The country, however, competes with states such as Italy and Hungary rather than with the five largest carmakers – of which the smallest (France) produced nearly twice as many cars as Romania (940,000 units).

Overall, Europe’s car production increased by 7.1% to 10.7 mln in 2022. The new car registrations, however, dropped by 4.6% to 9.2 mln.

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