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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท March 2024

Latvia registered 5 007 passenger cars in March 2024: 1 486 new cars (29.7% of the total) and 3 521 used imports. That is up 23.6% on February 2024 and down 12.1% on March 2023. Year to date the market stands at 12 796 registrations, down 10.8% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 64.9% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 671 registrations and a 13.4% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (617) and VOLVO (567). Together the top three brands took 37.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, FORD grew fastest year on year (+5.6%) while NISSAN fell furthest (โˆ’26.1%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 216 registrations, followed by the AUDI A4 (128) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (125). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 216 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 3.9% of all registrations. Plug-in hybrids took 2.0%, diesel 59.1% and petrol 33.5%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 37 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (22). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 21 registrations, ahead of the GREAT WALL ORA (16). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

March 2024 was the 4th-highest of the 8 months on this page, which average 4 689 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

5 007
vs previous month +23.6% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’12.1%
1 486
New share 29.7%
3 521
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
3.9%
195 BEV ยท 100 PHEV (2.0%)
28
0.6% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 679 (33.5%)Diesel2 958 (59.1%)Plug-in hybrid100 (2.0%)Battery electric195 (3.9%)LPG / CNG74 (1.5%)Other0 (0.0%)Not recorded1 (0.0%)

Models 453

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0216216+45.9%โˆ’2.3%498โˆ’14.1%
2+5AUDIA42126128+47.1%+2.4%298โˆ’8.3%
30VOLKSWAGENGOLF2897125+23.8%โˆ’4.6%290โˆ’21.2%
4+2VOLVOXC609109118+31.1%โˆ’23.4%313โˆ’20.6%
5โˆ’3BMW5 SERIES2114116+14.9%โˆ’31.8%306โˆ’27.1%
6+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN6353116+45.0%+22.1%266+8.6%
7โˆ’2AUDIA61113114+21.3%โˆ’19.7%281โˆ’12.2%
8โˆ’4SKODAOCTAVIA445296โˆ’3.0%+12.9%278+17.3%
9+5VOLVOXC90108090+42.9%+11.1%219โˆ’1.4%
10โˆ’1TOYOTARAV4553388+11.4%+22.2%241+43.5%
11+6BMWX5127284+47.4%โˆ’26.3%198โˆ’36.3%
12+6VOLKSWAGENPASSAT67480+45.5%โˆ’23.8%194โˆ’34.9%
13โˆ’2TOYOTACOROLLA74478+16.4%โˆ’45.8%213โˆ’25.5%
14+2VOLVOV7007777+28.3%โˆ’36.9%208โˆ’30.9%
15โˆ’2VOLVOV6046973+15.9%+17.7%194+12.1%
16+7OPELASTRA56267+48.9%โˆ’9.5%140โˆ’11.4%
17โˆ’7BMWX3125466โˆ’7.0%0.0%186+14.8%
18โˆ’6SKODAKODIAQ451964โˆ’3.0%+16.4%214+23.7%
19+3TOYOTAYARIS CROSS58159+28.3%โˆ’40.4%148โˆ’40.6%
20โ€“FORDKUGA361652โ€“โ€“99+41.4%
21+4NISSANQASHQAI311950+38.9%โˆ’41.2%121โˆ’29.7%
22โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC41748โ€“โ€“90+100.0%
23โˆ’4AUDIQ554146โˆ’11.5%+24.3%135+57.0%
24โˆ’9DACIADUSTER39544โˆ’29.0%โˆ’46.3%172โˆ’10.4%
25โˆ’4VOLVOXC7004444โˆ’8.3%โˆ’42.9%129โˆ’28.3%
26+1AUDIA304343+30.3%โˆ’8.5%107โˆ’17.1%
27+6KIACEED331043+43.3%โˆ’4.4%84โˆ’3.4%
280MERCEDES-BENZE14142+27.3%โˆ’2.3%109โˆ’4.4%
29โ€“TOYOTAYARIS291241โ€“+24.2%80+45.5%
30โ€“VOLKSWAGENTAIGO41041โ€“+2.5%69โˆ’22.5%
31โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE241640โ€“โ€“86+38.7%
32โˆ’12FORDFOCUS03939โˆ’18.8%โˆ’50.6%119โˆ’21.2%
33โ€“SKODASUPERB152439โ€“โˆ’15.2%82โˆ’39.3%
34โ€“OPELINSIGNIA03737โ€“โˆ’24.5%95โˆ’4.0%
35โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTOURAN03737+19.4%โˆ’21.3%102โˆ’15.7%
36โˆ’10SKODAKAROQ28836+5.9%โˆ’18.2%102+25.9%
37โˆ’8KIASPORTAGE221234+9.7%โˆ’5.6%96โˆ’20.0%
38โ€“SKODAFABIA191534โ€“+9.7%63โˆ’35.7%
39โˆ’9MERCEDES-BENZC031310.0%โˆ’11.4%93+1.1%
40โ€“VOLVOV4003030โ€“โˆ’31.8%74โˆ’28.2%
41โ€“HYUNDAII3021728โ€“โ€“59โ€“
42โ€“OPELMERIVA02828โ€“โ€“58โˆ’6.5%
43โ€“AUDIQ3161127โ€“โ€“45โ€“
44โ€“HONDACR-V121527โ€“โˆ’18.2%62โˆ’30.3%
45โ€“LEXUSRX161127โ€“โ€“66+100.0%
46โ€“TOYOTAAVENSIS02727โ€“โˆ’20.6%55โˆ’19.1%
47โ€“FORDS-MAX12526โ€“โ€“53+35.9%
48โ€“OPELZAFIRA02626โ€“โˆ’25.7%54โˆ’21.7%
49โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL121325โ€“โ€“96+18.5%
50โ€“VOLVOS6002525โ€“โˆ’24.2%57โˆ’29.6%

