10 mar 2014

Mihai Bordeanu, the former marketing director of Dacia and Renault brands with Renault Commercial Roumanie, took the position of marketing director for UK, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta with Renault UK as more

5 mar 2014

The record car production in Mioveni and Craiova put Romania on the eighth place among car manufacturing countries in Europe in 2013, ahead of two Western countries, Italy and Belgium, for the first more

25 feb 2014

The Auto Muntenia competitive cluster, which includes Automobile Dacia, Renault Technologie Roumanie and the University of Pitesti, is to get a grant of EUR15 million from the European Union to more

18 feb 2014

Carmakers Dacia and Ford assembled almost 32,800 cars together in January, according to market data, 6% fewer than in the year-ago month. This is the first time in three years when car production more

13 feb 2014

More than 5,100 new cars were registered in January, an increase of 15% on the year-ago period. This is the highest level in five years, as the last year when more than 5,000 new cars were registered more

12 feb 2014

Registrations of commercial utility vehicles of over 3.5 tons went up 13% to 3,200 units in Romania, while the European market grew 6.5% last year, according to the data of the European Automobile more

7 feb 2014

The record production growth of the Dacia plant in Mioveni, southern Romania, by 16% to 342,600 cars in 2013 had to do with the decision of its owner, Renault, to rebadge the Logan models exported to more

5 feb 2014

The ten largest companies in car trade business sold 72,200 cars in 2013, 3.6% fewer than in 2012, according to data released by the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA). more

4 feb 2014

In less than two months, Rolls Royce has announced the delivery of a EUR250,000 model on the market of the Republic of Moldova, and Ferrari, through the importer of Romania and a local partner, has more

3 feb 2014

The tire industry in Romania is picking up this year, after a 30% decline in 2013, driven by exports to the Western Europe, a market that is doing well now, says Jacek Pryzcek, general manager more

28 ian 2014

Star Transmissions, a unit of the Daimler group, will manufacture state-of-the-art transmissions for the Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse and S-Klasse luxury models, which cost upwards of EUR50,000, in its more

27 ian 2014

Car production hit a record high in Romania in 2013, overshooting the 400,000-unit mark for the first time, according to data provided by the two automakers operating locally, Dacia and Ford, more

23 ian 2014

Deutsche Bank--which is developing a technology center for Eastern Europe in Bucharest that will employ 500--got a EUR15 million aid from the Romanian government in December to support a EUR40 million more

21 ian 2014

Registrations of cars with a price tag of over EUR200,000 fell by almost 20% to 19 units in 2013, from a total 23 in 2012, according to the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department more

14 ian 2014

Trust Motors, the long-time importer of Peugeot cars in Romania, saw its revenue rise by EUR10 million last year to over EUR60 million after it took over Citroen imports as well starting January 2013. more

14 ian 2014

Road transport company edy Spedition, whose fleet reached almost 1,000 trucks in the years before 2012, is set to rely on shipments abroad this year as cost pressures are mounting on the domestic more

13 ian 2014

Only 12 of the almost 80 car brands in Romania posted growth in 2013, as the total number of new cars registered fell 13% to 57,700, according to the Driver License and Vehicle Registration Department more

8 ian 2014

Ford Romania ended 2013, its first full year of car and engine production, with almost 70,000 B-Max vehicles assembled and 250,000 engines made, sources close to the plant in Craiova said. more

5 ian 2014

2014 should be the year of the rebound of the car market after 2013 was the year of car production. more

27 dec 2013

Customers are now making car purchases based on price, as well as on emissions level, since the new taxes they have to pay depend on how much pollution a particular vehicle generates, says Cristian more

13 dec 2013

This year will see the second highest level of used car imports in a decade, 225,000 units, and the average age of the car stock in the country is rising towards 14 years compared with 11 in early more

9 dec 2013

Dana Cortina, the current general manager of Porsche Holding’s retail unit in Romania, Porsche Inter Auto, will become general manager of Volkswagen Group Retail Spain (VGRS) as of February 1, 2014. more

9 dec 2013

Ford Motor Company officials say the plant in Craiova (southern Romania) is important for the group, because it makes two EcoBoost engines and the B-Max car model, even though the plant stopped more

5 dec 2013

The members of the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) said 2014 will be the last year when Romania will carry out the government-backed cash-for-clunkers program. more

4 dec 2013

The Government wants to postpone the construction of the Pitesti-Sibiu highway, the most important infrastructure project for the local industry and exports, by almost ten years choosing to build a more