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Romanian Dacia Car Registrations In France Down 25% In Jan-July, To 52,311 Units

Registrations of new Dacia cars in France dropped 25.5% in the first seven months to 52,311 units, while the French car market stood still at 1.385 million units, according to data released Monday by the French carmakers association CCFA.
Romanian Dacia Car Registrations In France Down 25% In Jan-July, To 52,311 Units
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01 aug. 2011, 16:34, English

In July, the number of Dacia registrations on the French market decreased by 49%, to 4,577 units, the largest decline on the market, which shrunk 6% to 160,000 units.

The Romanian carmaker’s market share dropped to 3.78% in the first seven months of 2011, from 5.08% in the same interval in 2010. In July, the share also dropped, to 2.86% from 5.26% the year before.

In a ranking of the 100 best-selling car models in the first seven months of the year, Dacia’s SUV, the Duster, is 10th, with 30,305 sold units and a 2.2% market share. Sandero is 20th, with 16,330 sold units and a 1.2% market share, and Logan is 54th with 5,676 sold units and a 0.4% market share.

The best-sold model on the French market is the Peugeot 207/206+, with 100,872 units and a 7.3% share, followed by the Renault Clio, with 91,615 units and a 6.6% share of the market.

Renault, Dacia’s owner, sold 331,787 cars in the first seven months, 12.2% less than in the same period last year. The Renault brand’s sales declined 9.1% to 279,476 units.