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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท May 2024

Latvia registered 5 370 passenger cars in May 2024: 1 682 new cars (31.3% of the total) and 3 688 used imports. That is up 5.1% on April 2024 and down 11.5% on May 2023. Year to date the market stands at 23 275 registrations, down 8.8% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 63.0% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 817 registrations and a 15.2% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (599) and VOLVO (574). Together the top three brands took 37.1% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+35.7%) while TOYOTA fell furthest (โˆ’25.9%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 263 registrations, followed by the BMW 5 SERIES (178) and the VOLVO XC60 (140). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 232 used against 31 new.

Battery-electric cars took 4.2% of all registrations. Plug-in hybrids took 1.6%, diesel 59.1% and petrol 34.0%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 36 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (30). The best-selling battery-electric model was the GREAT WALL ORA with 29 registrations, ahead of the BMW I3 (14). Used imports were on average 11.5 years old when they were registered.

May 2024 was the 2nd-highest of the 10 months on this page, which average 4 799 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

5 370
vs previous month +5.1% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’11.5%
1 682
New share 31.3%
3 688
Avg import age (yrs) 11.5
4.2%
228 BEV ยท 86 PHEV (1.6%)
58
1.1% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 827 (34.0%)Diesel3 176 (59.1%)Plug-in hybrid86 (1.6%)Battery electric228 (4.2%)LPG / CNG53 (1.0%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 448

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES31232263+27.7%+0.8%967โˆ’7.2%
20BMW5 SERIES4174178+9.9%+6.6%646โˆ’9.4%
3+1VOLVOXC6017123140โˆ’6.0%โˆ’6.7%602โˆ’10.5%
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN7460134โˆ’15.2%+27.6%558+23.2%
50VOLKSWAGENGOLF3392125โˆ’15.5%โˆ’9.4%563โˆ’14.3%
6+4AUDIA42122124+30.5%โˆ’19.0%517โˆ’15.9%
7โˆ’1SKODAOCTAVIA6553118โˆ’16.9%+21.6%538+22.0%
8โˆ’1AUDIA66106112โˆ’0.9%โˆ’5.9%506โˆ’10.3%
9+3TOYOTARAV46933102+21.4%โˆ’7.3%427+19.6%
10+3VOLKSWAGENPASSAT98594+16.0%โˆ’6.9%369โˆ’24.8%
11โˆ’2VOLVOV7009292โˆ’6.1%โˆ’8.9%398โˆ’20.9%
12โˆ’1BMWX5137689โˆ’3.3%โˆ’33.6%379โˆ’29.8%
13+4DACIADUSTER71576+18.8%+26.7%312+3.0%
14+5NISSANQASHQAI403575+29.3%+25.0%254โˆ’10.9%
150VOLVOV60570750.0%โˆ’9.6%344+7.5%
16+20KIACEED63871+121.9%+51.1%187+15.4%
17+1VOLVOXC90145771+10.9%โˆ’35.5%354โˆ’12.8%
18โˆ’2BMWX3565700.0%+37.3%326+19.9%
19+1OPELASTRA56267+21.8%โˆ’17.3%262โˆ’10.6%
20โ€“RENAULTTRAFIC501060โ€“+76.5%153+51.5%
21โˆ’13SKODAKODIAQ451560โˆ’43.4%โˆ’13.0%380+27.5%
22โˆ’8TOYOTACOROLLA45954โˆ’28.9%โˆ’23.9%343โˆ’24.9%
230OPELINSIGNIA05151+13.3%+54.5%191+15.1%
24+1KIASPORTAGE381149+28.9%โˆ’5.8%183โˆ’9.4%
25+13TOYOTAYARIS CROSS46248+60.0%โˆ’34.2%226โˆ’32.5%
26+8SKODASUPERB192847+42.4%+14.6%162โˆ’22.9%
27โˆ’6AUDIQ583846โˆ’8.0%โˆ’22.0%231+26.9%
28โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTOURAN04343+22.9%โˆ’15.7%180โˆ’18.9%
29โˆ’5VOLVOXC7004343โˆ’4.4%โˆ’15.7%217โˆ’22.8%
30+2MERCEDES-BENZE14142+27.3%โˆ’19.2%184โˆ’10.2%
31โ€“OPELCORSA31940โ€“โ€“82+1.2%
32โˆ’10AUDIA303939โˆ’15.2%โˆ’56.2%192โˆ’28.4%
33โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL291039โ€“โ€“158+32.8%
34โ€“PEUGEOT308102939โ€“โˆ’2.5%113โˆ’25.7%
35โˆ’7BMW1 SERIES23638+11.8%โˆ’50.0%141โˆ’37.9%
36โ€“TOYOTAC-HR241135โ€“โ€“101โˆ’30.3%
37โˆ’8VOLVOV4003535+2.9%โˆ’30.0%143โˆ’22.3%
38โ€“LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER161834โ€“โ€“122โˆ’0.8%
39โ€“FORDFOCUS23032โ€“โˆ’8.6%179โˆ’36.7%
40โˆ’5HYUNDAITUCSON275320.0%โˆ’28.9%121โˆ’32.0%
41โˆ’10MERCEDES-BENZC03131โˆ’6.1%โˆ’24.4%157โˆ’8.7%
42โ€“SKODAKAMIQ31031โ€“โˆ’35.4%126โˆ’40.3%
43โˆ’17OPELZAFIRA03030โˆ’21.1%โ€“122โˆ’0.8%
44โ€“GREAT WALLORA29029โ€“โ€“76โ€“
45โ€“SKODAFABIA181129โ€“โ€“115โˆ’21.2%
46โ€“SKODASCALA28129โ€“โ€“88+2.3%
47โ€“SEATLEON24428โ€“โ€“92+67.3%
48โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC131528โ€“โ€“141+131.1%
49โˆ’16OPELMOKKA62127โˆ’18.2%โˆ’10.0%105+22.1%
50โ€“SKODAKAROQ23427โ€“โˆ’38.6%156โˆ’8.2%

