Dacia’s market share in October increased to 2.2% in the EU, from 1.5% in September and 2.1% in October 2010.
Dacia, part of France’s Renault group, had a market share of 1.9% in the EU in January-October last year.
Dacia registrations increased 5.5% on the year in October, to 22,632 units.
Dacia’s sales in Europe spiked in 2008-2010, boosted by government-backed clunkers programs in Germany and France.
Dacia registrations in the EU rose from less than 70,000 in 2007 to over 250,000 in 2010, when the carmaker had a market share of 1.9% in Europe, according to ACEA reports.
The EU car market declined 1.2% in January-October by number of new registrations, to 11.126 million units, from 11.257 million units in the first ten months of 2010.
In Romania, new car registrations declined 9.8% in January-October, to 63,723 units. In October, the Romanian car market dropped 5.5%, to 7,828 new registrations.
Romania has the 17th biggest car market in the EU by new registrations in January-October.
Germany was the only European car market to register significant growth in new car registrations in the first ten months (9.8%), while France, the second largest market, posted a growth of just 0.4%. In the UK, Italy, and Spain, registrations dropped by 4.5%, 10.8%, and 19.7%, respectively.
In October alone, new car registrations in Europe declined 1.8%, to little over one million units, with a stable evolution in Germany (+ 0.6%), growth in France and the UK (2.4% and 2.6%, respectively), and declines in Italy (-5.5%) and Spain (-6.7%).
Of the largest carmakers, only Volkswagen posted significant growth in January-October, of 7.5%, to 2.579 million units. Registrations of PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault declined 7.6% and 8.5%, respectively, and General Motors was stable, with a slight growth of 0.3%. Fiat posted a decline of 11.9%, and BMW, the biggest manufacturer of premium cars, posted a 9.5% increase in new registrations.