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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท December 2024

Latvia registered 4 222 passenger cars in December 2024: 1 259 new cars (29.8% of the total) and 2 963 used imports. That is down 10.1% on November 2024 and up 2.4% on December 2023. Year to date the market stands at 57 877 registrations, down 6.1% 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 629 registrations and a 14.9% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (485) and AUDI (454). Together the top three brands took 37.1% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+87.3%) while SKODA fell furthest (โˆ’13.5%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 185 registrations, followed by the BMW 5 SERIES (144) and the AUDI A4 (121). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 185 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 5.9% of all registrations, compared with 4.2% in December 2023. Plug-in hybrids took 4.0%, diesel 57.5% and petrol 30.6%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 50 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (46). The best-selling battery-electric model was the VOLKSWAGEN ID.3 with 34 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (30). Used imports were on average 11.8 years old when they were registered.

December 2024 was the 14th-highest of the 17 months on this page, which average 4 858 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

4 222
vs previous month โˆ’10.1% ยท vs same month last year +2.4%
1 259
New share 29.8%
2 963
Avg import age (yrs) 11.8
5.9%
250 BEV ยท 170 PHEV (4.0%)
78
1.8% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 294 (30.6%)Diesel2 429 (57.5%)Plug-in hybrid170 (4.0%)Battery electric250 (5.9%)LPG / CNG79 (1.9%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 401

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0185185+1.1%+2.2%2 444โˆ’3.7%
2+3BMW5 SERIES4140144+28.6%+4.3%1 617โˆ’11.1%
30AUDIA414107121โˆ’9.7%+2.5%1 360โˆ’10.3%
40AUDIA65113118+2.6%+12.4%1 311โˆ’4.4%
5โˆ’3VOLVOXC6012102114โˆ’15.6%โˆ’8.1%1 546โˆ’7.2%
6+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF157994โˆ’2.1%+1.1%1 357โˆ’14.5%
7+5BMWX5255782+7.9%+5.1%949โˆ’13.8%
8+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN433982โˆ’7.9%โˆ’22.6%1 410+17.4%
9+4VOLKSWAGENPASSAT47579+8.2%โˆ’2.5%959โˆ’21.7%
10+1VOLVOXC90294877โˆ’1.3%+22.2%863โˆ’7.5%
11โˆ’3SKODAKODIAQ67875โˆ’18.5%+2.7%941+21.1%
12โˆ’2SKODAOCTAVIA363369โˆ’14.8%โˆ’25.0%1 232+5.7%
13+6TOYOTALAND CRUISER63568+21.4%โ€“181+26.6%
14+1VOLVOV7005959โˆ’9.2%โˆ’28.9%856โˆ’25.8%
15+3BMWX355055โˆ’3.5%โˆ’14.1%835+15.7%
16โˆ’10AUDIQ5183654โˆ’44.9%+80.0%732+42.1%
17โˆ’1VOLVOV6015152โˆ’16.1%โˆ’16.1%859+3.5%
18โˆ’4TOYOTARAV4321951โˆ’29.2%โˆ’51.0%975โˆ’16.4%
19+4DACIADUSTER38846โˆ’6.1%+43.8%612+3.6%
20โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL331245โ€“โ€“328+0.6%
21+7TOYOTAC-HR34943+13.2%โ€“351โˆ’17.8%
22โˆ’1TOYOTACOROLLA40343โˆ’20.4%โˆ’14.0%864โˆ’17.0%
23+9VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG251540+11.1%โ€“287โˆ’0.7%
24+3MERCEDES-BENZE03939+2.6%+14.7%464โˆ’6.1%
25โˆ’3NISSANQASHQAI172239โˆ’23.5%โˆ’2.5%649โˆ’6.6%
26โˆ’1VOLVOXC7003838โˆ’13.6%โˆ’22.4%510โˆ’21.4%
27โ€“PEUGEOT308201737โ€“โ€“276โˆ’12.7%
28โˆ’11RENAULTTRAFIC31536โˆ’39.0%โ€“358+38.2%
29โˆ’3OPELASTRA13435โˆ’18.6%โˆ’28.6%645โˆ’6.8%
30โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.328634โ€“โ€“115+9.5%
31+7BMW1 SERIES13132+6.7%โˆ’11.1%372โˆ’38.9%
32+2AUDIA303131โˆ’11.4%โ€“453โˆ’28.7%
33โ€“TOYOTAYARIS26531โ€“โ€“274โˆ’9.6%
34โ€“FORDKUGA62430โ€“โ€“319+9.6%
35โ€“PEUGEOT2008131730โ€“โ€“341+63.2%
36โˆ’12TESLAMODEL 312930โˆ’31.8%โ€“340+51.1%
37โ€“TOYOTAPROACE29130โ€“โ€“190โˆ’13.6%
38โ€“CITROENBERLINGO181028โ€“โ€“161+53.3%
39โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZC02828โˆ’17.6%โˆ’17.6%402โˆ’15.7%
40โˆ’9SKODASUPERB111728โˆ’22.2%โˆ’12.5%368โˆ’18.2%
41โ€“KIASPORTAGE161127โ€“โˆ’27.0%470โˆ’4.3%
42โˆ’13AUDIQ771926โˆ’29.7%โ€“331โˆ’18.5%
43โˆ’13LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER12526โˆ’27.8%โ€“315+2.9%
44โ€“OPELINSIGNIA02626โ€“โˆ’21.2%442+2.1%
45โ€“OPELZAFIRA52126โ€“โ€“295+1.0%
46โˆ’9BMWX112425โˆ’24.2%โ€“328โˆ’17.4%
47โ€“PEUGEOT3008141024โ€“โ€“273+25.2%
48โˆ’15VOLKSWAGENTOURAN02424โˆ’33.3%โ€“406โˆ’26.6%
49โ€“AUDIA551823โ€“โ€“246โˆ’19.6%
50โ€“BMWX614923โ€“โ€“249+64.9%

