Overall, in the first ten months of this year new car registrations rose by over 26%, to 58,903 units. Thus, in January-October period there were more new cars registered than in the entire 2013 year, when 57,710 new passenger cars were registered.
Of the 50 car brands registered in Romania, only 11 posted declines in the first ten months.
October was the last month of this year supported by the Rabla (clunkers) scheme 2014. Overall, 20,641 new cars were purchased through the scheme, out of which 3,641 were bought by companies. Thus, the scheme accounted for 36% in the new car registrations of the first ten months of 2014.
The value of new cars sold through the scheme totaled almost EUR250 million this year.
Theoretically, starting November the local automotive market should be supported by the First Car scheme, similar with the Rabla one, addressing first-time car buyers.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)