06.15.2016

New car registrations rose by 7% in May to 6,345 units compared with the year-ago month, which makes it the best May in four years. Only May 2011 saw a higher number of registrations, almost 8,500. more

02.13.2015

In 2015, sales of new cars to individuals will be supported both by the clunkers program (Rabla) and by the First Car scheme and people aged below 35 will be able to buy a new passenger car for around more

01.21.2015

Romania's clunkers program has proved very popular, with the most scrapped cars in Bucharest and counties Prahova and Arges, and will continue in 2015, Environment Minister Gratiela Gavrilescu said more

10.27.2014

This year’s clunkers scheme wound up last week, with 20,641 new passenger cars sold, out of which 3,641 cars were purchased by legal persons and public institutions. more

05.28.2014

Romania's automotive market plunged almost 80% between 2008 and 2013, from almost 370,000 new cars sold in 2007, to a little more than 82,000 last year, therefore, 25% of some 400 dealers in Romania more

05.23.2014

Passenger car sales rose 28.5% on the year in April 2014, to almost 6,800 units, according to data provided by Romania's Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA). more

01.13.2014

Only 12 of the almost 80 car brands in Romania posted growth in 2013, as the total number of new cars registered fell 13% to 57,700, according to the Driver License and Vehicle Registration Department more

01.08.2014

Romanians bought over 13,000 new cars in 2013 via the government-backed clunkers program offering 23,000 vouchers worth RON6,500 each to people and companies scrapping cars older than ten years. more

12.05.2013

The members of the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) said 2014 will be the last year when Romania will carry out the government-backed cash-for-clunkers program. more

05.07.2013

Zoltan Brassai, general manager of Ford Romania, who is in charge of the company’s sales, is concerned that the Romanian “Rabla” clunkers scheme could become a scheme where old cars are replaced 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

03.30.2013

This year’s edition of the state-supported cash-for-clunkers program will start on April 15 and the value of a scrapping voucher will be EUR1,500, Romanian Environment Minister Rovana Plumb said more

01.23.2013

Romania’s Environment Ministry is considering changing the state-supported cash-for-clunkers program and increase the value of a scrapping voucher from 3,800 lei (EUR870) to EUR1,500, minister more

10.19.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday said the Government is considering capping the number of car scrapping vouchers to a single voucher, compared with three vouchers granted currently. more

08.22.2012

Over 31,000 used cars were scrapped through Romania’s government-backed cash-for-clunkers program between April 3 and August 21, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday. more

08.07.2012

The second stage of Romania’s 2012 cash-for-clunkers program targeting individuals will be launched Wednesday, and has been allotted 57 million lei (EUR12.5 million), enough to scrap 15,000 cars more

07.30.2012

The number cars sold through the ‘Rabla’ clunkers program reached 8,000 at the end of last week, from 1,100 in mid May, according to the Environment Fund Administration. This is nothing for the more

06.18.2012

Romanian Environment Minister Rovana Plumb said Monday the number of scrappage voucher granted for the current edition of the cash-for-clunkers program will be increased by 15,000 by the end of June, more

05.15.2012

Vouchers for the clunkers scheme are traded on the market at prices ranging between RON2,600 and RON3,000, three times more than in previous years, according to a ZF analysis. more

04.25.2012

Romania's clunkers program and Green House scheme, which is designed to encourage the use of alternative energy systems, may be cut short in 2012 because the Environment Fund has a smaller budget, more

04.03.2012

Romania's car scrappage scheme, now in its eighth year, is open to individuals as of Tuesday. more

03.19.2012

Automobile makers and distributors, as well as scrap collectors, can sign up for the 2012 edition of Romania's car scrappage program, which will become open to individuals on April 3. more

03.06.2012

The Romanian Government decided to keep the scrappage voucher granted under the cash-for-clunkers program at 3,800 lei (EUR873), and cap the program’s total budget at RON114 million, way below the more

12.20.2011

Romania’s government-backed clunkers program led to the scrapping of 116,641 old cars and the acquisition of nearly 40,000 new ones, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely told a news conference more

11.11.2011

Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Friday that the last refunds for vouchers through the car scrappage program will be disbursed on December 23, instead of December 12, following more