The local automotive market witnessed an almost 25% growth inJanuary compared with the same time of last year, reaching almost5,500 vehicles, the statistics of the Association of AutomotiveManufacturers and Importers (APIA) reveal. January is thus thefirst in three years when the sales of cars actually went up,though they were partly aided by the extension of the 2010scrappage scheme through the end of last month.
"The January market was unusual, because we had the "Rabla"(junk car scrappage scheme) 2010. As far as we are concerned, salesof the total market were below initial estimates because there wereunused vouchers left," said Fabrice Cambolive, sole manager of theRenault Nissan Romania, who is also commercial manager of Dacia.Cambolive explained that January was also a month of changes, giventhe introduction of the new pollution tax.
The highest growth out of the total market last month wasregistered by commercial utility vehicles, which went up by over80%, while the car market only increased by 16% according toAPIA.
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