In June alone, new car registrations reached 7,326 units, down 5.4% on the month and almost 15% lower on the year, according to the ministry’s license and car registration division.
Overall new auto registrations–including commercial vehicles, trailers and special purpose vehicles–reached 8,494 units in June, down 14.4% on the year.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local new cars market with 2,245 units in June, the data showed.
Romanian new car registrations fell 13.6% on the year to 81,709 units in 2011.