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Passenger-car registrations in Lithuania

Lithuania ยท January 2026

Lithuania registered 9 897 passenger cars in January 2026: 2 421 new cars (24.5% of the total) and 7 469 used imports. That is down 9.9% on December 2025 and down 7.5% on January 2025. Private buyers accounted for 78.7% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 1 310 registrations and a 13.2% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (1 165) and TOYOTA (939). Together the top three brands took 34.5% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, MERCEDES-BENZ grew fastest year on year (+13.8%) while FORD fell furthest (โˆ’28.2%). The best-selling model was the BMW 5 SERIES with 328 registrations, followed by the BMW 3 SERIES (298) and the SKODA OCTAVIA (229). The 5 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 315 used against 13 new.

Battery-electric cars took 5.5% of all registrations, compared with 3.8% in January 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 7.3%, other hybrids 18.2%, diesel 46.6% and petrol 20.7%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 94 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (50). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 56 registrations, ahead of the VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 (27). New cars averaged 125.6 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 10.8 years old when they were registered.

January 2026 was the 26th-highest of the 31 months on this page, which average 11 146 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 13 891 and the low January 2024 with 8 660.

9 897
vs previous month โˆ’9.9% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’7.5%
2 421
New share 24.5%
7 469
Avg import age (yrs) 10.8
5.5%
544 BEV ยท 719 PHEV (7.3%)

Fuel mix

Petrol2 050 (20.7%)Diesel4 615 (46.6%)Hybrid1 799 (18.2%)Plug-in hybrid719 (7.3%)Battery electric544 (5.5%)LPG / CNG168 (1.7%)Other1 (0.0%)Not recorded1 (0.0%)

