Registered passenger cars in Romania 1990-2021

In the period of consideration between 1990 and 2020, passenger car stock in Romania continuously grew. In 1990, Romania registered 1.3 million passenger cars; by 2021, passenger car stock peaked at more than seven million units. Naturally, this also led to an increase in the number of passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, which rose to 400 vehicles in the same year.

Passenger car sales

Given the fact that Automobile Dacia is the most important car manufacturer in Romania, it comes as no surprise that Dacia is the automotive manufacturer with the highest share of passenger car sales, followed by Renault. The number of new passenger cars sold peaked in 2007 at over 312 thousand vehicles. Subsequently, the number of new passenger cars registered a significant drop, maintaining a rather constant value of approximately 130 thousand new vehicles sold per year since 2017. However, the demand for small SUVs has constantly been increasing over the last years, estimating sales of nearly 45 thousand units in 2021.

Passenger car registration

Lately, passenger cars have become a necessity for Romanian people. If in 2013 there were 57.7 thousand new passenger car registrations, this number increased to 161.6 thousand vehicles in 2019. When it comes to used vehicles, there have been over 167 vehicle registrations in the country from January to May 2021. The majority of used vehicles registered were Volkswagen, followed by Audi and BMW.