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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท August 2023

Latvia registered 5 580 passenger cars in August 2023: 1 597 new cars (28.6% of the total) and 3 983 used imports. That is down 1.0% on the previous month and up 0.7% on August 2022. Year to date the market stands at 42 522 registrations, up 2.3% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 62.9% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 741 registrations and a 13.3% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (691) and VOLVO (633). Together the top three brands took 37.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, SKODA grew fastest year on year (+21.3%) while OPEL fell furthest (โˆ’20.4%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 230 registrations, followed by the BMW 5 SERIES (162) and the VOLVO XC60 (156). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 228 used against 2 new.

Battery-electric cars took 4.2% of all registrations. Plug-in hybrids took 0.9%, diesel 60.6% and petrol 33.5%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 63 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (26). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 31 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (27). Used imports were on average 11.2 years old when they were registered.

5 580
vs previous month โˆ’1.0% ยท vs same month last year +0.7%
1 597
New share 28.6%
3 983
Avg import age (yrs) 11.2
4.2%
234 BEV ยท 53 PHEV (0.9%)
143
2.6% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 870 (33.5%)Diesel3 379 (60.6%)Plug-in hybrid53 (0.9%)Battery electric234 (4.2%)LPG / CNG44 (0.8%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 437

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES2228230+6.5%โˆ’5.7%1 709โˆ’12.1%
20BMW5 SERIES0162162โˆ’15.6%+5.9%1 207โˆ’3.1%
3+1VOLVOXC608148156+17.3%+35.7%1 098+29.2%
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENGOLF19135154โˆ’5.5%โˆ’13.0%1 136โˆ’12.9%
5+3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN5081131+20.2%+48.9%796+5.6%
6โˆ’1AUDIA41128129+4.9%โˆ’22.8%1 005โˆ’23.0%
7+5VOLKSWAGENPASSAT14108122+18.4%+13.0%828โˆ’12.6%
8โˆ’2AUDIA62118120โˆ’2.4%โˆ’3.2%949โˆ’7.1%
9+7TOYOTACOROLLA1144118+55.3%+47.5%743+84.8%
10โˆ’3SKODAOCTAVIA5061111โˆ’7.5%+26.1%746+21.5%
11โˆ’1TOYOTARAV476281040.0%โˆ’16.8%712โˆ’13.8%
12โˆ’3VOLVOV7009393โˆ’14.7%+2.2%807โˆ’9.8%
13+5VOLVOV6027880+6.7%+17.6%543+35.4%
14+7BMWX547478+8.3%0.0%810+7.0%
15โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS CROSS78078โˆ’17.9%โ€“570+182.2%
16โˆ’5AUDIA307777โˆ’25.2%+16.7%499โˆ’2.9%
17+3VOLVOXC9036972โˆ’2.7%โˆ’14.3%629โˆ’10.4%
18+9BMW1 SERIES323870+34.6%+59.1%402+13.6%
19+4OPELASTRA16970+14.8%+4.5%492โˆ’11.0%
20โˆ’3SKODAKODIAQ442165โˆ’13.3%+62.5%497+21.5%
21โˆ’7TOYOTAC-HR541165โˆ’28.6%0.0%352+9.3%
22+14DACIADUSTER56561+56.4%+27.1%484+25.4%
23+9KIASPORTAGE471057+23.9%+18.8%358+18.2%
24+6VOLVOXC7005555+14.6%โˆ’6.8%428โˆ’7.6%
25โˆ’10AUDIQ215152โˆ’34.2%โ€“278โ€“
26โˆ’7NISSANQASHQAI242751โˆ’31.1%โˆ’23.9%492โˆ’6.5%
27โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTOURAN05151โˆ’13.6%+2.0%383โˆ’15.6%
280AUDIQ5113748โˆ’5.9%+20.0%335+15.9%
29โˆ’7BMWX324648โˆ’26.2%โˆ’27.3%440โˆ’4.3%
30โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZC14546โˆ’4.2%โˆ’16.4%317โˆ’12.7%
31+9MERCEDES-BENZE04646+27.8%โˆ’9.8%334โˆ’7.5%
32โ€“OPELMOKKA291746โ€“+43.8%213โˆ’18.4%
33+1SKODAKAROQ38745+4.7%โ€“298+66.5%
34+4SKODASUPERB103545+18.4%+12.5%327+52.1%
35+12BMWX133942+40.0%โ€“267+62.8%
36โ€“VOLVOS6013637โ€“+23.3%219โˆ’23.7%
37โˆ’6OPELINSIGNIA03636โˆ’23.4%โˆ’18.2%287โˆ’9.7%
38โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS35136โ€“โˆ’7.7%276+8.2%
39+3CUPRAFORMENTOR34135+6.1%โ€“243+1.7%
40โˆ’5VOLVOV4003535โˆ’12.5%โˆ’20.5%304+17.4%
41โ€“FORDFOCUS33134โ€“โˆ’22.7%386+10.9%
42โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL201434โ€“โ€“198+36.6%
43+1AUDIQ792433+6.5%โ€“314+84.7%
44โ€“TESLAMODEL Y211031โ€“โ€“161โ€“
45โ€“PEUGEOT40830030โ€“โ€“76โ€“
46โˆ’9TOYOTAYARIS21930โˆ’23.1%โˆ’21.1%229+8.5%
47โˆ’4OPELZAFIRA02828โˆ’12.5%โˆ’22.2%209โˆ’16.7%
48โ€“SKODAFABIA151328โ€“โˆ’42.9%230โˆ’11.5%
49โ€“TESLAMODEL 312627โ€“โ€“155+21.1%
50โˆ’4VOLVOV5002727โˆ’12.9%โˆ’34.1%249โˆ’17.8%

