Romania June 2017: Dacia up 109%, Logan up 163% in market up 47%

        The Romanian new car market displays explosive growth in June at +47% year-on-year to 8.030 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 27% to 45.008 units. Homegrown market leader Dacia recovers spectacularly from a very paltry result in June 2016, with sales up 109% year-on-year to 26.1% share, as does Volkswagen up 84% to 10.1% share. Ford follows the market at +46% but Renault is in great difficulty at -14% to 4th place as is Skoda down 3% to 6.7%. Opel (+53%), Hyundai (+77%), Toyota (+86%) and Suzuki (+105%) also beat the market inside the Top 10, while further down Nissan (+97%), Fiat (+107%), Seat (+188%), Honda (+81%) and Porsche (+79%) are among the most dynamic. In the models ranking, the Dacia Logan rallies back up 163% to 16.3% share, signing a 154th consecutive p[ole position. In fact, all Top six best-sellers more than double their sales compared to June 2016 and the Top seven beat market growth: the Dacia Duster is up 108%, the VW Golf up 214%, the Renault Megane up 658%, Dacia Sandero up 172%, Ford Fiesta up 118 and the Opel Astra up 81%. Further down, notice the Ford Kuga is up 282%, the Hyundai i20 up 140%, the VW Tiguan up 305% and the Toyota Yaris up 204%.

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Romania June 2016: Sales drop 37%, Dacia Logan at lowest ever share

       Whereas the Romanian market improved by 16% over the first 5 months of the year, it comes to a abrupt halt in June with deliveries crashing down 37% year-on-year to 5.462 units. According to local media, a possible explanation for this sudden fall is the three months delay of the RABLA governmental programme for national car fleet renewal. Local manufacturer Dacia is the hardest hit and the main culprit for this sharp drop with volumes down 69% to 998 sales, whereas parent company Renault is up 14% to 679, Skoda down 9% to 555, Ford down 6% to 456 and Volkswagen down 44% to 442. Mercedes (+34%), BMW (+20%), Audi (+26%), Suzuki (+21%) and Volvo (+52%) go against the grain and post hefty gains.

Despite Dacia’s weakness, the Logan is not toppled from its perennial top spot, signing an incredible 142nd consecutive month in pole position – the 12 year mark will in all likeliness be reached this August. However its 9.1% market share is its lowest ever recorded since the nameplate’s original launch in September 2004 and its very first in the single digits (previous lowest was 11.8% in February 2013). Its 498 June volume is not its lowest ever though (170 in January 2010). The Renault Clio leaps 4 spots on May to #2 overall with 6.2% share ahead of the Skoda Octavia at 4.9% and Ford Focus at 4.8% whereas the Dacia Duster, #2 year-to-date, drops to #5 followed by the Dacia Dokker. The Renault Captur is up 23 spots to #7 and the Kia Sportage up 22 to #12.