600,000 euro on Moldova

Romcar, American carmaker Ford’s general representative in Romania has opened its first showroom outside Romania in Kishinev on Wednesday, following a 600,000-euro investment. “This showroom will allow us to sell about 200 units a year and we will sell 50 units by the end of this year,” Viorel Niculescu, Romcar general manager said. He added sales of cars in Moldova – a country with a king-sized black market, amount to 1,000 new units a year. “We’re trying to make this market more dynamic, as surveys show it to have a 50% growth potential over the next three years,” Niculescu said. The company to represent Romcar in Moldova is DAAC-Hermes, which has assigned 19 employees for the Ford brand. Romcar sold more than 1,400 Fords on the Romanian market, as well as about 120 Mazdas in the first half. ZF