02.17.2015

New car registrations in Romania fell 2.7% to 4,978 units in January, from 5,118 units in the same month in 2013, while the sales volumes of Romanian Dacia rose 7.3% to 30,280 units, above the EU auto more

02.13.2015

In 2015, sales of new cars to individuals will be supported both by the clunkers program (Rabla) and by the First Car scheme and people aged below 35 will be able to buy a new passenger car for around more

02.10.2015

Romanian government on Tuesday decided to assign this year RON350 million (EUR79 million) as guarantees for lending program "First Car", while other banks and non-banking financial institutions can more

02.09.2015

Romanian government will assign this year RON350 million (EUR79.36 million) as guarantees for car loan program "First Car", according to a draft decision which also stipulates that other banks and more

01.29.2015

Romania’s auto market grew in 2014 after six years of steep declines, witnessing a 21.5% increase in sales of cars and commercial vehicles, to 100,330 units, but figures are still far from the more

01.29.2015

Romania’s car industry climbed from revenue worth EUR8 billion in 2009 to EUR18 billion in 2014, according to data provided by the association of automotive manufacturers in Romania ACAROM. more

01.23.2015

Car purchases by individuals rose by 20% last year, in line with the market, with a trend of buyers paying cash in the detriment of classical products, such as bank loans. In the case of legal more

01.14.2015

Three out of four car brands sold in Romania saw growth of new car registrations in 2014, the first year of growth of the local auto market after six years of decline. more

01.08.2015

New car registrations rose by 20% year-on-year to almost 69,200 units in 2014, ZF has calculated based on the Driver’s License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV) data. more

12.24.2014

Car dealers will team up after recent years’ acquisitions to slash costs and adapt to the lower market volumes compared with the over 300,000 cars sold in 2007 and 2008, and this is one of the major more

12.19.2014

The local auto market needs its potential customers to be able to get funding in order to grow the sales volumes towards the 2007-2008 level of more than 300,000 vehicles. more

12.18.2014

Romanian new passenger car sales rose 23.4% on the year to 76,525 units in January-November, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Thursday. more

12.16.2014

Romania registered the third largest increase in new car registrations in the European Union in the first 11 months of the year, of 23.9%, on a rising EU market, while Romanian Dacia has the biggest more

12.15.2014

Electric car sales are expected to surge from several units to several dozen or even 100 in Romania in 2015, as Volkswagen enters the segment. more

12.11.2014

Dacia sales in Europe rose by 28% in the first 10 months of this year, to almost 307,600 cars, with 2014 being the first year when the Romanian brand went beyond the mark of 300,000 passenger cars more

11.24.2014

Out of the 11 segments of the local auto market, only the luxury, subcompact, compact SUV and compact car segments saw a higher growth rate than the entire market's, 24%, in January-October this year, more

11.21.2014

Car part maker Preh Romania, a supplier of Porsche, Daimler, Audi or BMW, plans to recruit 100 people for its plant of Ghimbav, Brasov county. The company now has around 800 employees after recruiting more

11.18.2014

Romanian new passenger car sales rose 24.2% on the year to 68,830 units in January-October, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Tuesday. more

11.18.2014

Romania's government on Tuesday approved the regulations for the car loan program "First Car", allowing buyers to get state-guaranteed loans. more

11.18.2014

Romania registered the third largest increase in new car registrations in the European Union, of 26.2%, in the first ten months of 2014, and Dacia saw the highest growth, of 28.7%, to 304,405 units, more

11.18.2014

Owners of cards issued by local banks operated payments at local and foreign retailers worth 22 billion lei (EUR5 billion) in the first nine months of this year, 16% above the level of the more

11.10.2014

The local BMW importer in Romania sold 389 cars in the first nine months of 2014, which will be used in companies' car fleets, and hopes sales will reach 445 units out of a total 1,500 by the end of more

11.03.2014

A number of 43 new cars with a price tag of more than EUR100,000 were registered in Romania in the first nine months of this year, according to the Driver's License and Vehicle Registration Department more

10.27.2014

This year’s clunkers scheme wound up last week, with 20,641 new passenger cars sold, out of which 3,641 cars were purchased by legal persons and public institutions. more

10.20.2014

The First Car scheme, which is to be launched in Romania next month and allow a lower level of interest rates for those who want to buy a new passenger car for up to RON50,000, after the model of the more