Romanian vehicle fleet reaches 4.5 million units

The number of vehicles in Romania increased by almost 9% in 2007 against the previous year, most of which were new, whilst sales of heavy haul commercial vehicles doubled against 2006, according to information from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform. Romania’s registered vehicle fleet reached 4,501,266 units at the end of 2007, up by 396,431 vehicles against 2006, when 4,104,835 registered vehicles were listed in the records of the Department in charge of Data on Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration. Out of the over 390,000 vehicles purchased in 2007, 383,422 were new, with more than half of them (198,696) being registered in Bucharest alone. According to statistics, more cars were purchased in 2007 than in 2006. 312,533 cars were bought in 2007, compared with 247,411 in 2006. The best selling brands were Dacia, Renault, Volkswagen and Skoda.