car registrations

Romanian new car registrations rose 31.8% on the month to 4,999 units in April, but were down nearly 44% from the year-earlier month, Interior Ministry data showed Wednesday.

Romania’s car market registered the fifth largest decline in the European Union in the first ten months of 2010, dropping three positions, down to the 17th spot, in terms of new car registrations, the Association of European Carmakers (ACEA) said in a press release Tuesday.

Romanian new car registrations more than doubled to 8,875 units in April from 4,027 units a month earlier, boosted by the government-funded cash for clunkers program, the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association, or APIA, said Tuesday.

Romanian new car registrations rose 51% to 4,027 vehicles in March, from 2,658 vehicles a month earlier, Interior Ministry data showed Tuesday.

The number of new car registrations in Romania decreased by 50% in November to 13,700 units, and dropped 7.5% in the first 11 months of the year to 266,637 units, thus reporting more negative results than the other European member states, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said.

New car registrations in Romania fell by 3.5%, to 201,870 units in the first eight months of the year, compared with the same period a year ago, which places the country 11th among European Union states, according to data offered by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA.

The number of new cars registered in Romania hiked 26.1% in the first ten months of 2007 from the same period a year ago, to 259,159 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.