Among the top five brands by registrations in January, only two saw an increase – Dacia gained almost 2% to over 4,000 units, while Volkswagen gained almost 10/% to 838 units.
The brands that saw the steepest decline were Toyota, 5%, though the brand remains in the lead by imports, and Renault, 7.4%.
The number of secondhand cars registered for the first time in Romania increased by 1% to 27,537 in January, keeping the ratio of used to new car registrations at three to one.
New car registrations in Romania went up 5.6% to 151,105 in 2024 over 2023, while in the EU they only went up 0.8% to 10,632,381, according to ACAROM and ACEA data.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)