At the end of March, Dacia had a market share of 1.4% in Germany, down from 1.5% in February.

In March, Dacia sales rose 2%, to 4,056 units compared with the same period in 2014.

The German auto market grew 6.4% in the first three months of the year, to 757,630 units.

The biggest growth rates were posted by Jeep (+90.9%, to 3,380 units), Mitsubishi (+57.5%, to 7,467 units) and Smart (+49.5%, to 9,377 units).

At the opposite end, the biggest declines were registered by Chevrolet (-96.6%, to 134 units), Lancia (-29.4%, to 223 units) and Jaguar (-29.6%, to 962 units).

New registrations of Renault, part of the French group that also owns Dacia, dropped 8.3% in January-March, to 22,907 units. Renault has a market share of 3% in Germany.

Sales of market leader Volkswagen rose 13.8% in the first three months, to 168,058 units, and the carmaker has a market share of 22.3%.

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

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