For new vehicles alone, passenger vehicle registrations dropped 22% and freight transport vehicle registrations dropped 20% on the year in the first quarter.
Romania registered 138,996 road vehicles for passenger transport in the first quarter, of which 29,043 new vehicles, and 27,251 freight transport vehicles, of which 8,744 new.
Romanians registered 136,059 passenger cars in the first quarter, down 7% on the year, of which 27,980 were new and the rest used.
The number of moped and motorcycle registrations grew 13.4% in the first quarter, while on the bus and micro-bus segment, registrations dropped 56%.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, new registrations of passenger vehicles dropped 11%, while registrations of freight transport vehicles remained constant.