{"id":11040,"date":"2026-07-13T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11040"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:57","slug":"romanias-automobile-production-down-12-7-y-y-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11040","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s automobile production down 12.7% y\/y in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s two car manufacturing plants produced a combined 247,972 vehicles in the first half of 2026, down 12.7% year on year, as both Dacia and Ford Otosan recorded lower output, according to data published by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM).<\/p>\n<p>Dacia&#8217;s plant in Mioveni produced 129,404 vehicles during the six-month period, an 18% decline from a year earlier, while Ford Otosan&#8217;s Craiova factory assembled 118,868 units, down 6.4%, <a href=\"https:\/\/cursdeguvernare.ro\/productie-auto-romania-scadere-dacia-semestru-slab-revenire-ford-otosan.html?mc_cid=8f16ef450f&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Cursdeguvernare.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Production also weakened in June, when Romania manufactured 44,536 vehicles, 16% fewer than the 53,035 units produced in June 2025. Dacia accounted for 23,218 vehicles, while Ford Otosan produced 21,318.<\/p>\n<p>The sharpest monthly contraction occurred in April, when the two factories produced only 31,450 vehicles, a decline of 29% year on year and one of the weakest monthly performances in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Romania produced a total of 545,510 passenger cars in 2025, down 2.6% from the record 560,102 units manufactured in 2024. Dacia accounted for 297,182 vehicles last year, while Ford Otosan produced 248,328.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Ford Otosan Romania on LinkedIn)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s two car manufacturing plants produced a combined 247,972 vehicles in the first half of 2026, down 12.7% year on year, as both Dacia and Ford Otosan recorded lower output, according to data published by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM). Dacia&#8217;s plant in Mioveni produced 129,404 vehicles during the six-month period, an 18% decline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}