Electric models 63

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+6VOLKSWAGENID.32863413.6%+183.3%โ€“115
2โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 31293012.0%โˆ’31.8%+66.7%340
3โˆ’1AUDIE-TRON015156.0%โˆ’31.8%โ€“159
4+1TESLAMODEL S011114.4%โˆ’15.4%โ€“107
5+1TESLAMODEL Y2793.6%โˆ’30.8%โˆ’57.1%162
6โ€“BMWIX1783.2%โ€“โ€“77
7โˆ’4NISSANLEAF0883.2%โˆ’42.9%โ€“126
8โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.46283.2%โ€“โ€“81
9โˆ’1KIANIRO3472.8%โˆ’30.0%โ€“68
10โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQB3472.8%โ€“โ€“24
11โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQE1562.4%โ€“โ€“45
12โ€“HYUNDAIKONA0552.0%โ€“โ€“88
13โ€“PORSCHEMACAN5052.0%โ€“โ€“37
14โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN5052.0%โ€“โ€“53
15โ€“AUDIQ42241.6%โ€“โ€“44
16โ€“BMWI30441.6%โ€“โˆ’66.7%138
17โ€“BMWIX11341.6%โ€“โ€“25
18โ€“CITROENC34041.6%โ€“โ€“7
19โˆ’15GREAT WALLORA034041.6%โˆ’69.2%โ€“40
20โ€“OPELCORSA1341.6%โ€“โ€“26

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 58

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW6956062914.9%+2.9%+1.6%8 107โˆ’3.4%
2+2VOLKSWAGEN14733848511.5%โˆ’0.2%โˆ’6.4%6 568โˆ’12.5%
3โˆ’1AUDI6938545410.8%โˆ’12.4%+16.7%5 393โˆ’7.1%
4โˆ’1VOLVO5238143310.3%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’12.5%6 276โˆ’12.4%
50TOYOTA259883478.2%โˆ’7.0%โˆ’5.7%4 227โˆ’16.6%
60SKODA166832495.9%โˆ’21.5%โˆ’13.5%3 959โˆ’1.5%
70MERCEDES-BENZ171761934.6%โˆ’9.0%+19.9%2 565โˆ’4.5%
80OPEL241541784.2%โˆ’8.2%+9.9%2 711+2.2%
9+1FORD151381533.6%+10.1%+14.2%2 110โˆ’9.0%
10+1PEUGEOT63701333.2%+3.9%+87.3%1 677+3.4%
11+1NISSAN63551182.8%+0.9%+28.3%1 434โˆ’8.4%
12โˆ’3RENAULT4743902.1%โˆ’38.4%+13.9%1 541+10.8%
130DACIA7017872.1%โˆ’3.3%+47.5%1 076โˆ’3.2%
14+3CITROEN2751781.9%+14.7%+32.2%789โˆ’5.8%
15โˆ’1KIA3734711.7%โˆ’14.5%โˆ’16.5%1 245โˆ’1.2%
16โˆ’1HYUNDAI2439631.5%โˆ’23.2%โˆ’17.1%1 200โˆ’6.5%
17+1LAND ROVER941501.2%โˆ’12.3%+42.9%552+6.4%
18โˆ’2TESLA347501.2%โˆ’34.2%+11.1%639+20.1%
19+6PORSCHE2217390.9%+14.7%+30.0%574+13.2%
20โˆ’1SUBARU1226380.9%โˆ’32.1%โˆ’40.6%601โˆ’3.7%
21+3SEAT235370.9%0.0%โˆ’15.9%553โˆ’21.2%
22โˆ’2LEXUS1717340.8%โˆ’33.3%+6.3%532+7.7%
23โˆ’2MAZDA228300.7%โˆ’31.8%โ€“484+9.8%
24โˆ’2CUPRA254290.7%โˆ’29.3%โ€“388โˆ’17.1%
25โˆ’2HONDA416200.5%โˆ’51.2%โ€“463โˆ’7.0%
26โ€“MITSUBISHI019190.5%โ€“โ€“226โˆ’1.7%
27โ€“JEEP112130.3%โ€“โˆ’56.7%224โˆ’8.9%
28โ€“SUZUKI56110.3%โ€“โ€“141โˆ’23.0%
29โ€“JAGUAR0990.2%โ€“โ€“184+10.2%
30โ€“CHEVROLET0880.2%โ€“โ€“142โˆ’14.5%

Electric brands 25

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA3475020.0%โˆ’34.2%+11.1%639
2+2VOLKSWAGEN3794618.4%+91.7%+206.7%267
3โˆ’1AUDI317208.0%โˆ’31.0%+33.3%238
4โˆ’1BMW217197.6%โˆ’32.1%โˆ’20.8%292
5+4MERCEDES-BENZ414187.2%+38.5%โ€“148
6+2KIA75124.8%โˆ’14.3%โ€“121
7โˆ’2NISSAN29114.4%โˆ’35.3%โ€“172
8โ€“CITROEN82104.0%โ€“โ€“56
9โˆ’3HYUNDAI19104.0%โˆ’33.3%โˆ’16.7%186
10โ€“PORSCHE100104.0%โ€“โ€“90

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.