Car Sales Moldova: 2012

By Gavin Kalsi Saturday, 15 July 2017

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Moldova only into existence in 1991, when the Soviet Union ended. The language is Romanian, though the locals prefer to call it Moldovan. There are 3.5 million inhabitants who live in a country coming to grips with independence, not something they have any recent history of.

Car sales data is not easy to come by, but I managed to get this snap shot of the 2012 year. Because of limited data for 2011, the lower 15 brands do not have another year to compare them with. A 21.7% drop in sales was the reality for 2012 from 2011, with only Chevrolet and Land Rover able to report increases. To read the source of the data, please click here. Thank you to them for publishing this for us, the public.

The first two columns show 2011 and 2012 ranking, the second column in from the right is increase or decrease, and the extreme right shows market share for the major brands.

1	1		Dacia	815	-7%	17.9		Increase
4	2		Chevrolet	506	26%	11.1		2 Brands
2	3		Skoda	475	-11%	10.4
3	4		Toyota	388	-26%	8.5		Decrease
9	5		Mercedes	235	-12%	5.2		13 Brands
10	6		Nissan	199	-16%	4.4
5	7		Lada	189	-45%	4.1		Unknown
12	8		VW	170	-9%	3.7		15 Brands
6	9		Hyundai	163	-51%	3.6
8	10		Ford	162	-40%	3.6
7	11		Mitsubishi	133	-59%	2.9
13	12		Kia	132	-19%	2.9
11	13		BMW	128	-34%	2.8
15	14		Land Rover	103	29%	2.3
14	15		Opel	100	-5%	2.2
	16		Porsche	88
	17		Renault	80
	18		Audi	72
	19		Suzuki	69
	20		Mazda	55
	21		Citroen	53
	22		Volvo	53
	23		Honda	34
	24		Peugeot	33
	25		Daewoo	20
	26		Jaguar	17
	27		Great Wall	14
	28		MINI	11
	29		Lexus	10
	30		BYD	10
			Other	45
			Total	4,562	-22%