The sales are spread over passenger cars (PC) with 104.288 new registrations, in rise of 11,83%, as well as on the light commercial vehicles (LCV) with 14.094 units sold (+31,02%), specifies the AIVAM which has published its monthly statistics.

By brand, Dacia continues to dominate the PC market with a share of 28.21, or 29,418 units sold, ahead of Renault (14,435 cars and a market share of 13.84%), Hyundai (8,502 cars and a share of 8.15%) and Peugeot (7,066 cars and a share of 6.78%), says the same source.

The South Korean brand Kia increased its sales by 181.16% to 2,775 vehicles, while Skoda (+49.39%), Ford (+24.98%), Nissan (+13.68%) and Toyota (+8.69%) managed to sell 3,206, 3,182, 3,174 and 3,165 units, respectively.

The sales of the German brand Volkswagen fell by 19.82% to 4,704 cars, while those of Seat, Fiat and Citroen decreased by 21.68%, 15.98% and 10.79% respectively.

Regarding light commercial vehicles, the Indian brand Mahindra boosted its new registrations by 435.71% to 75 units, followed by Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK) with a rebound of 193.16% (2,829 vehicles) and Peugeot (+100.35% to 565 cars).

Concerning premium cars sales, Audi sold 2,553 units to the end of August 2021, representing a market share of 2.45%, ahead of BMW (2,222 vehicles and 2.13% share) and Mercedes (1,672 units and 1.68% share).

Sales of the German brand Porsche rose by 100% to 210 vehicles, while those of Jaguar fell by 42.23% to 119 units.

In August alone, the number of new registrations amounted to 10,999 units, up 7.51% compared to the same month in 2019. The breakdown by segment shows an increase in passenger cars of 2.03% to 9,329 units and LCVs of 53.49% to 1,670 units.