Romanian car maker Automobile Dacia, a member of France’s Renault Group, saw its global sales rise by 4.5% on the year in the third quarter in a market disrupted by a shortage of semiconductors.
Dacia’s sold more than 144,000 units and its third-quarter results accounted for 30% of Renault Group’s 481,263 total unit sales. It was the runner-up brand to Renault, which saw a 4.8% annual decrease, to 321,403 units, Renault group said in a press release.
The Sandero model remained Dacia’s best-selling vehicle in Europe, while the Duster model reached 2 million sales since its launch.
Dacia Spring, the carmaker’s fully electric offering, had more than 45,000 orders in Europe in 2022, making it the best-selling electric vehicle to retail customers in France and the third best-selling in the entire European market.
The newly launched Dacia Jogger crossover has 65,000 orders in 2022, of which 60% were for higher trim levels.
Renault Group added that despite the 4.8% decrease in its quarterly vehicle sales, it registered its best price effect, with a 12.8 percentage point increase over the quarter.
Renault bought Romania’s Automobile Dacia, a struggling state company at the time, in 1999.
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