Romania’s automobile production and sales up in January-August
The two Romanian automobile producers, in their early stage of adopting electrification and thus less exposed to the twist in buyers’ options, announced their aggregated output rose by 8.7% y/y to 356,475 units in January-August, according…
iulian ernst · Journalist
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The two Romanian automobile producers, in their early stage of adopting electrification and thus less exposed to the twist in buyers’ options, announced their aggregated output rose by 8.7% y/y to 356,475 units in January-August, according to the industry association ACAROM, quoted by Economedia.ro.
The Ford Otosan factory in Craiova marked a significant 26% y/y advance to 155,383 units but lagged behind Dacia (-2% y/y to 201,090 units).
Notably, Ford Otosan produced over 32,800 cars in July and August, up 24% compared to the same period in 2023, surpassing the Dacia plant in Mioveni for the first time in history.
On the demand side, Romania’s automobile market rose by 8% y/y, with 106,534 new units registered for the first time in the country (new cars and imported used cars). The growth rate was only 1.4% (to 7.18 million) for the entire European Union, where the motorization rate is already higher compared to Romania.
The number of fully electric newly registered cars dropped by 29% y/y to 6,877 units, but the number of hybrid electric newly registered cars surged by 39% y/y to 39,388 units. The count of fully electric vehicles in the EU also dropped by 8.3% y/y to 0.9 million in January-August.
(Photo source: LinkedIn/Ford Otosan Romania)
