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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท December 2023

Latvia registered 4 123 passenger cars in December 2023: 1 112 new cars (27.0% of the total) and 3 011 used imports. That is down 14.6% on November 2023 and down 2.8% on December 2022. Year to date the market stands at 61 657 registrations, up 1.0% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 66.6% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 619 registrations and a 15.0% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (518) and VOLVO (495). Together the top three brands took 39.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, SKODA grew fastest year on year (+36.5%) while MERCEDES-BENZ fell furthest (โˆ’24.4%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 181 registrations, followed by the BMW 5 SERIES (138) and the VOLVO XC60 (124). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 180 used against 1 new.

Battery-electric cars took 4.2% of all registrations. Plug-in hybrids took 1.4%, diesel 63.4% and petrol 30.0%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 45 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (24). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 21 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (18). Used imports were on average 12.0 years old when they were registered.

December 2023 was the weakest of the 5 months on this page, which average 4 943 registrations a month; the strongest was August 2023 with 5 580.

4 123
vs previous month โˆ’14.6% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’2.8%
1 112
New share 27.0%
3 011
Avg import age (yrs) 12
4.2%
172 BEV ยท 56 PHEV (1.4%)
21
0.5% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 236 (30.0%)Diesel2 612 (63.4%)Plug-in hybrid56 (1.4%)Battery electric172 (4.2%)LPG / CNG47 (1.1%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 383

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES1180181โˆ’10.4%โˆ’20.6%2 539โˆ’11.0%
2+1BMW5 SERIES1137138โˆ’4.8%โˆ’4.2%1 818โˆ’1.0%
3โˆ’1VOLVOXC6010114124โˆ’24.4%+3.3%1 666+28.5%
40AUDIA48110118โˆ’14.5%โˆ’3.3%1 517โˆ’18.4%
5+4VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN41651060.0%+65.6%1 201+18.1%
60AUDIA64101105โˆ’13.9%+5.0%1 371โˆ’8.4%
7โˆ’2TOYOTARAV47529104โˆ’16.1%+22.4%1 166โˆ’7.0%
8โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENGOLF187593โˆ’21.8%โˆ’25.6%1 587โˆ’15.9%
9+1SKODAOCTAVIA444892โˆ’3.2%+64.3%1 166+26.2%
10+1VOLVOV7008383โˆ’9.8%โˆ’14.4%1 154โˆ’12.1%
11+2TOYOTAYARIS CROSS81182+5.1%+164.5%856+204.6%
12โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENPASSAT47781โˆ’30.2%โˆ’3.6%1 225โˆ’6.6%
13+4BMWX5136578+14.7%+9.9%1 101+2.0%
14+4SKODAKODIAQ482573+15.9%+87.2%777+36.6%
150BMWX355964โˆ’13.5%+23.1%722+11.6%
160VOLVOXC9095463โˆ’12.5%โˆ’11.3%933โˆ’9.9%
17โˆ’3VOLVOV6026062โˆ’19.5%+34.8%830+37.9%
18โˆ’6TOYOTACOROLLA47350โˆ’45.1%โˆ’10.7%1 041+48.5%
19+1OPELASTRA14849โˆ’14.0%โ€“692โˆ’5.2%
20โˆ’1VOLVOXC7004949โˆ’22.2%โˆ’25.8%649โˆ’8.7%
21โ€“VOLKSWAGENTRANSPORTER33841โ€“โˆ’41.4%230โˆ’19.6%
22โˆ’1NISSANQASHQAI251540โˆ’27.3%โˆ’9.1%695โˆ’7.8%
23+10KIASPORTAGE221537+15.6%+5.7%491+5.6%
24+7BMW1 SERIES23436+9.1%โ€“609+23.5%
25โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZC03434โˆ’10.5%โˆ’8.1%477โˆ’10.5%
26โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZE03434โˆ’10.5%โˆ’30.6%494โˆ’4.4%
27+2OPELINSIGNIA03333โˆ’2.9%โˆ’8.3%433โˆ’6.7%
28โ€“DACIADUSTER26632โ€“โ€“591+6.5%
29+6SKODASUPERB52732+6.7%โ€“450+32.0%
30โˆ’8AUDIQ572330โˆ’44.4%โˆ’11.8%515+20.3%
31โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL131629โ€“โ€“326+57.5%
32โ€“BMWX102828โ€“โ€“397+53.3%
33โ€“SKODAKAROQ25328โ€“โ€“430+67.3%
34โˆ’11VOLKSWAGENTOURAN02828โˆ’41.7%โ€“553โˆ’9.0%
35โˆ’7AUDIA302626โˆ’27.8%โˆ’42.2%635โˆ’10.1%
36โ€“VOLVOS6002626โ€“โ€“320โˆ’22.0%
37โˆ’10RENAULTTRAFIC131124โˆ’35.1%โˆ’20.0%259โˆ’1.1%
38โ€“SUBARUXV21324โ€“โ€“138+68.3%
39โ€“AUDIQ722123โ€“โ€“406+45.0%
40โ€“VOLKSWAGENPOLO02323โ€“โ€“243โˆ’26.1%
41โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG12223โ€“โ€“289+23.0%
42โ€“FORDFOCUS31922โ€“โ€“502+3.7%
43โ€“TOYOTAC-HR19322โ€“โˆ’26.7%427โˆ’2.7%
44โ€“FORDS-MAX02121โ€“โ€“245โˆ’10.6%
45โˆ’19SKODAKAMIQ20121โˆ’44.7%โˆ’32.3%450+81.5%
46โ€“SUBARUOUTBACK20121โ€“โ€“222+27.6%
47โ€“TESLAMODEL Y51621โ€“โ€“222+441.5%
48โ€“VOLKSWAGENCADDY21921โ€“โ€“290โˆ’14.7%
49โˆ’19VOLVOV4002121โˆ’38.2%โ€“433+13.4%
50โˆ’18TOYOTAPROACE19120โˆ’39.4%โ€“220โˆ’16.0%

