08.06.2015

Cristian Prichea has been appointed sales director at Ford Romania, replacing Rafal Krajewski who has been running Ford’s local sales in the last two years. more

07.20.2015

Romanian carmaker Dacia accounted for 90% of Romanian car production in the first half of 2015, with over 186,100 vehicles, while Ford factory in Craiova accounted for only 12% of local car more

07.14.2015

Ford Romania, the second most important carmaker in Romania, posted EUR912 million revenue last year, down 17% on 2013, according to Finance Ministry data. more

04.03.2015

Ford Romania - the National Sales Company has a new general manager as of April 1, Valerio Brenciaglia, replacing Zoltan Brassai, who was made brand director for Ford Europe, the company announced. more

03.23.2015

U.S. carmaker Ford could start production of a second model at its plant in Craiova, Romania, in the second part of 2017, the EcoSport SUV. more

03.11.2015

The lack of a new Dacia model and the slowdown of the production in Mioveni along with the decline at the Ford plant in Craiova led to a drop in Romania’s car production by 5% to 391,500 cars in more

03.06.2015

U.S. carmaker Ford has started the voluntary layoff program targeting 500 of the 3,200 employees at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania), while the company decided to reduce working hours to avoid more

01.29.2015

Romania’s car industry climbed from revenue worth EUR8 billion in 2009 to EUR18 billion in 2014, according to data provided by the association of automotive manufacturers in Romania ACAROM. more

01.23.2015

Car purchases by individuals rose by 20% last year, in line with the market, with a trend of buyers paying cash in the detriment of classical products, such as bank loans. In the case of legal more

12.19.2014

The local auto market needs its potential customers to be able to get funding in order to grow the sales volumes towards the 2007-2008 level of more than 300,000 vehicles. more

11.19.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford will lay off 680 of some 3,200 employees at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania), meaning over 20% of its staff. more

10.22.2014

Ford assembled 43,300 cars in Craiova in the first nine months, 26% fewer than in the year-ago period, because the plant halted production on a number of days due to the decline in European demand. more

10.22.2014

Exports of Dacia and Ford cars dropped by almost 13% in the third quarter from the year-earlier period, according to data provided by the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA). more

10.06.2014

B-Max, the mini multipurpose vehicle (MPV) assembled by Ford at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania) is doing better than the company expected, says Joe Bakaj, vice-president of product development more

08.28.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford will halt its production lines in Craiova, Romania for nine days in September, citing the volatility of the European car market, which had an impact on its B-Max sales. more

08.21.2014

Exports of new cars assembled in Romania fell by more than 6% in July, compared with the corresponding month of 2013, to fewer than 34,300, according to the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

07.25.2014

Dacia and Ford assembled 210,519 cars in the first half, 6% fewer than in the year-ago period, according to the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA). more

07.17.2014

Romania’s clunkers scheme must be modified starting next year so that it may primarily sustain cars with low pollution levels and only then focus on driving used cars out of the market, the head of more

07.14.2014

Romania's state assets authority and U.S. carmaker Ford have signed the papers completing the privatization of Automobile Craiova, the institution said Monday. more

06.26.2014

The plans of US carmaker Ford to significantly boost sales of sport utility vehicles (SUV), one of the most dynamic segments of the auto market, could bring up again the idea of having the Ecosport more

06.06.2014

Ford Romania nearly doubled its turnover in 2013, to RON4.84 billion from RON2.47 billion in 2012, and the company switched to profit, posting net earnings of RON68.8 million, from a loss of RON480.6 more

05.07.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford said the company received a supplementary order of approximately 900 B-Max vehicles, which are produced at its carmaking plant in Craiova (southern Romania), thus, it will halt more

04.17.2014

Dacia and Ford assembled 107,573 cars in the first quarter of the year, 0.1% fewer than in the year-ago period, according to the data of the Association of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers more

04.16.2014

Sales of B-Max car model on European markets fell 11.5% in the first three months of 2014, to 16,800 units, according to data provided by U.S. carmaker Ford. more

04.03.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford has decided to temporarily halt production of B-Max car model at its Romanian carmaking plant in Craiova for six working days in April, eight in May and nine in June, due to weak more