New passenger car sales slid 4.8% to 68,702 units in 2013, from 72,179 units in the previous year.
Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, fell 6.3% to 82,011 units, close to the figures reported 13 years ago.
Last year’s decline was partly offset by a 5.7% increase in car sales during the second half compared with the same period of 2012, APIA said in a statement.
Romania produced a record 410,997 vehicles in 2013, up 21.7% year-on-year. Total exports reached 362,869 vehicles, 9.6% higher on the year.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local new cars market in 2013 with 22,727 units, followed by Volkswagen with 7,447 units and Skoda with 5,516 units, the data showed.