5 feb 2013

The political crisis last summer and the elections in December made a significant impact on the car sales in Romania. While the first half showed a slight rebound after more than five years of more

1 feb 2013

Opher Linchevski, chief executive of Israeli transport and logistics company Maman Group, part of giant Taavura, says it took over 65% in Romanian transport and logistics firm International Business more

31 ian 2013

Renault is in talks with Turkish carmaker Karsan Otomotiv to have Dacia Dokker made at the Akcalar plant in Bursa, Turkey, according to wardsauto.com, a website specializing in the automotive more

29 ian 2013

The environmental stamp duty computational formula complies with the requirements of the European Commission and will help reduce imports of polluting cars, says Brent Valmar, vice-president of the more

28 ian 2013

Romanian automaker Dacia manufactured a little more than 307,000 cars in 2012 at its plant in Mioveni, southern Romania, down 6% from 2011, the second year of production decline. more

24 ian 2013

The 11th modification of the car pollution tax and its change into an environmental stamp duty will encourage imports of old, polluting cars, while sales of new cars will continue to decline, players more

17 ian 2013

Dacia brand with its entry-level model Logan need to remain competitive and keep the almost ten-year advance over competition, says Renault’s chief operating officer. more

10 ian 2013

Gefco Romania’s turnover growth will be driven this year by trade with countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan and even China, as traditional countries for Romanian exports, Western European countries, more

4 ian 2013

Romania dropped three positions in last year’s sales ranking of carmaker Dacia to sixth in Europe behind countries such as France, Turkey or Spain, according to the data of the European Automobile more

29 dec 2012

Only Ford Fiesta model of the top ten best selling cars of 2012 saw higher sales in the first eleven months of the year according to the statistics of the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

14 dec 2012

Volvo Group will integrate the sales and service networks of Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks in Romania, considering the fact that at international level Renault Trucks is a division on Volvo Group more

11 dec 2012

Luxury car sales have resumed the trend of 2007-2008, as the number of registered units doubled, while inexpensive ‘middle class’ brands are witnessing large declines, on Romania's dwindling auto more

7 dec 2012

Automotive News, one of the world’s most prestigious car news publications, dedicated the cover story of its December Global Monthly supplement to an analysis of the Dacia brand, naming the Romanian more

27 nov 2012

Only three of the 45 car brands officially sold in Romania posted higher sales in the first ten months of this year compared with the same time of 2007. Ten brands, on the other hand, saw their sales more

20 nov 2012

Companies account for 69% of overall car sales, while sales to individuals fell by 55% in the first ten months of 2012 compared with the similar interval a year ago, according to Business Magazin, more

14 nov 2012

Almost all premium and luxury car brands posted double or triple-digit growth in the first ten months of the year, while volume brands continued to decline because of an almost non-existing clunkers more

12 nov 2012

The second generation of the low-cost model initially designed for emerging markets in Eastern Europe and North Africa, Logan, will account for one third of Renault’s annual production of 2.7 more

8 nov 2012

On a market still suffering from the difficult economy, more and more volume brands have shifted to sales of fleets, which are the only constant on the auto market of the last two years. As the more

6 nov 2012

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia, owned by French group Renault, will launch November 13 its second-generation Logan on the local market. more

5 nov 2012

Romania has fallen to fifth place among the most important European Union markets for Dacia, according to a ZF analysis based on the car registrations on its biggest markets. more

31 oct 2012

Peugeot importer Trust Motors might soon take over the imports in Romania of Citroen, the second brand of France's second largest car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen group, sources in the industry say. more

23 oct 2012

Automotive component manufacturers in Romania have no problems with the product quality but with productivity, says Franz Linner, BMW Group vice-president purchasing, production and technology cockpit more

22 oct 2012

Greek businessman Ioannis Papalekas, who also bought bankrupt City Mall and insolvent Tower Center in Bucharest this year, has made a new acquisition, namely the site of Porsche Aviatiei showroom, more

18 oct 2012

Dacia’s plant in Mioveni has entered its second development phase with the start of production for the new generation of Logan and Sandero cars, where work on the assembly line is not done by human more

16 oct 2012

The year 2012 is a closed chapter for the companies in the Romanian auto industry, which have already accepted the almost 20% decline of the market and are focusing on what will happen next year when more