Minister of the Environment Rovana Plumb will present the government convened in a sitting this Friday the project of the green stamp tax that will replace the first registration tax charged on vehicles. read more...

The payment of the car tax for the motorcars registered before January 2007 was postponed by one year in order to enable car owners to sell their cars, but also because they did not understand enough the way to apply it, according to the information supplied by the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (MMP). read more...

Romanian residents may not drive cars registered in other states for periods longer than 90 days, or for more than three months per year, says a draft act amending the law regarding traffic on public roads, up for debate on the Interior Ministry's website. read more...

Carmaker Renault Romania recalls 4,164 Dacia cars and 740 Renault cars over likely valve problems with engines produced in Spain, said Automobile Dacia representatives. read more...

Carmaker Automobile Dacia will move part of its Sandero model production from Mioveni, Romania to the Renault factory in Casablanca, Morocco, in order to expand production of the Duster model, said Jacques Chauvet, Renault manager for the Euromed region and Dacia chairman. read more...

Ford reorganizes its factories in Europe and the production of Ford Transit Connect will relocate from Romania to Spain, Ford Romania chief Henrik Nenzen said in a talk with the central press. Plans for Craiova changed a little, Nenzen said confirming for the first time that in Romania B Max model will be produced. Another small class model will also be produced in Craiova. read more...

Spanish car importers’ association ANIACAM Wednesday said new registrations of Romanian-manufactured Dacia model fell 34% on the year to 5,771 units in January to May, amid an overall market decline of 26.5%. read more...

Romania's car tax, in its future form, will be paid by the buyer upon the first sale of any car for which the tax has not already been paid, said an Environment Ministry press release on Tuesday, following a press conference held by minister Lazlo Borbely. read more...

Romania’s ruling coalition decided to allow the Government to apply a pollution tax upon the first sale of cars brought to Romania before the enforcement of this new car tax system, people familiar with the matter told Mediafax Monday. read more...

Ford Romania President criticizes his own employees at the Craiova factory, accusing them of inefficiency and waste in an internal editorial, Gazeta de Sud local newspaper reads. read more...

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia has started the production of a new Duster model exclusively for export, Renault Romania director of communications Anca Oreviceanu said Wednesday. read more...

Romanian new car registrations rose 31.8% on the month to 4,999 units in April, but were down nearly 44% from the year-earlier month, Interior Ministry data showed Wednesday. read more...

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia asked for 42.4 million lei (EUR10.5 million) in state aid last year to develop the X 52 project concerning a new Logan model to be launched in 2012. read more...

There are still expensive and the autonomy is reduced but they are easily making their way to the roads. Electric cars are closer to mass commercialization and Renault introduced electric cars in Bucharest for testing. read more...

Public institutions that opt for electric cars through the program that allows the replacement of old cars with new ones will benefit of 5,300 euro from the state, Environment minister Laszlo Borbely declared who initiated an emergency ordinance on this matter. read more...

Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by French group Renault, might cease production for a few days after Easter due to shortages of car parts from earthquake and tsunami-hit Japan. read more...

The Indian car producer Tata Motors considers the possibility of an investment in Cluj, central Romania as representatives of the Indian group meet local authorities, Romanian news agency Mediafax reports. read more...

Renault, which produces in Romania more than 200,000 engines annually for the Dacia range, is to replace, starting 2013, part of the current range with one with more environment-friendly engines, a range that will be manufactured in Piteşti and Valladolid (Spain) and that will equip the new Logan generation. read more...

Renault decided to build, starting 2012 or 2013, in Romania a new generation of engines on gasoline over a French factory where 200 to 400 people will be laid off due to the shift, Liberation reads in an article. read more...

The car factory in Mioveni, southern Romania, has made four million Dacia cars so far, the Romanian carmaker, owned by France’s Renault, said in a press release Friday. read more...