New car registrations in the EU increased by 7,6% year-on-year in May 2017, to 1,386,818 units, according to ACAROM. Significant increases were registered in Germany (12,9%) and France (8,9%), while Great Britain saw a significant decline, of 8,5%.
In January-May 2017, new car registrations in the EU rose 5,3%, to a total 6,719,209 units.
The ranking of countries is led by Germany, with 1,459,333 new car registrations (+4,7%), followed by Great Britain with 1,158,357 units (-0,6%) and Italy with 958,051 units (+8,1%).
Romania ranks 19th in the EU, with 36,978 new car registrations, seeing an increase of 23,3% compared with the same period in 2016.
As for new passenger car registrations by manufacturer, VW group ranks first in January-May, with 1,619,636 units, up 3% on the year, followed by PSA group, with 691,724 units, up 1.8% on the year. Renault group, with 690,330 units, up 8.0% on the year, of which Dacia with 196,103 units, saw an increase of 11% compared with the same period in 2016.