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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท January 2025

Latvia registered 4 118 passenger cars in January 2025: 1 343 new cars (32.6% of the total) and 2 775 used imports. That is down 2.5% on December 2024 and up 10.2% on January 2024. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 4 118, up 10.2% on January last year. Private buyers accounted for 63.4% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 496 registrations and a 12.0% share, ahead of BMW (495) and AUDI (410). Together the top three brands took 34.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+38.5%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’12.7%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 151 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (133) and the TOYOTA COROLLA (99). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 151 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 7.0% of all registrations, compared with 4.6% in January 2024. Plug-in hybrids took 4.8%, diesel 52.4% and petrol 34.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 67 battery-electric registrations, ahead of AUDI (25). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 36 registrations, ahead of the NISSAN LEAF (16). Used imports were on average 11.2 years old when they were registered.

January 2025 was the 16th-highest of the 18 months on this page, which average 4 817 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

4 118
vs previous month โˆ’2.5% ยท vs same month last year +10.2%
1 343
New share 32.6%
2 775
Avg import age (yrs) 11.2
7.0%
289 BEV ยท 197 PHEV (4.8%)
51
1.2% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 406 (34.1%)Diesel2 156 (52.4%)Plug-in hybrid197 (4.8%)Battery electric289 (7.0%)LPG / CNG70 (1.7%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 419

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0151151โˆ’18.4%+12.7%151+12.7%
2+6VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN9241133+62.2%+90.0%133+90.0%
3+19TOYOTACOROLLA90999+130.2%+45.6%99+45.6%
4+8SKODAOCTAVIA544397+40.6%+16.9%97+16.9%
5โˆ’3BMW5 SERIES19596โˆ’33.3%+7.9%96+7.9%
60VOLKSWAGENGOLF2173940.0%+46.9%94+46.9%
7โˆ’3AUDIA648993โˆ’21.2%+27.4%93+27.4%
8โˆ’3VOLVOXC60108292โˆ’19.3%โˆ’12.4%92โˆ’12.4%
9+7AUDIQ5642791+68.5%+145.9%91+145.9%
10+1SKODAKODIAQ642488+17.3%+4.8%88+4.8%
11โˆ’8AUDIA418586โˆ’28.9%+3.6%86+3.6%
12โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENPASSAT77178โˆ’1.3%+32.2%78+32.2%
13โˆ’3VOLVOXC9036063โˆ’18.2%โˆ’4.5%63โˆ’4.5%
14+11NISSANQASHQAI481159+51.3%+68.6%59+68.6%
15โˆ’1VOLVOV7005757โˆ’3.4%โˆ’19.7%57โˆ’19.7%
16โˆ’9BMWX584755โˆ’32.9%โˆ’3.5%55โˆ’3.5%
17+2DACIADUSTER45853+15.2%โˆ’19.7%53โˆ’19.7%
18โˆ’1VOLVOV6034346โˆ’11.5%โˆ’20.7%46โˆ’20.7%
19+10OPELASTRA54045+28.6%โ€“45โ€“
20โˆ’2TOYOTARAV4321345โˆ’11.8%โˆ’39.2%45โˆ’39.2%
21โˆ’6BMWX333841โˆ’25.5%โˆ’16.3%41โˆ’16.3%
22+14TESLAMODEL 333336+20.0%โ€“36โ€“
23โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOURAN03636โ€“+5.9%36+5.9%
24โ€“PEUGEOT3008221234โ€“โ€“34โ€“
25+3RENAULTTRAFIC24832โˆ’11.1%โ€“32โ€“
26โ€“AUDIQ7121931โ€“+3.3%31+3.3%
27โ€“KIASPORTAGE201131โ€“0.0%310.0%
28โ€“OPELINSIGNIA03131โ€“โ€“31โ€“
29โˆ’2PEUGEOT30825631โˆ’16.2%โ€“31โ€“
30โˆ’4VOLVOXC7003131โˆ’18.4%โˆ’16.2%31โˆ’16.2%
31โ€“OPELMOKKA32730โ€“โ€“30โ€“
32โ€“BMWX142529โ€“โ€“29โ€“
33โˆ’2BMW1 SERIES02828โˆ’12.5%โ€“28โ€“
34โ€“DACIASANDERO25227โ€“โ€“27โ€“
35โ€“FORDFOCUS02727โ€“โˆ’15.6%27โˆ’15.6%
36โˆ’12MERCEDES-BENZE12627โˆ’30.8%โˆ’20.6%27โˆ’20.6%
37โ€“VOLVOV4002626โ€“โ€“26โ€“
38โ€“LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER61925โ€“โ€“25โ€“
39โˆ’19NISSANX-TRAIL101525โˆ’44.4%โˆ’40.5%25โˆ’40.5%
40โ€“SKODASUPERB52025โ€“โ€“25โ€“
41โ€“TOYOTAYARIS CROSS21425โ€“โˆ’41.9%25โˆ’41.9%
42โˆ’29TOYOTALAND CRUISER21324โˆ’64.7%โ€“24โ€“
43โˆ’20VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG141024โˆ’40.0%โ€“24โ€“
44โ€“SKODAKAROQ18523โ€“โˆ’28.1%23โˆ’28.1%
45โ€“VOLKSWAGENCADDY51823โ€“โ€“23โ€“
46โˆ’14AUDIA302222โˆ’29.0%โˆ’29.0%22โˆ’29.0%
47โ€“MERCEDES-BENZC12122โ€“โˆ’29.0%22โˆ’29.0%
48โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE15621โ€“โ€“21โ€“
49โ€“SKODAKAMIQ20121โ€“โ€“21โ€“
50โ€“CUPRAFORMENTOR16420โ€“โ€“20โ€“

