Romania ranks 14th in the EU by volume, with 118,003 new car registrations, in the first eight months of 2019.
In July 2019, new car registrations in the EU grew 1.4% compared with July 2018, reaching 1,294,596 units, mainly due to increases in Central European countries.
In August 2019, new car registrations in the EU saw an 8.4% decline compared with August 2018, to a volume of 1,041,856 units. The decline in August 2019 is mainly due to the fact that in August 2018 (the basis of comparison was the month prior to the introduction of a new WLTP (world harmonized light-duty vehicles test procedure) emission test), new car registrations saw a 31.2% increase compared with August 2017.
New car registrations in the January-August 2019 period grew in Germany (+0.9%), but fell in France (-3.0%), Italy (-3.0%), UK (-3.4%) and Spain (-9.2%), respectively. The total volume new cars registered in the EU reached 10,520,238 units, which translates into a 3.2% decrease compared with the same period in 2018.
By carmakers, Volkswagen group recorded the most car registrations in Europe, with 2,698,300 units, 4.3% fewer on the year, followed by PSA Group with 1,747,651 units, 0.7% fewer on the year, and by Renault Group with 1,140,842 units, 4.9% fewer on the year (of which DACIA: 412,669 units, 10% more than in January-August 2018).
Ford saw 654,779 new car registrations in the first eight months of 2019, 5.2% fewer than in the year-earlier period.