Dacia was ranked 22nd among 41 car brands since its debut on the British auto market.
In March alone, Dacia car registrations reached 1,651 units, securing a 0.42% market share.
Dacia officially launched sales in Great Britain in January this year, but the British people could pre-order Dacia’s SUV, the Duster, since the end of June 2012. The Sandero car model has also been put on sale in the Uk since January, at a starting price of only GBP5,995.
The British auto market saw a 7.4% increase in new car registrations in the first quarter, to 605,198 units, contrary to the negative trend in other large European countries like Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
Dacia’s new car registrations in Germany fell 2.3% to 9,974 units on the year in the first three months of 2013, while the German auto market shrank 12.9% to 673,957 units, according to German car registration office KBA.
Dacia’s new car registrations in France surged to 22,598 units in the first quarter of 2013, up 24.5% compared with the similar interval a year ago, according to the French carmakers association.
Dacia’s worldwide sales rose 4.8% on the year in 2012, to 359,822 cars, of which a little over 6% were sold on the Romanian market, where Dacia holds the top spot. Dacia cars are mainly sold in France (23.4%), Germany (13%), Algeria, Turkey and Italy.