11.14.2013

The automotive retail, real estate agencies and food retail are Romania’s most competitive markets, while the cement, notaries public and natural gas production sectors are the least competitive, more

11.08.2013

The Romanian engineering teams of German group Continental are involved in the project of the autonomous car, “the car of the future” that will drive itself, first only on the highway and then on more

09.11.2013

Car parts distributor Inter Cars Romania, part of Polish group Inter Cars SA, is unfolding a EUR3 million investment program aimed to increase the capacity of its central warehouse in Brasov and open more

07.01.2013

Romanian carmaker Dacia’s new car registrations in France rose 7.3% to 46,900 units in the first half of the year, which is the biggest rise on the French auto market, but saw an 18.7% decline to more

06.28.2013

The first generation of Logan put Dacia on the European map and drove the production of the plant in southern Romania up from 300 to more than 500 cars a day. Now Logan II is assembled in a plant that more

06.20.2013

Dräxlmaier Pitesti, the German car part maker’s oldest plant in Romania, which makes cables for the auto industry, plans to lay off 8% of its staff, or 292 employees, 2% of all its employees in more

06.20.2013

Constantin Stroe, head of the Romanian auto manufacturers’ association ACAROM, said Thursday sales of locally produced cars on the domestic market is extremely low, making Romania a unique case more

06.13.2013

New car registrations fell 21% in the first five months of the year to almost 20,600 units, according to the data of the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV). more

05.17.2013

Romanian automaker Dacia’s new car registrations in the European Union grew by 28.2% in April and by 18.3% in January through April this year, while the EU car market has seen growth for the first more

04.26.2013

Romania has become more competitive than Poland and Czech Republic in attracting new investment in the automotive industry, believes Constantin Stroe, chairman of the Association of Automotive more

04.18.2013

Auto industry wiring manufacturer Leoni Wiring Systems Arad, the subsidiary of German group Leoni, with global sales of EUR3.7 billion, will this year hire 500 people at the Arad plant. The company more

04.08.2013

The auto market might shrink again by up to 20% this year if the authorities return to the old version of the clunkers program, which uses nominal vouchers, says Dan Chitaru, chairman of Kia importer more

03.12.2013

Dacia’s Romanian plant in Mioveni will also compete starting this year against Renault’s plant in Chennai, India, where Renault is manufacturing Dacia Duster for the UK. more

02.19.2013

The Romanian Government approved Tuesday a new car tax system to be levied upon vehicles registration as of March 15, replacing the current tax, sources close to the issue said. more

02.07.2013

Rombat Bistrita, Romania’s largest car battery manufacturer, expects the auto market to be flat in 2013 after five years of decline. more

01.10.2013

The number of cars imported in Romania grew 85% last year, to 175,000 units, while new car registrations in the country declined 19%, to nearly 66,500 units, according to Auto.ro. more

11.27.2012

Only three of the 45 car brands officially sold in Romania posted higher sales in the first ten months of this year compared with the same time of 2007. Ten brands, on the other hand, saw their sales more

10.19.2012

The Romanian Government will change once again the tax system levied to car owners as of 2013, replacing the first registration tax with an environment tax, calculated according to the pollution more

10.16.2012

Romanian automaker Dacia’s new car registrations in the European Union dropped 14.4% on the year in September, to some 15,300 units, as the EU market posted its steepest decline in the past two more

10.16.2012

The year 2012 is a closed chapter for the companies in the Romanian auto industry, which have already accepted the almost 20% decline of the market and are focusing on what will happen next year when more

09.24.2012

Large luxury vehicles such as BMW Series 5, Audi A6 and Mercedes E Klasse, most often bought for top executives, are in higher and higher demand, as sales increased by almost 30% to 691 units in the more

09.18.2012

New car registrations in Romania saw a 9.4% decline to nearly 44,000 units on the year in the first eight months of 2012 and fell by over 42% to around 5,000 units on the year in August, the European more

07.23.2012

New car sales in Romania saw a new decline by 16% to 43,000 units in the first half of 2012 and only 16 brands out of 40 posted growth, according to statistics by the Association of Automotive more

07.17.2012

Romanian new car registrations increased 5% to 33,343 units in the first half of 2012, from 31,758 during the same period a year before, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ more

07.17.2012

Registrations of new Dacia vehicles in the European Union dropped 5.9% in the first half of 2012, to 120,000 units, on a market that shrunk by 6.8%, while Renault and Fiat posted the most significant more