The Romanian car market reached an overall volume of over 5,400 vehicles, up nearly 25% against the similar period of last year, the first rise recorded in three years.
Car sales went up 16% to nearly 4,400 units, with January being the last month when cars could be bought using vouchers as part of the "Rabla" car scrappage scheme in 2010.
Surprisingly, the segment with the strongest rise was the commercial utility vehicles segment, which rose nearly 83% last month, to almost 1,000 units, after last year it fell 27%.
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