A year earlier, new car registrations stood at 8,471 units, according to the ministry’s license and car registration division.
Overall new auto registrations–including commercial vehicles, trailers and special purpose vehicles–reached 11,078 units in August, up 10.2% from 10,018 units in the same month of 2010.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local new cars market with 2,151 units in August, followed by Volkswagen with 1,028 units and Skoda with 853 units.
In January through August, new car registrations fell 11.7% on the year to 49,006 units, the data showed.
Romanian new car registrations reached 94,541 units in 2010, down 18.5% from the previous year.