Models 547

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1BMW5 SERIES13315328+0.9%+0.9%328+0.9%
2โˆ’1BMW3 SERIES1297298โˆ’20.5%+2.4%298+2.4%
3+4SKODAOCTAVIA112117229+4.6%+12.8%229+12.8%
4+4VOLVOXC6013210223+2.3%โˆ’0.4%223โˆ’0.4%
5+6SKODAKODIAQ16357220+45.7%+36.6%220+36.6%
6โˆ’2AUDIA620179199โˆ’20.7%โˆ’5.7%199โˆ’5.7%
7โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENGOLF10179189โˆ’20.9%โˆ’30.0%189โˆ’30.0%
8โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN56132188โˆ’28.5%โˆ’45.2%188โˆ’45.2%
9+5AUDIQ554126181+36.1%โˆ’13.4%181โˆ’13.4%
10โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENPASSAT7169176โˆ’24.5%โˆ’24.5%176โˆ’24.5%
11โˆ’2AUDIA40174174โˆ’13.9%โˆ’4.4%174โˆ’4.4%
12โˆ’2TOYOTACOROLLA10751158โˆ’3.1%โˆ’20.6%158โˆ’20.6%
130TOYOTAYARIS CROSS1535158+16.2%+182.1%158+182.1%
14+11KIASPORTAGE11243155+53.5%+21.1%155+21.1%
15+6TOYOTAC-HR6369132+21.1%โˆ’15.9%132โˆ’15.9%
16+4NISSANQASHQAI3195126+14.5%โˆ’21.3%126โˆ’21.3%
17โˆ’2TOYOTARAV411114125โˆ’5.3%โˆ’40.8%125โˆ’40.8%
180BMWX517102119+2.6%+8.2%119+8.2%
19+3BMWX39103112+4.7%+15.5%112+15.5%
20+16BMWX13368101+20.2%+65.6%101+65.6%
21+8VOLVOXC90128395+3.3%โˆ’1.0%95โˆ’1.0%
22+1MERCEDES-BENZE39194โˆ’10.5%+8.0%94+8.0%
23+3VOLVOV6009090โˆ’7.2%โˆ’6.3%90โˆ’6.3%
24+15PEUGEOT3008206888+10.0%โˆ’15.4%88โˆ’15.4%
25+2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN18384โˆ’11.6%โˆ’22.9%84โˆ’22.9%
26โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC711182โ€“โ€“82โ€“
27+7TOYOTAPRIUS07980โˆ’9.1%โˆ’13.0%80โˆ’13.0%
28+10MERCEDES-BENZC17778โˆ’3.7%+5.4%78+5.4%
29+8VOLVOV7007878โˆ’6.0%โˆ’18.8%78โˆ’18.8%
30+5AUDIQ7254772โˆ’17.2%+9.1%72+9.1%
31+12MERCEDES-BENZGLC224971โˆ’4.1%+12.7%71+12.7%
32โˆ’8SKODASUPERB234871โˆ’31.7%โˆ’41.8%71โˆ’41.8%
33+8OPELASTRA07070โˆ’9.1%โˆ’29.3%70โˆ’29.3%
34โˆ’17VOLKSWAGENTRANSPORTER393170โˆ’40.2%+79.5%70+79.5%
35+9HONDACR-V46367โˆ’6.9%โˆ’11.8%67โˆ’11.8%
36+6JEEPGRAND CHEROKEE06767โˆ’10.7%+97.1%67+97.1%
37+12SUBARUFORESTER1453670.0%โˆ’14.1%67โˆ’14.1%
38+12VOLKSWAGENCADDY26466โˆ’1.5%โˆ’5.7%66โˆ’5.7%
39+8LEXUSNX75865โˆ’4.4%+20.4%65+20.4%
40โˆ’8OPELINSIGNIA06565โˆ’27.0%โˆ’21.7%65โˆ’21.7%
41+4BMW1 SERIES26163โˆ’11.3%โˆ’11.3%63โˆ’11.3%
42+6LEXUSRX55762โˆ’8.8%+19.2%62+19.2%
43โˆ’31VOLKSWAGENTAYRON61162โˆ’57.5%โ€“62โ€“
44+28FORDKUGA115061+45.2%+29.8%61+29.8%
45+34DODGEDURANGO05959+59.5%+51.3%59+51.3%
46โˆ’30TESLAMODEL Y361956โˆ’56.3%+47.4%56+47.4%
47โˆ’16TOYOTAAURIS05656โˆ’37.8%โˆ’33.3%56โˆ’33.3%
48+7VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG243256โˆ’1.8%โ€“56โ€“
49โˆ’9AUDIA315354โˆ’31.6%โˆ’8.5%54โˆ’8.5%
50+9FORDS-MAX05454+1.9%โˆ’11.5%54โˆ’11.5%

Electric models 98

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL Y36195610.3%โˆ’56.3%+47.4%56
2+1VOLKSWAGENID.4819275.0%โˆ’53.4%+42.1%27
3โ€“TOYOTABZ4X251264.8%โ€“โ€“26
4+10RENAULT5240244.4%+60.0%โ€“24
5โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 3122234.2%โˆ’51.1%โˆ’28.1%23
6โ€“KIAEV3172193.5%โ€“โ€“19
7+10SKODAENYAQ811193.5%+35.7%โˆ’32.1%19
8โ€“AUDIA6140142.6%โ€“โ€“14
9+1MERCEDES-BENZEQE014142.6%โˆ’26.3%+7.7%14
10โˆ’4AUDIQ458132.4%โˆ’43.5%+8.3%13
11+8SKODAELROQ130132.4%+8.3%โ€“13
12โˆ’5HYUNDAIIONIQ 5011112.0%โˆ’50.0%โ€“11
13โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENID.356112.0%โˆ’54.2%โˆ’38.9%11
14โ€“FORDEXPLORER100101.8%โ€“โ€“10
15+1MERCEDES-BENZCLA100101.8%โˆ’28.6%โ€“10
16โˆ’7AUDIE-TRON0991.7%โˆ’52.6%โ€“9
17+1HYUNDAIINSTER9091.7%โˆ’30.8%โ€“9
18โˆ’3HYUNDAIKONA0881.5%โˆ’42.9%โ€“8
19โ€“XPENGG68081.5%โ€“โ€“8
20โ€“BMWIX2571.3%โ€“โ€“7

