Romanian carmaker Dacia sold 62,826 Logan models in Russia in 2010, up 17% from 2009, ranking sixth among the best-sold brands, on a market which grew 30%, to 1.9 million units. read more...

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia's sales on foreign markets grew by 15% last year compared to 2009, to more than 311,000 units, with France accounting for over a third of total exports. read more...

Dacia's biggest market in 2012 will be the UK, according to company officials, the third big European market that the French have set out to conquer with the Romanian brand, after France and Germany. read more...

Dacia sales advanced by 12% last year globally, to about 349,000 units of which 23,000 units were commercial vehicles, Renault data revealed. read more...

Dacia's output went up by almost 15% to 340,000 vehicles last year, the all time high reached by the Mioveni-based plant, 10,000 cars more than the latest estimates. read more...

The up to threefold increase in the pollution tax for second-hand cars has made them more expensive on the Romanian market, car market players say. read more...

The most economical new cars will be subject to a pollution tax of 50 euros as of January 1st, with its value growing to nearly 1,900 euros for over 4.0-litre engine cars, such as is the case of the Audi A8 and Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse saloon cars. read more...

Registrations of Romanian Dacia cars in Spain increased by 145% in 2010, to 21,392 units, from 8,725 cars in 2009, while the overall Spanish car market climbed 3.1% to 985,208 units, according to car importer association ANIACAM. read more...

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France increased 70.9% on the year in 2010, while overall new car registrations saw a decline of 2.2%, according to the French carmakers’ association. read more...

The Romanian car market enters 2010 with growth plans, after three years where new car sales fell by nearly 70%, from 367,000 in peak year 2007 to around 120,000 units last year. read more...

The car tax amendments approved by the Government on Thursday stipulate its putting into effect starting on January 1, 2011, for the Euro 5 cars, too, the tax amount ranging between 40 euros, for a two-year old car with a 1,100 cc engine, and 1,867 euros, for a 4,200 cc engine new car. read more...

Six of the best-selling import brands in Romania, as well as Dacia, the local brand, saw their market share expand this year, according to statistical data provided by car market players, though sales followed a downward trend. Two of the top ten brands, Opel and Chevrolet, also reported rising sales, though. read more...

Romania's Government will begin discussing the normative act establishing the car pollution tax for 2011 on Wednesday or next week, at the latest, said Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely, adding that the tax on "older cars" will be higher than was announced recently. read more...

The Romanian auto market had the fifth biggest growth in the EU in November and climbed a position in the ranking of the biggest car markets in Europe, to 14 from 15 last year, according to data released Wednesday by the European Carmakers Association (ACEA). read more...

n November car registrations exceeded the 11,000-unit mark for the first time, amid the scrappage scheme nearing its end in mid-November, according to players on the car market, with both sales and car registrations recording a two-digit rise last month. read more...

Major domestic car part producers employing tens of thousands of people particularly in Transylvania plants have switched from a two or three-shift working schedule to a four-shift one, after the number of orders from West European clients has risen this year. read more...

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia will produce 450,000 units this year and production might increase to 550,000 units per year by 2015, according to Automobile Dacia vice-president Constantin Stroe. read more...

With car sales down 25% on last year, when the market plunged by nearly 60%, premium car dealers seek to attract already existing customers to official service centres, writes Business Magazin weekly. read more...

Romanian carmaker Dacia sold 56,119 Logan models in Russia in the first eleven months of 2010, up 15% from 2009, ranking sixth among the best-sold brands, in a market which grew 28%, to 1.7 million cars. read more...

Sales of Renault cars in Romania will drop 11% this year, to 9,000 units, and the French carmaker’s market share will increase by 1.2 points, to 8%, as the overall Romanian car market will have a downfall trend, according to the carmaker. read more...