At the same time, the level of registrations of used cars also fell, by 2.3%, to 395,759 units, down from 405,045 units in 2020.
In December, new car registrations were down 25.7% to 11,858 cars and used car registrations were 20% below December 2020 levels at 27,238 units.
In terms of brands, the annual ranking is led by Dacia with 34,788 units, followed by Hyundai with 9,532 units, Toyota (8,255 units), Ford (8,184 units), Renault (8,125 units), Skoda (7,967 units), Volkswagen (7,909 units), Suzuki (4,383 units), Mercedes (3,671 units) and BMW (3,257 units).
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)