01.10.2012

Romanian car owners for whom the car pollution tax paid since July 1, 2008 is higher than the tax according to the new system may request a refund of the difference, but this refund will also be more

01.09.2012

Romanian new car registrations fell 13.57% to 81,709 units in 2011, from 94,541 units a year earlier, Interior Ministry data showed Monday. more

01.06.2012

Lodgy, the soon to be launched seventh model in the Dacia range, whose first official pictures and specs were released on Thursday, will be a family car carrying a price tag of at least EUR10,000, more

01.05.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday passed the law on the car pollution tax, the Presidential Administration said in a press release. more

01.03.2012

After more than four years of decline and missed forecasts for car sales on the local market, Dacia and Ford Romania will remain in the spotlight in 2012. While Dacia has been working at full capacity more

12.21.2011

Once the third Dacia plant, complementing the facilities in Mioveni, near Pitesti (southern Romania) and Somaca, Morocco, starts working, Renault plans to launch an “internal competition” among more

12.19.2011

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 10.5% on the year to 89,032 units in January to November, from 99,572 units in the year-earlier period, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or more

12.18.2011

Swedish car part producer Trelleborg Automotive Dej will produce parts for carmaker Ford’s plant in Craiova, southern Romania, starting next year. more

12.16.2011

Operational leasing company Arval, controlled by French giant BNP Paribas, has invested more than EUR16 million this year in order to expand the fleet of cars leased to companies to over 4,000. more

12.15.2011

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Thursday adopted a bill on the car pollution tax, which amends the first registration tax criticized by the Court of Justice of the European Union. more

12.15.2011

The market of super-luxury cars boomed in the last quarter of this year, when three cars worth a total of over EUR1.2 million, were delivered. more

12.14.2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday sent back to Parliament for review a bill that eliminated legal protection for designs and models for visible car spare parts and urged lawmakers to come more

12.05.2011

This year's car sales in Romania will amount to less than 80,000 units, way below the 100,000 units estimated by the Association of Automobile Producers and Importers (APIA), said the association's more

12.02.2011

Romania's Chamber of Deputies last week adopted a bill eliminating legal protection for designs and models for visible car spare parts. more

11.11.2011

Romanian new car registrations rose 13.8% on the month to 7,828 units in October, but were down 5.5% from 8,281 units in the year-earlier period, Interior Ministry data showed Friday. more

11.09.2011

Car sales will continue to decline this year by almost 10%, compared with 2010. There is no market rebound in sight for the next year, either, given that companies are the only ones making large more

11.01.2011

The cases in which insurers pay damages of several hundred thousand euros to victims of car accidents are increasingly frequent as Romanians become aware of the fact that a simple auto liability (RCA) more

10.31.2011

Romania's Senate on Monday adopted a bill on the car pollution tax, which amends the first registration tax criticized by the Court of Justice of the European Union. more

10.27.2011

The Romanian Association of Independent Car Repair Shops (ASSAI) said Thursday service garages might have to raise repair prices following a decision by the Romanian Auto Registry (RAR) to increase more

10.25.2011

Romanian new passenger car sales fell 11.4% on the year to 69,170 units in January trough September, from 78,152 units in the year-earlier period, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

10.24.2011

The market of utility vehicles and coaches continued to go up in September, according to the statistics of the companies on this market, thus ending the third consecutive quarter of growth. more

10.24.2011

Insurer Astra, controlled by businessman Dan Adamescu, is Romanian market's leader on revenue from underwritten premiums on the home insurance and mandatory car insurance RCA segments, but is not more

10.19.2011

Car sales posted a small increase in the third quarter for the first time in three years, but the European economic situation is far from encouraging Romanian dealers. Whereas few months ago they more

10.18.2011

The Romanian winter tire market rose 130% in the first nine months of the year compared with the same interval a year ago, to 1.46 million units, Alina Ghica, marketing director of tire manufacturer more

10.12.2011

Romanian new car registrations fell 21.4% on the month to 6,875 units in September, but were modestly up from 6,860 units in the year-earlier period, Interior Ministry data showed Wednesday. more