29 apr 2014

The turnover of the car part manufacturing sector will go up from EUR10.7 billion in 2013 to more than EUR20 billion by 2025, as the global component market will increase from EUR406 billion to more more

22 apr 2014

Romania’s 100 largest road transporters, which control over 90% of the market, have a total fleet of over 20,000 trucks. Of these, 1,000 trucks, namely 5% of the fleet, are daily on Romania's roads more

17 apr 2014

Dacia and Ford assembled 107,573 cars in the first quarter of the year, 0.1% fewer than in the year-ago period, according to the data of the Association of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

16 apr 2014

Wage raises at Dacia’s Mioveni plant by more than 150 lei (EUR34) per month would drive the company into a ‘red’ zone in terms of costs, causing Renault management to relocate production from more

14 apr 2014

The Romanian government and companies need to reshuffle their domestic product promotion policy, following models already implemented by other European countries, says Catalin Olteanu, general manager more

10 apr 2014

Germany’s Continental and Daimler have teamed up on the Romanian market via their automotive divisions to create vocational school programs because the governments of the last few years have done more

9 apr 2014

New car registrations saw the fastest growth pace on the last three years in March, as they rose 40% compared with the year-ago month, and went up by 20% to 13,345 units in the first quarter, more

8 apr 2014

Ion Lazar currently owns the biggest transporter on the Romanian market, taking into account all the seven companies that make up Lazar group of firms. more

1 apr 2014

The increase in car production at both Dacia’s plant in Mioveni and at Ford’s plant in Craiova placed Romania on the top spot among the countries with the highest car production growth rate in more

25 mar 2014

US carmaker Ford will have to receive EUR15 million from the Romanian government even though the company should have been fined EUR14.25 million for its breach of the privatization contract. more

19 mar 2014

If Romania wants to attract investors and become competitive in the region, it needs to speed up infrastructure upgrade process, believes Zoltan Brassai, managing director of Ford Romania and member more

14 mar 2014

The local auto market will increase in 2014 after six consecutive years of decline, driven not by real estate profits but by the growth of various companies, believes Lucian Alexe, shareholder of car more

13 mar 2014

New car registrations rose 5% in February to 3,650 units from the 3,473 in the year-ago period, according to the Driver License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV). more

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