also owns Dacia, dropped 2% in January-May, to 42,996 units. Renault has a market share of 3.3% in Germany.

Sales of market leader Volkswagen rose 7.7% in the first five months, to 287,504 units, and the carmaker has a market share of 22%.

The biggest growth rates in the first five months were posted by Jeep (79.3%, to 5,721 units), Mitsubishi (73.2%, to 14,530 units) and Smart (49.4%, to 16,209 units).

At the opposite end, the biggest declines were registered by Chevrolet (-93.8%, to 291 units), Jaguar (-21.5%, to 1,673 units) and Honda (-12.4%, to 8,398 units).

Germany is Dacia’s second largest market after France. Dacia’s sales in Germany rose 7.5% last year, to 48,907 units.