The only country to have seen higher growth was Lithuania, 43% to almost 46,500 new cars registered.
Romania also climbed one place in the EU ranking by volume, from 15 to 14, leaving Hungary behind. Hungary had 157,900 new cars registered last year, 16% more than in 2018. On the other hand, Hungary has half the population of Romania.
Dacia’s registrations in the EU and EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) rose by 10.1% to 581,543 units. The rise offset the 3.7% decline of the Renault brand and allowed the group to post growth of 1% to 1.65 million units.
Dacia remained in the lead by registrations in Romania, as well, almost 37% more than in 2018, over 50,300 units. Renault took second place, almost 13,600 units, 28% more, followed by Ford, 12,420 new cars registered, 28% more than in 2018 again.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)