Romania ranks 16th in the EU by volume, with 71.620 new car registrations in the first half of the year.
In the EU, new car registrations dropped 3.1% on the year in the first six months, to 8.18 million units.
In June alone, new registrations in the EU dropped 7.8% compared with June 2018, to 1.44 million units.
New car registrations in the first half grew just 0.5% in Germany, while declines were recorded in France (-1.8%), Spain (-5.7%), Italy (-3.5%) and UK (-3.4%).