Romanian carmaker Dacia’s registrations rose 16.4% in the first three months of 2018, to 126,969 units from 109,053 units. Dacia car registrations grew 10.5% in March 2018, to 48.047 units, from 43,488 in March 2017.
In January-March 2018, new car registrations in Europe inched up 0.7%, against the backdrop of a 5.3% decline in March, being the first decline in March over the last four years. New car registrations fell by 12.4% and by 1.5%, respectively, in the UK and Italy, in the first quarter of 2018, but grew by 10.5%, 4% and 2.9%, respectively, in Spain, Germany and France.
In terms of carmakers, increases in the first quarter of 2018 were registered by PSA Group (+65.9% due to purchases of Opel and Vauxhall car brands in August 2017), Hyundai (+7.6%), VW Group (+5.4%), Kia (+5.2%) and Renault (+3%) and decreases were registered by Ford (-15.7%), Nissan (-11%), Jaguar Land Rover Group (-16.5%) and BMW Group (-1.6%).