Dacia sales in Germany will exceed Romanian ones

Sales of Romanian car brand Dacia in Germany could exceed those on the Romanian market in the first half of this year in the wake of the vehicle fleet renewal programme carried out in Germany, which will end by mid-year, according to Francois Fourmont, general manager of Automobile Dacia. “The 2,500-euro scrapping bonus on the German market had a major impact on Dacia’s sales on that market. Owing to the “Junk Car” programmes in Europe, which led to a sales increase, we will not give up our third production shift. However, we cannot make a sales forecast for more than a few months in advance,” Fourmont told ZF at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, where Dacia launched its first ever concept car – Duster. While in 2008 Dacia’s top three markets were Romania (over 84,000 units), France (over 43,000 units) and Germany (25,500 units), the trend was reversed at the beginning of this year, with sales recorded on the two Western European markets being twice as high as the volume recorded in Romania.