Almost three in one hundred Western Europeans buy a Dacia

Dacia had a 2.3% share of the Western European market in August, according to statistics of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), with nearly three Western European in 100 buying a car manufactured in Mioveni (Dacia plant).

Sales of the Romanian brand went up by nearly 1% in August and by 4% in July compared with the corresponding periods of last year, to nearly 15,700 cars, after Dacia had experienced a slight decline since the beginning of the summer. The Romanian carmaker climbed to the 16th position of this year’s ranking of best-selling brands in Europe, leaving Suzuki behind.
While most carmakers are taking a step back this year, and cutting production following the completion of car scrappage schemes in Western Europe, Dacia continues to boost its production by over 20%. With the Duster SUV starting production, by the end of the year the carmaker will produce an overall 330,000 vehicles, with more than 300,000 being accounted for by exports to Western European markets. At present Dacia’s production pace is of around 1,400 units per day, the highest ever reached on the Mioveni platform.