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

11.21.2013

Premiums underwritten on the segment of mandatory car insurance policies (RCA) rose 16% to 1.756 billion lei (EUR0.3 billion) in the first nine months of 2013, largely due to higher tariffs charged by more

11.21.2013

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 8.3% on the year to 55,400 units in the January-October period, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Thursday. more

11.19.2013

New car registrations in Romania fell 17.5% on the year to 5,600 units in October, the sharpest decline in Central and Eastern Europe and in EU, excepting Cyprus, the European Automobile Manufacturers more

11.19.2013

Registrations of used cars imported from Western Europe increased again in October, according to data released by the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV). more

11.13.2013

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s SUV, the Duster, was the fourth best-selling car model in Russia in the first ten months of the year, according to data released Wednesday by the Association of European more

10.25.2013

Asirom, a top ten insurer, wants to balance its portfolio by growing less reliant on auto liability policies and emphasizing more profitable segments such as home or life insurance policies,” says more

10.22.2013

More than 107,000 cars older than ten years have been registered in Romania since the beginning of the year. more

10.21.2013

A new record year for Dacia’s plant in Mioveni and Ford’s production in Romania, which will reach 60,000 cars at its plant in Craiova, have increased car production locally by 20% this year, the more

10.18.2013

Last week’s visit by French group Renault head Charlos Ghosn in Romania highlighted again the competitiveness of the plant in Mioveni compared with the plant in Tangiers, Morocco, where Renault more

10.16.2013

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 9.8% on the year to 43,324 units in the January-September period, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Wednesday. more

10.15.2013

The auto market, both in Europe and in Romania, will continue its decline in 2013 and in 2014, as car sales are affected by the difficult economic context, said Israel Meir, chief executive officer of more

10.10.2013

Economy cannot develop only by boosting production, which is then exported, but also as a result of domestic demand. As people’s income increases, the local market will grow, too. more

10.04.2013

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in Great Britain reached 11,631 units in the first nine months of 2013, and the overall British car market rose 10.76% on the year to 1,794,926 units, more

09.17.2013

New car registrations in Romania rose 25.5% in August to 6,300 units, the highest increase in the European Union, according to European carmakers association ACEA. more

09.16.2013

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 11.4% on the year to 41,493 vehicles in the January-August period, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Monday. more

09.16.2013

French group Renault, owner of Romanian carmaker Dacia, sold almost 185,000 cars on Dacia’s ten largest markets in the first eight months of 2013, up almost 5% on the year. They have a total market more

09.16.2013

Leasing companies affiliated to banks have relied either on funding for vehicle or equipment purchases to keep their business going, as the first half rankings show. more

09.13.2013

Romanian-held Astra leads the ranking of insurers that get the largest revenues from property policies, with gross underwritten premiums of 177 million lei (EUR40 million) in the first six months of more