Dacia market share in Great Britain rose to 1.05% in January-June, from 1.01% in the similar period a year earlier. At the end of the first five months, Dacia had a market share of 1.06%.
In June, Dacia car sales in Great Britain climbed 33% to 2,568 units, from 1,931 units in the same month in 2014, securing it a 1% market share, from 0.85% a year ago.
Jeep registered the biggest growth in the UK in the first six months (+228.8%, 5,353 units), followed by Infiniti (+169.4%, 609 units) and Mitsubishi (119.8%, 13,190 units).
The best-selling carmakers in January-June were Ford (177,150 units), Vauxhall (142,434 units) and Volkswagen (120,064 units).
In June, new car registrations in Great Britain increased 12.9% to 257,817 units, an upward trend for the 40th consecutive month.
France and Germany are Dacia’s largest markets.
Registrations of new Dacia cars in France declined 7.5% on the year in January-June, to 54,195 units, the biggest decline among carmakers with large sales volumes, while the French auto market grew 6.1% to 1,017,500 units.
New registrations of Dacia cars in Germany declined 7.6% on the year in January-June to 23,751 units, while the German car market rose 5.2%, to 1.618 million units.