Electric models 56

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10GREAT WALLORA2902912.7%+52.6%โ€“76
2+3BMWI3014146.1%+27.3%+27.3%54
30TESLAMODEL Y310135.7%โˆ’13.3%โˆ’70.5%75
4โ€“CUPRABORN111125.3%โ€“โ€“22
5โˆ’3TESLAMODEL 3210125.3%โˆ’33.3%โˆ’57.1%81
6โˆ’2AUDIE-TRON010104.4%โˆ’16.7%โ€“51
7โ€“TESLAMODEL S0994.0%โ€“โ€“38
8โ€“BMWIX0883.5%โ€“โ€“31
9โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 57183.5%โ€“โ€“21
10โ€“JAGUARI-PACE0773.1%โ€“โ€“25
11โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQE1673.1%โ€“โ€“21
12โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.34373.1%โ€“โ€“34
13โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.45273.1%โ€“โˆ’50.0%29
14โ€“AUDIQ46062.6%โ€“โ€“18
15โ€“HYUNDAIKONA0552.2%โ€“โˆ’76.2%28
16โ€“NISSANLEAF0552.2%โ€“โˆ’72.2%38
17โ€“SUBARUSOLTERRA5052.2%โ€“โ€“8
18โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN1341.8%โ€“โ€“20
19โ€“VOLVOXC404041.8%โ€“โ€“11
20โ€“BMWI41231.3%โ€“โ€“9

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 57

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW10071781715.2%+9.2%โˆ’1.3%3 244โˆ’4.1%
20VOLKSWAGEN19140859911.2%โˆ’7.3%โˆ’17.0%2 716โˆ’15.4%
30VOLVO4852657410.7%โˆ’1.9%โˆ’15.1%2 622โˆ’13.4%
40AUDI444094538.4%+6.8%โˆ’23.7%2 013โˆ’13.5%
50SKODA2311203516.5%โˆ’12.0%โˆ’3.6%1 624โˆ’3.4%
60TOYOTA2071333406.3%+7.3%โˆ’25.9%1 674โˆ’11.9%
70OPEL532503035.6%+19.8%+9.0%1 108+2.7%
80MERCEDES-BENZ231942174.0%+3.3%โˆ’12.5%1 013โˆ’6.7%
90FORD391561953.6%+16.1%โˆ’2.5%903โˆ’8.6%
100RENAULT91991903.5%+52.0%+35.7%604โˆ’3.5%
11+2KIA123341572.9%+38.9%+5.4%546+3.0%
12+2NISSAN78671452.7%+31.8%+9.0%580โˆ’8.5%
13โˆ’2PEUGEOT311051362.5%+12.4%โˆ’50.5%560โˆ’21.7%
14โˆ’2HYUNDAI84351192.2%+4.4%โˆ’13.1%490โˆ’16.1%
150DACIA102101122.1%+7.7%+2.8%492โˆ’10.1%
160CITROEN364671.3%+1.5%โˆ’9.5%275โˆ’17.9%
170SEAT3026561.0%โˆ’9.7%โˆ’23.3%248โˆ’11.1%
18+1SUBARU3420541.0%+14.9%+12.5%252+9.1%
19+5LAND ROVER2032521.0%+33.3%+30.0%215+2.9%
20+3MAZDA1037470.9%+14.6%+20.5%193โˆ’1.0%
21โˆ’3PORSCHE2025450.8%โˆ’23.7%+7.1%254+16.5%
22โˆ’1LEXUS1819370.7%โˆ’19.6%+8.8%219+31.1%
23โˆ’1TESLA531360.7%โˆ’16.3%โˆ’58.1%202โˆ’5.2%
24โˆ’4HONDA1220320.6%โˆ’30.4%โˆ’49.2%177โˆ’24.0%
250CUPRA274310.6%โˆ’11.4%โˆ’49.2%140โˆ’30.7%
26โ€“GREAT WALL290290.5%โ€“โ€“76โ€“
27โ€“MINI317200.4%โ€“โ€“97โˆ’3.0%
28โ€“FIAT415190.4%โ€“โ€“74โˆ’14.9%
29โ€“MITSUBISHI019190.4%โ€“โ€“970.0%
30โ€“JAGUAR116170.3%โ€“โ€“87+27.9%

Electric brands 28

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA5313615.8%โˆ’16.3%โˆ’58.1%202
20BMW3273013.2%+15.4%+87.5%116
3+1GREAT WALL2902912.7%+52.6%โ€“76
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN146208.8%โˆ’13.0%โˆ’4.8%95
50AUDI810187.9%0.0%โ€“78
60HYUNDAI76135.7%โˆ’18.8%โˆ’56.7%57
7โ€“MERCEDES-BENZ49135.7%โ€“โ€“42
8โ€“CUPRA111125.3%โ€“โ€“22
9โ€“JAGUAR0773.1%โ€“โ€“25
10โ€“VOLVO6173.1%โ€“โ€“25

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.