Electric models 50

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 38132110.8%+61.5%โˆ’12.5%51
2โ€“GREAT WALLORA160168.2%โ€“โ€“28
3โ€“BMWI3014147.2%โ€“โ€“29
4โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.3112136.7%โ€“+8.3%19
5โˆ’1NISSANLEAF65115.6%+10.0%โˆ’47.6%25
6โˆ’3AUDIE-TRON1894.6%โˆ’10.0%โ€“29
7โ€“TESLAMODEL Y3694.6%โ€“โ€“47
8โ€“HYUNDAIKONA1673.6%โ€“โˆ’56.3%16
9โ€“MINIMINI5273.6%โ€“โ€“14
10โ€“AUDIQ86063.1%โ€“โ€“6
11โ€“TESLAMODEL S0663.1%โ€“โ€“21
12โ€“JAGUARI-PACE0552.6%โ€“โ€“14
13โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQE4152.6%โ€“โ€“13
14โ€“CUPRABORN4042.1%โ€“โ€“8
15โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 54042.1%โ€“โ€“9
16โ€“BMWIX1231.5%โ€“โ€“16
17โ€“CITROENJUMPY0331.5%โ€“โ€“3
18โ€“KIAEV92131.5%โ€“โ€“7
19โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN1231.5%โ€“โ€“10
20โ€“SKODAENYAQ2131.5%โ€“โˆ’75.0%8

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 54

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW6360867113.4%+28.8%โˆ’9.7%1 679โˆ’11.5%
20VOLKSWAGEN23438361712.3%+28.5%โˆ’7.8%1 471โˆ’18.3%
30VOLVO3253556711.3%+28.6%โˆ’18.7%1 463โˆ’17.2%
40AUDI414114529.0%+21.8%โˆ’6.4%1 136โˆ’8.0%
50TOYOTA2721304028.0%+22.2%โˆ’20.4%1 017โˆ’8.1%
60SKODA1901263166.3%+14.1%โˆ’6.2%874โˆ’7.4%
7+1OPEL152252404.8%+35.6%โˆ’7.0%552โˆ’6.3%
8+1FORD571712284.6%+31.8%+5.6%540+0.6%
9โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ311782094.2%+14.2%โˆ’3.2%586โˆ’4.7%
100NISSAN66531192.4%+11.2%โˆ’26.1%325โˆ’17.5%
11+3KIA71361072.1%+16.3%+3.9%276โˆ’1.4%
12โˆ’1PEUGEOT15871022.0%โˆ’2.9%โˆ’30.1%303โˆ’10.1%
130RENAULT35671022.0%+7.4%โˆ’45.5%289โˆ’25.7%
14+1HYUNDAI54471012.0%+24.7%โˆ’20.5%257โˆ’22.4%
15โˆ’3DACIA7112831.7%โˆ’13.5%โˆ’24.5%276โˆ’18.8%
16+3PORSCHE3629651.3%+47.7%+22.6%150+14.5%
17+3LEXUS3522571.1%+50.0%+46.2%136+43.2%
18+3SEAT1738551.1%+66.7%โˆ’5.2%130โˆ’9.1%
19โˆ’3CITROEN547521.0%0.0%โˆ’38.1%142โˆ’28.3%
20โ€“MAZDA1933521.0%โ€“+6.1%105โˆ’5.4%
21โˆ’4SUBARU2524491.0%โˆ’3.9%โˆ’12.5%151+18.9%
22โˆ’4LAND ROVER1721380.8%โˆ’15.6%โˆ’32.1%124โˆ’3.9%
23โˆ’1TESLA1126370.7%+19.4%โˆ’7.5%123+43.0%
24โ€“HONDA1323360.7%โ€“โˆ’23.4%99โˆ’23.3%
25โ€“CUPRA225270.5%โ€“โˆ’27.0%74โˆ’11.9%
26โ€“MINI717240.5%โ€“โ€“56+7.7%
27โ€“JAGUAR813210.4%โ€“โ€“56+43.6%
28โ€“JEEP021210.4%โ€“โ€“58+9.4%
29โ€“MITSUBISHI020200.4%โ€“โ€“53โˆ’7.0%
30โ€“CHEVROLET019190.4%โ€“โ€“33โˆ’25.0%

Electric brands 25

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA11263719.0%+19.4%โˆ’7.5%123
20BMW4182211.3%+15.8%+15.8%60
30VOLKSWAGEN1842211.3%+22.2%โˆ’31.3%52
4+1AUDI89178.7%+54.5%โ€“42
5โ€“GREAT WALL160168.2%โ€“โ€“28
6โ€“HYUNDAI58136.7%โ€“โˆ’45.8%28
7โˆ’3NISSAN85136.7%โˆ’7.1%โˆ’40.9%36
8โ€“MERCEDES-BENZ5494.6%โ€“โ€“24
9โ€“MINI5273.6%โ€“โ€“14
10โ€“JAGUAR0552.6%โ€“โ€“14

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.