Battery-electric cars only (no plug-in hybrids). Share is of all BEV registrations in the month. Because monthly BEV counts are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 77

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1BMW1101 1991 31013.2%โˆ’8.6%+5.2%1 310+5.2%
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN3038621 16511.8%โˆ’24.0%โˆ’13.3%1 165โˆ’13.3%
3+1TOYOTA4115279399.5%โˆ’6.8%โˆ’11.7%939โˆ’11.7%
4โˆ’1AUDI1537308848.9%โˆ’12.4%โˆ’8.1%884โˆ’8.1%
5+1SKODA4073027097.2%+4.0%+1.3%709+1.3%
6โˆ’1VOLVO396306706.8%โˆ’8.3%โˆ’6.3%670โˆ’6.3%
70MERCEDES-BENZ1174625795.9%โˆ’0.9%+13.8%579+13.8%
80FORD533293823.9%โˆ’5.2%โˆ’28.2%382โˆ’28.2%
9+1PEUGEOT812423233.3%+6.3%โˆ’25.1%323โˆ’25.1%
10โˆ’1OPEL53133183.2%โˆ’17.0%โˆ’26.4%318โˆ’26.4%
11+2KIA1471152622.7%+25.4%+14.4%262+14.4%
12+4NISSAN521532052.1%+4.6%โˆ’28.6%205โˆ’28.6%
13โˆ’2RENAULT831161992.0%โˆ’15.0%โˆ’6.1%199โˆ’6.1%
14+4SUBARU341501851.9%+8.8%โˆ’1.1%185โˆ’1.1%
15โˆ’1LEXUS291511811.8%โˆ’10.0%โˆ’2.7%181โˆ’2.7%
16+1CITROEN241231471.5%โˆ’20.5%โˆ’30.7%147โˆ’30.7%
17โˆ’5HYUNDAI321021341.4%โˆ’41.0%โˆ’5.6%134โˆ’5.6%
18+2HONDA81011091.1%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’6.0%109โˆ’6.0%
19+2MAZDA24841081.1%+0.9%+14.9%108+14.9%
20+3JEEP099991.0%0.0%+54.7%99+54.7%
21โˆ’6TESLA3756941.0%โˆ’52.3%+11.9%94+11.9%
22+5DODGE083830.8%+13.7%+6.4%83+6.4%
23+3PORSCHE3052820.8%+5.1%+12.3%82+12.3%
24+8MITSUBISHI081810.8%+125.0%โˆ’10.0%81โˆ’10.0%
250LAND ROVER1763800.8%โˆ’1.2%+5.3%80+5.3%
26+3CUPRA6115760.8%+49.0%โˆ’2.6%76โˆ’2.6%
27โˆ’3DACIA5520750.8%โˆ’9.6%โˆ’42.3%75โˆ’42.3%
28โˆ’6SEAT269710.7%โˆ’31.1%โˆ’39.8%71โˆ’39.8%
29โˆ’10MG348420.4%โˆ’68.2%โ€“42โ€“
30โˆ’2CHRYSLER139400.4%โˆ’21.6%+2.6%40+2.6%

Electric brands 33

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA37569417.3%โˆ’52.3%+11.9%94
20VOLKSWAGEN1733509.2%โˆ’53.7%+4.2%50
3+1AUDI2021417.5%โˆ’26.8%+95.2%41
4+2MERCEDES-BENZ1228407.4%โˆ’14.9%+8.1%40
5+7RENAULT2512376.8%+68.2%โ€“37
6+4KIA2213356.4%+40.0%+191.7%35
7+2SKODA2111325.9%+23.1%+14.3%32
8โˆ’3HYUNDAI922315.7%โˆ’44.6%+47.6%31
9โˆ’6TOYOTA262285.2%โˆ’65.4%โ€“28
10โˆ’3BMW516213.9%โˆ’50.0%+16.7%21

Counts are vehicles first registered in Lithuania in the month and still registered when the register extract was taken. Months that are a year old are 10โ€“30% below Regitra's official counts because cars have since been exported or scrapped, so year-on-year changes overstate growth; see Methodology โ€บ Survivorship. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.