Car sales rose 17.1% to 93,380 units, while sales of commercial vehicles grew 19.3% to 21,580 units.
In October alone, car sales rose 9.7% compared with October 2015 and fell 3.8% compared with September.
Nevertheless, second-hand car imports increased 24.6% in the first ten months, to around 255,000 units, negatively impacting the auto market, according to APIA representatives.
The top selling carmakers in Romania in the first ten months were local Dacia, with 28,837 units (30.9% of total car sales), followed by Volkswagen with 9,884 units (10.6%), Dacia owner Renault with 6,720 units (7.2%), Ford with 5,600 units (6%), and Opel with 4,325 units (4.6%).
By types of fuel, diesel cars accounted for 48.212% of total sales, down from 53.1% in the same period a year before, while the volumes of hybrid and electric car doubled on the year in January-October.
Romania produced 301,538 vehicles in January-October, 8.3% less than in the same period last year. Of these, 266,590 were made by Dacia and 34,948 by Ford.
Romania’s vehicle exports in January-October fell 9.4% to 273,220 units, accounting for around 90.6% of the country’s output, versus 91.7% in the same period a year earlier.