The overall number of vehicles in Romania accounted, by the end of 2015, to about 6.6 million units, up by 5.27% against the previous year (6.27 million units), according to a release from the Directorate for Driving and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV) issued on Tuesday.
Of the total units, some 1.19 million were registered in Bucharest, of which some 956,662 were cars.
The number of cars has increased from 4.9 million in 2014 to 5.15 million units in 2015.
– 2.56 million cars were older than 12 years
– 1.89 million cars were 6 to 10 years old
– 1.75 million care were 11 to 15 years old
– 1.2 million cars were older than 20 years
– 0.2 million cars were 0 to 2 years old (302,054 units, up by 52.7% against 2014)
– 3.48 million units run on petrol, 1.9 million run on diesel fuel
Overall, some 3.484 million Romanians prefer diesel fuel cars, while 2.76 million prefer the cars running on petrol.