According to ACAROM data, only in December 2023, 34,965 vehicles were assembled at the Dacia plant in Mioveni and Ford Otosan in Craiova. Of these, 22,117 units carried the Dacia brand and 12,848 Ford.

The December figures raised the total number of vehicles produced in 2023 in Romania to 513,050 units, representing a new record for the domestic auto industry.

Of the total number of cars assembled in Romania last year, 322,086 were Dacia, and the other 190,964 were Ford.

ACAROM officials mention that the production of 2023 was 0.7% higher than that of 2022, no less than 22% above 2021 and 17% above 2020. Even compared to 2019 – the unaffected year of the pandemic and the semiconductor crisis – there was an increase of 4.7%.

Given that, in 2024, new products will enter the assembly lines at both the Mioveni and Craiova plants – the third generation Duster in the case of Dacia and the facelift version of the Puma SUV in the case of Ford, in addition to the new Transit and Tourneo Courier whose assembly started at the end of 2023 – 2024 is expected to be a new record year for Romania’s car production.

And in the field of new car sales, 2023 was a year with a positive result, even if the market is far from a record. Last year, the report on new car registrations showed 144,611 units, up 11.81% from 2022.

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Regarding car production in Romania, it’s not only DACIA, the flagship of this industry in the country, but also FORD. The American producer contributes significantly to the new record.

Precisely, DACIA produced 314,228 units and Ford 195,237. The total number of cars produced in Romania in 2022 exceeds by 21% the record reached in 2021 (420,755 vehicles), by 16.3% that of 2020 (438,107 units), and by 3.9% the one in 2019 (490,412 vehicles). It could signify that the car manufacturing industry is recovering after the last two pandemic years.

DACIA remains one of the best car brands in Europe by sales volumes. In July last year, Dacia announced it was the only European brand among the top 20 automakers on the continent whose sales rose in the first half of the year globally. Dacia sold 277,885 units in the first half of the year, an increase of 5.9% over the same period last year. The business claims that this result can be attributed to the popularity of the new Spring models (20 thousand units) and Jogger, which were introduced in the previous year, as well as the success of the Sandero (112 thousand units, +1.8%) and Duster (99 thousand units, +5.5%) (21,700 units).

In December 2021, FORD announced it had exceeded 1 million units produced in Romania in Craiova. The factory is now under FORD Otosan’s management.

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In 2008, when Ford came to Romania, few foresaw this number. But the company believed in its plans for the plant in Craiova. Ford has reached the production milestone 12 years after manufacturing its first vehicle in Romania in 2009.

Ford celebrates its 1,000,000 vehicles produced in Romania through a video, unveiling the new M‑Sport Ford Puma Rally1 car that follows in the footsteps of the Ford Fiesta WRC car, which secured three WRC titles following its introduction in 2017.

I’m thrilled that the 2022 World Rally Car will be the Puma Rally1 and to have had the vehicle visit Craiova to be able to mark this milestone day with such a special film was extra special. It was a great pleasure to be part of this project and to welcome the M-Sport team and Adrien Fourmaux to Craiova while transforming our plant for a couple of days into a true movie set.

Jo Payne, president of Ford Romania and Craiova plant manager

Earlier this year, Ford announced that it would invest $300 million to build a new light commercial vehicle in 2023 at its Craiova Assembly Plant in Romania, including an all-electric version due to debut in 2024 – the first all-electric volume vehicle to be built in Romania.

The investment will take the total invested by Ford in its Romanian manufacturing operations to almost $2 billion since acquiring the Craiova facility in 2008. More than 600 robots have been installed to improve efficiency and quality in the body, stamping, paint, trim, and chassis shops. Around 6000 people are employed in Ford’s world-class vehicle and engine assembly operations in Romania.

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