Electric models 55

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL Y21103113.3%+72.2%โ€“161
2โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 31262711.5%+35.0%+35.0%155
3+2NISSANLEAF104146.0%+40.0%โˆ’22.2%133
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.385135.6%โˆ’23.5%โ€“76
5โˆ’1BMWI3011114.7%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’15.4%75
6โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.473104.3%โ€“โ€“96
7โ€“SKODAENYAQ8083.4%โ€“โ€“101
8โ€“BMWIX0773.0%โ€“โ€“40
9โ€“AUDIE-TRON0662.6%โ€“โ€“61
10โ€“HYUNDAIKONA4262.6%โ€“โ€“76
11โ€“AUDIQ83252.1%โ€“โ€“16
12โ€“CITROENC43252.1%โ€“โ€“11
13โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 55052.1%โ€“โ€“38
14โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQS4152.1%โ€“โ€“20
15โ€“CUPRABORN3141.7%โ€“โˆ’86.2%46
16โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQB1341.7%โ€“โ€“11
17โ€“NISSANARIYA4041.7%โ€“โ€“29
18โ€“TOYOTABZ4X4041.7%โ€“โ€“17
19โ€“VOLVOXC404041.7%โ€“โ€“20
20โ€“DACIASPRING3031.3%โ€“โ€“25

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 52

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW5968274113.3%โˆ’0.4%+1.4%5 612โˆ’2.2%
20VOLKSWAGEN17851369112.4%+2.4%+2.1%5 245โˆ’3.9%
30VOLVO2361063311.3%+4.5%+2.9%4 877+3.5%
40AUDI4650955510.0%โˆ’6.4%+13.0%4 083+4.3%
50TOYOTA3881315199.3%+1.8%+13.8%3 444+15.3%
60SKODA1931493426.1%โˆ’10.2%+21.3%2 730+33.8%
70MERCEDES-BENZ352192544.6%+3.3%โˆ’4.2%1 8290.0%
8+1OPEL332092424.3%+1.3%โˆ’20.4%1 840โˆ’21.7%
9โˆ’1FORD261551813.2%โˆ’25.2%โˆ’17.4%1 655โˆ’1.8%
100PEUGEOT54901442.6%โˆ’10.0%โˆ’14.3%1 156+19.1%
110NISSAN64651292.3%โˆ’9.8%โˆ’4.4%1 048โˆ’8.8%
12+1RENAULT38881262.3%+5.9%โˆ’17.6%997โˆ’3.1%
13+1KIA88321202.2%+16.5%โˆ’11.8%885+7.0%
14โˆ’2HYUNDAI4752991.8%โˆ’18.9%โˆ’3.9%919โˆ’5.1%
15+2DACIA888961.7%+28.0%โˆ’8.6%859+11.3%
160CITROEN1464781.4%+4.0%โˆ’8.2%561โˆ’5.7%
17+3TESLA2241631.1%+43.2%โ€“375+108.3%
18โˆ’3SEAT1250621.1%โˆ’19.5%โˆ’13.9%505+18.0%
19+2LEXUS3125561.0%+33.3%+55.6%329+1.2%
20โˆ’2SUBARU3419531.0%+3.9%โ€“391+33.4%
21+2CUPRA463490.9%+22.5%+44.1%338+13.8%
22+3HONDA1334470.8%+20.5%โˆ’19.0%361โˆ’9.1%
23โˆ’1PORSCHE2120410.7%โˆ’2.4%+32.3%334+13.2%
240MAZDA1422360.7%โˆ’10.0%โˆ’35.7%323โˆ’0.3%
25โˆ’6LAND ROVER1123340.6%โˆ’32.0%โˆ’15.0%329โˆ’1.2%
260MINI418220.4%โˆ’31.3%โ€“167โˆ’6.2%
27โ€“JEEP021210.4%โ€“โ€“1570.0%
28โ€“FIAT020200.4%โ€“โ€“149โˆ’16.3%
29โ€“JAGUAR118190.3%โ€“โ€“114+56.2%
30โ€“MITSUBISHI019190.3%โ€“โ€“154โˆ’11.0%

Electric brands 29

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA22416326.9%+43.2%+117.2%375
20VOLKSWAGEN1882611.1%โˆ’18.8%+23.8%223
30BMW218208.6%โˆ’16.7%+5.3%149
4+2NISSAN144187.7%+50.0%0.0%163
5+2MERCEDES-BENZ104146.0%+40.0%โ€“63
6โˆ’2AUDI48125.1%โˆ’7.7%โ€“96
7โˆ’2HYUNDAI92114.7%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’8.3%133
8โ€“SKODA8083.4%โ€“โ€“101
9โ€“CITROEN5273.0%โ€“โ€“27
10โ€“KIA3473.0%โ€“โ€“38

Counts are CSDD's official first registrations of passenger cars (M1) in Latvia in the month; they are complete and are not affected by later exports or deregistrations. Full hybrids are recorded as petrol or diesel. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.