Romania Full Year 2010: Logan at 26.2%, Duster #4

In 2010, the Romanian car market slowed down by 19% at 94,541 registrations, but the trend should reverse in 2011 as the year’s last months were up (December is at +10%).

The Dacia Logan is the best selling car in Romania for the 6th consecutive year, and is still extremely strong in its native country at 26.2% market share, only a slight decrease on ’09. It reached its best share in April at 38.5%. The Skoda Octavia (5.9%, best share in June at 7.3%) and Renault Symbol (4.1%) complete the podium.

Launched in May, the Dacia Duster managed an excellent 4th position over the Full Year at 3,575 sales and 3.8%. It is #3 in December and peaked at 8.8% in August. The Opel Astra is safely above the VW Golf in this market. The Dacia Sandero hasn’t managed to climb higher than #8 in the Full Year ranking at 2.6%.

Full Year 2010 Top 40 and December Top 30: see below.

Romania Full Year 2010 Top 40:

Pos	Model	2010	pdm
1	Dacia Logan	24,762	26.2%
2	Skoda Octavia	5,606	5.9%
3	Renault Symbol	3,840	4.1%
4	Dacia Duster	3,575	3.8%
5	Opel Astra	3,535	3.7%
6	VW Golf	2,753	2.9%
7	Chevrolet Aveo	2,584	2.7%
8	Dacia Sandero	2,417	2.6%
9	Opel Corsa	2,198	2.3%
10	Ford Fiesta	1,918	2.0%
11	Skoda Fabia	1,743	1.8%
12	Ford Focus	1,642	1.7%
13	VW Polo	1,603	1.7%
14	Renault Fluence	1,566	1.7%
15	VW Passat	1,270	1.3%
16	Chevrolet Cruze	1,165	1.2%
17	Renault Megane	1,092	1.2%
18	Chevrolet Spark	1,070	1.1%
19	Hyundai i30	972	1.0%
20	Toyota Yaris	903	1.0%
21	Suzuki SX4	862	0.9%
22	Seat Ibiza	747	0.8%
23	Ford Fusion	746	0.8%
24	VW Tiguan	707	0.7%
25	Renault Clio	696	0.7%
26	Nissan Qashqai	670	0.7%
27	Opel Insignia	651	0.7%
28	Seat Leon	610	0.6%
29	Fiat Linea	582	0.6%
30	Toyota Auris	582	0.6%
31	VW Jetta	564	0.6%
32	Skoda Superb	531	0.6%
33	Kia Cee’d	530	0.6%
34	Peugeot 206+	518	0.5%
35	Peugeot 207	478	0.5%
36	Peugeot 308	472	0.5%
37	Fiat Panda	472	0.5%
38	Hyundai ix35	455	0.5%
39	Hyundai i20	437	0.5%
40	Fiat Punto	434	0.5%

Romania December 2010 Top 30:

Pos	Model	Dec	pdm	Nov
1	Dacia Logan	2,422	19.4%	1
2	Skoda Octavia	539	4.3%	2
3	Dacia Duster	505	4.0%	4
4	Renault Symbol	488	3.9%	3
5	Opel Astra	476	3.8%	5
6	Dacia Sandero	437	3.5%	11
7	Opel Corsa	404	3.2%	7
8	Chevrolet Aveo	395	3.2%	9
9	VW Golf	390	3.1%	8
10	Ford Focus	265	2.1%	16
11	VW Polo	213	1.7%	13
12	Renault Fluence	201	1.6%	12
13	Skoda Fabia	196	1.6%	10
14	Ford Fiesta	190	1.5%	6
15	VW Passat	172	1.4%	20
16	Peugeot 206+	161	1.3%	n/a
17	Seat Ibiza	153	1.2%	21
18	Chevrolet Cruze	144	1.2%	14
19	Nissan Qashqai	141	1.1%	19
20	Suzuki SX4	130	1.0%	23
21	Opel Insignia	124	1.0%	32
22	Chevrolet Spark	122	1.0%	17
23	VW Tiguan	122	1.0%	33
24	Hyundai i30	119	1.0%	18
25	Hyundai i20	115	0.9%	22
26	Seat Leon	101	0.8%	30
27	Renault Clio	99	0.8%	25
28	Ford Mondeo	97	0.8%	n/a
29	Mitsubishi ASX	96	0.8%	40
30	BMW X5	95	0.8%	n/a

Source: www.drpciv.ro