One in five cars sold by Renault in Europe comes from Pitesti

The share of Dacia in the sales of the Renault group in the
European Union has gone up from 13% to 19% in the first eight
months of the year as a result of the increase in the sales of the
local producer by 30% during this period, the data of the European
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reveal. Dacia sold
over 160,000 cars to European Union countries from January through
August, 30.8% more than in the same time last year, while Renault
witnessed a 14.8% sales decline to 679,000 units. The increase in
Dacia sales is based on exports, given that the local new car
market saw one of the steepest declines in the first eight months
of the year, 59.5%. During the same period, the automotive market
in Germany, Dacia’s main export market, went up by 26.8%, with
Austria and France seeing growth, too, by 5.5% and 1.1%. In all,
the European market of new cars fell by 8.1% to 9.5 million cars
sold in the first eight months, according to the same ACEA data.