Romania moved up a place to sixth largest automobile producing country in Europe, according to European Automobile Manufacturers Association data quoted by Cursdeguvernare.ro.
A report by romania-insider.com said the country passed Italy and remained above Hungary, two countries with much better performance in the past.
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The combined output of the Dacia and Ford factories in Romania fell only 4% year on year in 2021 to 420,755 units.
The EU total slumped 7.1% to 10.0 million units as the car factories have constantly faced semiconductor shortages.
