Automobile Dacia sales will exceed the 2.6 billion-euro mark inEurope this year, according to ZF estimates, up nearly 40% againstthe similar period of last year. The higher rise in the value ofsales than in the number of cars registered comes at a time whenthe average price of a Dacia has risen to around 10,000 euros froma prior 8,000 euros, with the current best-selling model being theDuster SUV, whose price can exceed 18,000 euros. Dacia officialsdid not wish to comment on the figures, citing dataconfidentiality.
In the first 11 months of this year, Dacia registrations in Europewent up by over 11% against the similar period of last year,according to statistics of the European Automobile Manufacturers'Association (ACEA), to 242,700 cars, equivalent to over 2.4 billioneuros, according to ZF calculations.
Production of the Mioveni plant will also be higher this year thanoriginally estimated, driven by demand for the Duster SUV, whichthe French wait as much as seven months for.
"Automobile Dacia's output will rise by more than 10% this year,with more than 330,000 vehicles assembled in Mioveni," saidConstantin Stroe, vice-president of Automobile Dacia.
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