“Our long-term strategy is not focused on the Romanian market,” he said. The company will focus on foreign markets in the coming years.

Total sales increased by 17.4 percent in 2007, to 230,473 units, according to data published by Renault, the company’s owner. Demand on the local market reached 120,000 units in 2007.

The production capacity is 350,000 units, while total production in 2007 reached 222,914 vehicles. Automobile Dacia is the main local car maker, along with Daewoo Automobile Romania, recently taken over by Ford.