Car sales, which make up 82% of the overall auto market, rose 15.9% on the year in the first ten months, while sales of commercial vehicles grew 27.6%.
In October alone, car sales increased 20.3% compared with October 2014.
The top selling carmakers in Romania in the first ten months were local Dacia, with 27,986 units (35.1% of total car sales), followed by Volkswagen with 7,960 units (10%), Skoda with 7,245 units (9.1%), Ford with 4,991 units (6.3%), Dacia owner Renault with 4,832 units (6.1%) and Opel with 2,953 units (3.7%).
By types of fuel, diesel cars accounted for 53.3% of total sales, down from 67.4% at the beginning of the year. Hybrid and electric car sales reached 411 units (of which 25 fully electric) in January-October, from 182 units (of which just six electric cars) in the same period last year.
Car sales on the Romanian market are still fueled by purchases made by companies which covered 73% in January-October.
Second-hand car imports increased 12.8% in the first ten months, to around 204,000 units from 181,000 units in the same period last year.
Romania produced 328,776 vehicles in January-October, 0.2% less than in the same period last year. Of these, 286,789 were made by Dacia and 41,987 by Ford.
Romania’s vehicle exports in January-October fell 0.1% to 301,580 units, accounting for around 92% of the country’s output.