04.09.2014

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

04.09.2014

Doina Cepalis, the Pascani entrepreneur who owns Te-Rox group of firms manufacturing children’s car seats, took over 50% in stock of Terox Bhs Impex of Botosani, where she has already started more

04.08.2014

The share of transport equipment in the overall exports rose from 3% to 14% between 2000 and 2013, during a period when the value of exports increased from EUR11 billion to EUR49 billion, which more

03.18.2014

Romanian new passenger car sales rose 18.8% on the year to 8,963 units in the first two months of 2014, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Tuesday. more

03.13.2014

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

03.05.2014

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

02.18.2014

Romanian new passenger car sales rose 15.6% to 3,855 vehicles in January from the year-earlier month, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Tuesday. more

02.18.2014

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

02.13.2014

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

02.07.2014

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

02.05.2014

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

02.04.2014

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

01.28.2014

Romania’s antitrust watchdog has started an investigation into the local car insurance market. more

01.28.2014

Romanian new passenger car sales fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2013, hurt by growing demand for used vehicles and by a decline in the purchasing power, the Automotive Manufacturers and more

01.21.2014

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

01.13.2014

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

01.08.2014

Romanians bought over 13,000 new cars in 2013 via the government-backed clunkers program offering 23,000 vouchers worth RON6,500 each to people and companies scrapping cars older than ten years. more

01.05.2014

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

12.27.2013

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

12.16.2013

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 7.2% on the year to 62,033 units in the January-November period, from 66,832 units in the year-earlier months, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

12.13.2013

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

12.03.2013

For the first time in six years, companies in the automotive business no longer expect a rebound next year, so the 2014 target is flat sales, as all estimates so far turned out to be wrong. more

12.02.2013

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France rose 8.4% in January-November to 79,865 cars, while the French car market shrank 7.1% to 1.61 million units, according to the French more

11.27.2013

Car production in Romania has been going down for three months now, and only Dacia somewhat rebounded in October, while Ford’s decline is getting worse. Does the target of 400,000 cars manufactured more

11.21.2013

The solution to renew Romania’s car park and lower use car imports is to boost the income of potential buyers, instead of taking further regulatory measures, Stefan Penthin, partner at consulting more