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Dacia carmaker's 2017 sales top 655,000 units
Sales by Romania's flagship car maker Dacia stood at over 655,000 units in 2017, by 12.2 pct more than in the previous year, with France being the most important outlet with an uptake of 120,000 units, the company said in a Monday release.
The carmaker maintained its position as Romania's market leader with a share of nearly 29 pct and 43,262 vehicles sold last year, up 11.3 pct as compared to 2016.
According to the cited source, 47 pct of the recorded sales were under the "Rabla" car scrappage program. With over 16,200 traded units (40 pct of the total brand sales), the Logan sedan remained Dacia's highest in demand model in Romania.
The Logan MCV also continued to be the best selling break model on the domestic market (3,200 units), while Sandero is by far the leader on the B-segment, with over 8,400 units delivered, and second in the ranking by models.
On foreign markets, Dacia last year sold 611,973 vehicles, by 12 percent more than in 2016. Europe is the carmaker's major marketing region with more than 460,000 vehicles sold in 2017.
With nearly 120,000 units, France is Dacia's first export destination, while in the general rankings of the best-selling brands in the Hexagon, Dacia is on the 5th position after Volkswagen.
Germany is the carmaker's second most important outlet market with 65,000 units sold, Italy ranks third with over 63,000 units, followed by Spain, where more than 56,000 Dacia vehicles have been sold last year.
Dacia's sales in the UK stood at 25,211 units last year, which places the UK eighth among the carmaker's foreign outlet markets.