Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, stood at 80,657 units in the first nine months, 7.5% lower from 87,199 units in the corresponding period of 2010.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local new cars market in January through September with 20,490 units, followed by Volkswagen with 7,400 units and Skoda with 6,137 units.
In September alone, new passenger car sales rose 17% on the month to 9,120 units, but were down 7% compared with the same month in the previous year, the data showed.
Romanian car sales fell 18.3% on the year to 119,417 units in 2010.