Romania ranks 14th in the EU by volume, with 124,049 new car registrations, in the first nine months of 2019.
In September 2019, new car registrations in the EU grew 14.5% compared with September 2018, reaching 1,249,403 units.
New car registrations in the January-September 2019 period grew in Germany (+2.5%), but fell in France (-1.3%), Italy (-1.6%), UK (-2.5%) and Spain (-7.4%), respectively. The total volume of new cars registered in the EU reached 11,769,175 units, which translates into a 1.6% decrease compared with the same period in 2018.
By carmakers, Volkswagen group recorded the most car registrations in Europe, with 2,958,415 units, 1.3% fewer on the year, followed by PSA Group with 1,956,666 units, 0.2% fewer on the year, and by Renault Group with 1,265,017 units, 2.4% fewer on the year (of which DACIA: 449,949 units, 11% more than in January-September 2018).
Ford saw 739,639 new car registrations in the first nine months of 2019, 3.8% fewer than in the year-earlier period.