Romanian Auto Market Down 63% In New Car Registrations In February

According to the European Carmakers Association ACEA, Romania’s auto market registered the sharpest decline in the European Union in February. The local market reported a 63% decline in the number of new car registrations compared to February 2009, while the EU market increased 3%. New car registration in Romania in February dropped to 2,658 units from 7,187 in February last year.

 

A total of 974,346 new cars were registered in Europe (except Malta and Cyprus, for which data is unavailable) in February, 3% more than in February 2009. Auto markets increased in 15 EU states and declined in the rest. The biggest growth, of 53%, was registered in Portugal.

 

Romania, Hungary and Poland saw registrations decrease by 63.0%, 57.9% and 19.2%.