Volkswagen

Volkswagen is the preferred brand by the Romanians who buy second-hand cars, especially the Passat series, as shown by a local car park data for 2021 and the first half of this year. 24%, respectively 2% of the buyers preferred the German…

Romania seems to be a heaven for second hand vehicles, as last year brought a record in terms of re-registrations:  655,000 second-hand cars changed their owner inside the country in 2021, and the best month was March. In addition to…

The Tradus platform was visited in 2019 by 3 million users from the 45 countries where the platform operates and Romanians accounted for 17% of total visits. The interest in used commercial vehicles increased since the beginning of the…

A car parts factory in Timis County has been closed down in 2018 and the employees sued the company because they received only three compensatory salaries instead of six, as stipulated in the collective labour agreement. During the law…

The sales of new cars in Romania increased by 6.3% in the first quarter of 2019, as compared to the same period of the previous year, up to 38,253 units, according to the figures released on Tuesday by the Association of Automobile…

Despite the legal framework amendments in the economic field, in the past years, the Romanian auto industry has achieved remarkable performances last year. Thus Romania has become the 4th car exporter in the European Union, right behind…

Volkswagen, the group owning the Skoda brand, could soon decide on relocating the plant located in Ukraine, which has failed to meet the expectations. Volkswagen might relocate the plant to Serbia, Milenko Kostic, owner of Auto Cacak, Skoda…

Serbian media report that car giant Volkswagen has chosen the neighbouring country for the investment in a new plant, leaving aside Romania, Turkey, Macedonia and Bulgaria. Although Romanian and Bulgaria are EU Member States and could…

New car registrations increased on January 2019 nu 18.8% against January 2018, up to 13,952 units. The volume of second-hand car registrations, for the first time in Romania, fell by 7.99% in January to 36,126 units. By brands, the…

Dacia sold more than 519,000 cars in the EU countries last year, by 12% more than in 2017, according to ACEA figures. Overall, the new car market remained at the 2017 levels, about 15.1 million new cars. The Volkswagen Group has a share of…