Electric models 40

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1โ€“TESLAMODEL Y5162112.2%โ€“โ€“222
2โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 31171810.5%โˆ’21.7%โ€“225
3โ€“SKODAENYAQ122148.1%โ€“+40.0%154
40BMWI3012127.0%+20.0%โ€“127
5โˆ’3BMWIX4595.2%โˆ’25.0%โ€“67
6โˆ’3AUDIE-TRON0884.7%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’69.2%112
7โˆ’2HYUNDAIKONA4374.1%โˆ’30.0%โ€“109
8โ€“CITROENBERLINGO4152.9%โ€“โ€“24
9โ€“DACIASPRING4152.9%โ€“โ€“39
10โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.32352.9%โ€“โ€“105
11โ€“AUDIQ42242.3%โ€“โ€“26
12โ€“LEXUSRZ4042.3%โ€“โ€“12
13โˆ’7NISSANLEAF0442.3%โˆ’60.0%โˆ’77.8%199
14โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN4042.3%โ€“โ€“54
15โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.44042.3%โ€“โˆ’73.3%123
16โ€“AUDIQ82131.7%โ€“โ€“27
17โ€“BMWIX13031.7%โ€“โ€“10
18โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ0331.7%โ€“โ€“26
19โ€“NISSANARIYA3031.7%โ€“โ€“49
20โ€“RENAULTZOE0331.7%โ€“โ€“24

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 46

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3658361915.0%โˆ’3.6%โˆ’0.3%8 393+0.7%
2+1VOLKSWAGEN14837051812.6%โˆ’9.1%โˆ’14.0%7 502โˆ’7.8%
3โˆ’1VOLVO2946649512.0%โˆ’19.5%โˆ’9.5%7 167+1.6%
4+1AUDI343553899.4%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’4.9%5 807โˆ’0.2%
5โˆ’1TOYOTA275933688.9%โˆ’20.5%+25.6%5 069+11.6%
60SKODA1731152887.0%โˆ’3.4%+36.5%4 019+28.5%
7+1OPEL31591623.9%โˆ’12.4%โˆ’1.2%2 652โˆ’17.1%
8โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ181431613.9%โˆ’26.5%โˆ’24.4%2 685โˆ’1.3%
90FORD191151343.3%โˆ’10.1%+19.6%2 319โˆ’3.7%
10+1NISSAN4349922.2%โˆ’19.3%โˆ’2.1%1 565โˆ’5.9%
11+3KIA4639852.1%0.0%+4.9%1 260+3.9%
120RENAULT2554791.9%โˆ’28.2%โˆ’19.4%1 391โˆ’5.1%
130HYUNDAI4333761.8%โˆ’27.6%โˆ’45.7%1 284โˆ’7.4%
14โˆ’4PEUGEOT1556711.7%โˆ’40.8%โˆ’45.4%1 622+6.4%
15+1SUBARU4222641.6%+8.5%+68.4%624+33.9%
16+1CITROEN653591.4%+3.5%+15.7%838โˆ’1.4%
17โˆ’2DACIA509591.4%โˆ’14.5%โˆ’25.3%1 111+1.6%
18+6TESLA1728451.1%+25.0%โ€“532+105.4%
19โˆ’1SEAT1232441.1%โˆ’13.7%+41.9%702+11.4%
20โˆ’1LAND ROVER728350.9%โˆ’27.1%โ€“519+13.1%
210LEXUS2111320.8%โˆ’25.6%โˆ’28.9%494+2.3%
22โ€“JEEP030300.7%โ€“โ€“246+5.6%
23โˆ’3PORSCHE1416300.7%โˆ’33.3%โ€“507+26.4%
24+1HONDA325280.7%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’15.2%498โˆ’11.4%
25โˆ’2CUPRA200200.5%โˆ’50.0%โ€“468+17.9%
26โ€“MITSUBISHI020200.5%โ€“โ€“230โˆ’12.9%
27โˆ’5MAZDA514190.5%โˆ’53.7%โ€“441โˆ’5.4%
28โ€“MINI116170.4%โ€“โ€“243โˆ’4.0%
29โ€“SUZUKI310130.3%โ€“โ€“183โˆ’25.9%
30โ€“CHRYSLER011110.3%โ€“โ€“126โˆ’13.7%

Electric brands 20

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA17284526.2%+25.0%+350.0%532
20BMW7172414.0%+4.3%+118.2%243
3+2AUDI411158.7%+7.1%โˆ’44.4%166
4+2VOLKSWAGEN105158.7%+7.1%โˆ’25.0%299
5+3SKODA122148.1%+40.0%+40.0%155
6โˆ’3HYUNDAI57127.0%โˆ’36.8%โ€“197
70CITROEN4374.1%โˆ’36.4%โ€“81
8โˆ’4NISSAN3474.1%โˆ’53.3%โˆ’61.1%249
9โ€“DACIA4152.9%โ€“โ€“39
10โ€“MERCEDES-BENZ3252.9%โ€“โ€“94

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.