Romania's passenger car market, up 63% in February

The local car market saw almost 12,000 registrations of new vehicles in February, up some 48% compared to February last year, according to the Directorate for Driver Licenses and Vehicle Registrations – DRPCIV. The vehicles segment includes cars, buses, tractors or commercial vehicles. The number of passenger car registrations increased by 63% in February reaching a number of over 8,300 cars. The significant growth was due to the removal of the environment tax on cars starting February 1. The best-selling car brands were Dacia, with 2,085 units, up 50% year-on-year, followed by Skoda, with 704 units sold, up 41% year-on-year. They were followed by Volkswagen (700 units, up 61%), Renault (579 units, up 127%), and Ford (556 units, up 41%). The sales of buses and minibuses went up by 12.6% to 98 units. The number of commercial vehicles registered in February reached 2,569, up 49% over the same month in 2016. Tractor registrations dropped by 65%, from 29 units in February last year to 10 units this February. editor@romania-insider.com