Of these, 144,406 were passenger cars (+11.7% on the year) and 22,995 were commercial vehicles (-3.5%).
Vehicle sales in Romania are still fueled by companies, which accounted for 56% of total car sales in January-October 2019. Sales to individuals grew 24.1% in the first ten months of 2019, to 63,029 units, from just 50,769 units in the same period in 2018, with individuals accounting for 44% of total car sales from 39% in the same period of 2018.
Registrations of used cars dropped 5.0% in January-October 2019, to 370,987 units, and the number of cars older than 12 years decreased significantly.
Ford Romania registered significant volumes after the first ten months of 2019, namely, a production of 111,914 vehicles (-6.0%) and 111,215 vehicles (-7.0%) to export.
In October 2019 alone, vehicle sales volume grew 6.4% compared with October 2018.
By brands, the ranking is led by Dacia with 47,199 units, followed by Volkswagen with 14,294 units and Renault with 13,895 units. Dacia leads the ranking for cars, with 44,773 units, while Ford leads the ranking for light commercial vehicles, with 3,082 units.
On the car segment, Dacia has a market share of 31.0%, followed by Volkswagen with 8.7%, Renault with 8.5%, Skoda with 8.1%, and Ford with 6.5%.
By car models, with 17,793 vehicles sold, Dacia Logan is the best-selling model in the first ten months of 2019, followed by Dacia Duster, with 10,827 units, Dacia Sandero with 10,077 units, Renault Clio with 5,143 units and Skoda Octavia with 4,576 units.
Electric and hybrid cars accounted for 3.7% of the auto market in the first ten months of 2019, from just 2.7% in the same period last year. Sales grew to 5,283 units compared with 3,509 in the same period in 2018.
Gasoline-powered vehicles account for 71% of the total, from 61.5% in the first ten months of 2018.