Dacia’s market share stood at 1.8% in January-February, according to KBA.
Only three of 33 analyzed car makes had bigger growths than Dacia. Jaguar registrations rose 36% to 648 cars, Ford grew 28.7% to 29,488 units and Mazda advanced 26.9% to 8,547 cars.
German registrations of Renault, Dacia’s owner, dropped 6.9%, to 13,373 units.
Of the 33 analyzed car makes, 20 saw an upward trend in the first two months of 2014.
In February, Dacia sales increased 17.7% to 3,436 units, while the overall German car market rose 4.3%, to 209,349 units. Dacia’s market share stood at 1.6% in February and at 1.9% in January.
German registrations of Renault fell 6% to 7,348 cars in February.
Volkswagen, leader on the German market, witnessed an increase of 4% in the first two months of 2014, to 89,770 new car registrations, but saw a 1.3% decline in February, to 42,324 units.
Germany is the second largest market for Dacia cars, after France.
Dacia’s overall sales increased 19.3% in 2013, to 429,540 vehicles. Dacia’s sales reached 404,000 units outside Romania and rose 25.9% on the European market, which shrank 1.7%.