The new car market has reached the best level in the last nine years

In the first half of 2018, the new car market has reached the best level of the past nine years, up 33%, according to an analysis of Autovit.ro on data provided by the Department of Driver's License and the registration of vehicles (DRPCIV

At the same time, the market for imported second-hand cars dropped by 7% compared to the same period last year, but the volume of registrations was almost four times higher than that of new cars

In turn, the market for domestic cars (reincarnations) had a very good semester, with a 10% increase, with the highest values ​​in May ( 53,000 units)

The new automotive market reached more than 60,000 vehicles in the first half of 2018. In April, fewer than 8,000 cars were registered, while June was a month of growth, with more than 12,000 units [19659003] The launch of the Rabla program in March this year, faster than in year by year, increased interest in new vehicles and it is possible that at the end of the year more than 15 % of new cars will be purchased through this program. Under these conditions, the new car market is likely to end the year with more than 120,000 units.

The number of second-hand car registrations imported during the first half was almost four times that of new cars, and during the six months the variations were minimal (with a maximum of 41,500 in March and a minimum of about 36,500 in April)

Re-enrollments had very strong values, with more than 53,000 units in May. Most likely, the market for second-hand cars will not reach the half-million mark this year, but domestic car dealings will be able to offset that.

At any time, Autovit.ro is more than 32,000 active listings for cars, 150,000 for auto parts, 3,000 for trucks and 2,500 for pickup trucks. At the same time, in the top car brands with the newest additions added monthly, the top four places are held by German cars: Volkswagen occupy the top spot with 16.3%, BMW with 14.3%, Mercedes-Benz with 12.1 and Audi with 10%.

The same brands were also the most sought after by buyers between January and June 2018, topped by Ford, Opel, Skoda, Renault, Dacia and Toyota. With regard to the most popular car models, the Volkswagen Passat, the Audi A4, the BMW 3 Series, the Volkswagen Golf and the BMW 5 Series have remained at the top of the Romanian preferences, as the year previous

. on Autovit.ro platfoma are produced after 2014 and only 1.5% are older than 2000. The older models are the Land Rover and Triumph models before 1970.

When it comes to price, the Last year, Autovit.ro continued to increase the car share of more than 15,000 euros, 31% of the total, or 4% more than last year, and the share of cars under 3,000 euros decreased by five percentage points. Thus, cars with prices ranging from 1-3,000 euros represent 11% of ads, and those over 20,000 euros total 21%. The most expensive car of the moment on Autovit.ro is a Rolls Royce Phantom of 544 000 euros.

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