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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท January 2024

Latvia registered 3 738 passenger cars in January 2024: 1 202 new cars (32.2% of the total) and 2 536 used imports. That is down 9.3% on December 2023 and down 11.2% on January 2023. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 3 738, down 11.2% on January last year. Private buyers accounted for 62.3% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 487 registrations and a 13.0% share, ahead of VOLVO (455) and VOLKSWAGEN (374). Together the top three brands took 35.2% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, MERCEDES-BENZ grew fastest year on year (+7.2%) while VOLKSWAGEN fell furthest (โˆ’28.8%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 134 registrations, followed by the VOLVO XC60 (105) and the BMW 5 SERIES (89). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 134 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 4.6% of all registrations. Plug-in hybrids took 1.8%, diesel 58.9% and petrol 33.3%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 55 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (19). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 29 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (17). Used imports were on average 11.3 years old when they were registered.

January 2024 was the weakest of the 6 months on this page, which average 4 742 registrations a month; the strongest was August 2023 with 5 580.

3 738
vs previous month โˆ’9.3% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’11.2%
1 202
New share 32.2%
2 536
Avg import age (yrs) 11.3
4.6%
172 BEV ยท 67 PHEV (1.8%)
19
0.5% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 245 (33.3%)Diesel2 200 (58.9%)Plug-in hybrid67 (1.8%)Battery electric172 (4.6%)LPG / CNG54 (1.4%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 402

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0134134โˆ’26.0%โˆ’26.0%134โˆ’26.0%
2+1VOLVOXC605100105โˆ’15.3%โˆ’1.9%105โˆ’1.9%
3โˆ’1BMW5 SERIES48589โˆ’35.5%โˆ’21.9%89โˆ’21.9%
4+10SKODAKODIAQ681684+15.1%+78.7%84+78.7%
5โˆ’1AUDIA438083โˆ’29.7%โˆ’20.2%83โˆ’20.2%
6+3SKODAOCTAVIA443983โˆ’9.8%+20.3%83+20.3%
70TOYOTARAV4551974โˆ’28.8%+80.5%74+80.5%
8โˆ’2AUDIA646973โˆ’30.5%โˆ’5.2%73โˆ’5.2%
9+1VOLVOV7007171โˆ’14.5%โˆ’13.4%71โˆ’13.4%
10โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN264470โˆ’34.0%โˆ’7.9%70โˆ’7.9%
11+7TOYOTACOROLLA60868+36.0%+3.0%68+3.0%
12+16DACIADUSTER61566+106.3%+32.0%66+32.0%
13+3VOLVOXC9085866+4.8%+4.8%66+4.8%
14โˆ’6VOLKSWAGENGOLF85664โˆ’31.2%โˆ’34.7%64โˆ’34.7%
15โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENPASSAT45559โˆ’27.2%โˆ’35.2%59โˆ’35.2%
16+1VOLVOV6035558โˆ’6.5%โˆ’3.3%58โˆ’3.3%
17โˆ’4BMWX5154257โˆ’26.9%โˆ’45.2%57โˆ’45.2%
18โˆ’3BMWX314849โˆ’23.4%+14.0%49+14.0%
19โˆ’8TOYOTAYARIS CROSS41243โˆ’47.6%โˆ’44.2%43โˆ’44.2%
20โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL35742โ€“+27.3%42+27.3%
21+9AUDIQ582937+23.3%โ€“37โ€“
22โˆ’2VOLVOXC7003737โˆ’24.5%โˆ’40.3%37โˆ’40.3%
23โˆ’1NISSANQASHQAI181735โˆ’12.5%0.0%350.0%
24โ€“VOLVOV9072835โ€“โ€“35โ€“
25+1MERCEDES-BENZE331340.0%โˆ’2.9%34โˆ’2.9%
26โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOURAN03434โ€“โˆ’10.5%34โˆ’10.5%
27โ€“FORDFOCUS13132โ€“โ€“32โ€“
28โ€“SKODAKAROQ32032โ€“โ€“32โ€“
29โ€“AUDIA303131โ€“0.0%310.0%
30โˆ’7KIASPORTAGE22931โˆ’16.2%โˆ’38.0%31โˆ’38.0%
31โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZC03131โˆ’8.8%โ€“31โ€“
32โ€“PEUGEOT5008211031โ€“โ€“31โ€“
33โ€“AUDIQ7121830โ€“โˆ’14.3%30โˆ’14.3%
34โˆ’7OPELINSIGNIA02929โˆ’12.1%โ€“29โ€“
35โ€“TESLAMODEL Y131629โ€“โ€“29โ€“
36โˆ’17OPELASTRA12728โˆ’42.9%โˆ’26.3%28โˆ’26.3%
37โ€“BMWX112526โ€“โ€“26โ€“
38โ€“SKODAKAMIQ25126โ€“โˆ’35.0%26โˆ’35.0%
39โ€“BMWX6111425โ€“โ€“25โ€“
40โ€“FORDKUGA91625โ€“โ€“25โ€“
41โ€“RENAULTTRAFIC131225โ€“โ€“25โ€“
42โˆ’18BMW1 SERIES51924โˆ’33.3%โˆ’29.4%24โˆ’29.4%
43โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC15722โ€“โ€“22โ€“
44โ€“LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER101121โ€“โ€“21โ€“
45โ€“LEXUSRX17421โ€“โ€“21โ€“
46โ€“VOLVOV4002121โ€“โ€“21โ€“
47โ€“HONDACR-V81220โ€“โ€“20โ€“
48โ€“SUBARUOUTBACK16420โ€“โ€“20โ€“
49โ€“CUPRAFORMENTOR19019โ€“โ€“19โ€“
50โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG21719โ€“โ€“19โ€“

Electric models 44

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL Y13162916.9%+38.1%โ€“29
20TESLAMODEL 3413179.9%โˆ’5.6%โ€“17
3โ€“AUDIE-TRON28105.8%โ€“โˆ’65.5%10
4โ€“BMWIX46105.8%โ€“โ€“10
5โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN7074.1%โ€“โˆ’30.0%7
6โˆ’2BMWI30663.5%โˆ’50.0%โ€“6
7โ€“TESLAMODEL S0663.5%โ€“โ€“6
8โ€“KIANIRO3252.9%โ€“โ€“5
9โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQE4152.9%โ€“โ€“5
10โ€“AUDIQ44042.3%โ€“โ€“4
11โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 54042.3%โ€“โ€“4
12โ€“JAGUARI-PACE0442.3%โ€“โ€“4
13โ€“KIAEV93142.3%โ€“โ€“4
14โ€“NISSANARIYA4042.3%โ€“โ€“4
15โ€“NISSANLEAF1342.3%โ€“โˆ’85.7%4
16โ€“TOYOTABZ4X4042.3%โ€“โ€“4
17โ€“DACIASPRING2131.7%โ€“โ€“3
18โ€“GREAT WALLORA3031.7%โ€“โ€“3
19โ€“HYUNDAIKONA1231.7%โ€“โ€“3
20โ€“TESLAMODEL X0331.7%โ€“โ€“3

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
10BMW5842948713.0%โˆ’21.3%โˆ’14.6%487โˆ’14.6%
2+1VOLVO3542045512.2%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’14.2%455โˆ’14.2%
3โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN9827637410.0%โˆ’27.8%โˆ’28.8%374โˆ’28.8%
40AUDI422713138.4%โˆ’19.5%โˆ’12.1%313โˆ’12.1%
50TOYOTA200862867.7%โˆ’22.3%+1.4%286+1.4%
60SKODA197842817.5%โˆ’2.4%โˆ’6.3%281โˆ’6.3%
7+1MERCEDES-BENZ501441945.2%+20.5%+7.2%194+7.2%
8+1FORD201191393.7%+3.7%โˆ’4.8%139โˆ’4.8%
9โˆ’2OPEL51301353.6%โˆ’16.7%โˆ’14.0%135โˆ’14.0%
100NISSAN6435992.7%+7.6%โˆ’16.8%99โˆ’16.8%
11+6DACIA889972.6%+64.4%โˆ’26.5%97โˆ’26.5%
12+2PEUGEOT3660962.6%+35.2%+5.5%96+5.5%
13โˆ’1RENAULT2963922.5%+16.5%โˆ’6.1%92โˆ’6.1%
14โˆ’3KIA4928772.1%โˆ’9.4%โˆ’19.8%77โˆ’19.8%
15โˆ’2HYUNDAI4035752.0%โˆ’1.3%โˆ’28.6%75โˆ’28.6%
16+2TESLA1738551.5%+22.2%โ€“55โ€“
17โˆ’2SUBARU2625511.4%โˆ’20.3%+50.0%51+50.0%
18+1SEAT537421.1%โˆ’4.5%โˆ’10.6%42โˆ’10.6%
19+1LAND ROVER1922411.1%+17.1%+7.9%41+7.9%
20+1LEXUS2813411.1%+28.1%+36.7%41+36.7%
21+2PORSCHE2714411.1%+36.7%โˆ’6.8%41โˆ’6.8%
22โˆ’6CITROEN137381.0%โˆ’35.6%โˆ’28.3%38โˆ’28.3%
23โ€“HONDA1223350.9%โ€“โˆ’22.2%35โˆ’22.2%
24โ€“MAZDA1015250.7%โ€“โˆ’16.7%25โˆ’16.7%
25โ€“CUPRA230230.6%โ€“โ€“23โ€“
26โ€“JAGUAR512170.5%โ€“โ€“17โ€“
27โ€“MITSUBISHI016160.4%โ€“โ€“16โ€“
28โˆ’6JEEP015150.4%โˆ’50.0%โ€“15โ€“
29โ€“MINI312150.4%โ€“โ€“15โ€“
30โ€“SUZUKI74110.3%โ€“โ€“11โ€“

Electric brands 24

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA17385532.0%+22.2%+243.8%55
20BMW6131911.1%โˆ’20.8%โ€“19
30AUDI68148.1%โˆ’6.7%โˆ’54.8%14
40VOLKSWAGEN84127.0%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’57.1%12
5โ€“KIA74116.4%โ€“โˆ’15.4%11
6โ€“NISSAN5495.2%โ€“โˆ’70.0%9
7โˆ’1HYUNDAI5274.1%โˆ’41.7%โˆ’36.4%7
8โ€“MERCEDES-BENZ5274.1%โ€“โ€“7
9โ€“PORSCHE7074.1%โ€“โˆ’30.0%7
10โ€“JAGUAR0442.3%โ€“โ€“4

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.