Electric models 66

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL 33333612.5%+20.0%+111.8%36
2โ€“NISSANLEAF016165.5%โ€“โ€“16
3โ€“TESLAMODEL Y016165.5%โ€“โˆ’44.8%16
4โˆ’1AUDIE-TRON015155.2%0.0%+50.0%15
5โ€“OPELMOKKA111124.2%โ€“โ€“12
6โˆ’2TESLAMODEL S012124.2%+9.1%โ€“12
7โ€“TOYOTABZ4X111124.2%โ€“โ€“12
8โ€“HYUNDAIKONA28103.5%โ€“โ€“10
9โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENID.337103.5%โˆ’70.6%โ€“10
10โ€“DONGFENGBOX9093.1%โ€“โ€“9
11โ€“KIANIRO0882.8%โ€“โ€“8
12โ€“PORSCHEMACAN8082.8%โ€“โ€“8
13โ€“RENAULTZOE0772.4%โ€“โ€“7
14โ€“AUDIQ43362.1%โ€“โ€“6
15โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQC0662.1%โ€“โ€“6
16โ€“BMWI30551.7%โ€“โ€“5
17โ€“BMWIX0551.7%โ€“โˆ’50.0%5
18โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQS0551.7%โ€“โ€“5
19โ€“SKODAENYAQ2351.7%โ€“โ€“5
20โ€“MAZDAMX-300441.4%โ€“โ€“4

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
1+1VOLKSWAGEN16832849612.0%+2.3%+32.6%496+32.6%
2โˆ’1BMW3346249512.0%โˆ’21.3%+1.6%495+1.6%
30AUDI10330741010.0%โˆ’9.7%+31.0%410+31.0%
40VOLVO233743979.6%โˆ’8.3%โˆ’12.7%397โˆ’12.7%
50TOYOTA225933187.7%โˆ’8.4%+11.2%318+11.2%
60SKODA1811162977.2%+19.3%+5.7%297+5.7%
70MERCEDES-BENZ361611974.8%+2.1%+1.5%197+1.5%
80OPEL151571724.2%โˆ’3.4%+27.4%172+27.4%
9+1PEUGEOT59741333.2%0.0%+38.5%133+38.5%
10+1NISSAN76551313.2%+11.0%+32.3%131+32.3%
11โˆ’2FORD221071293.1%โˆ’15.7%โˆ’7.2%129โˆ’7.2%
120RENAULT56701263.1%+40.0%+37.0%126+37.0%
130DACIA8414982.4%+12.6%+1.0%98+1.0%
14+1KIA3946852.1%+19.7%+10.4%85+10.4%
15+3TESLA364671.6%+34.0%+21.8%67+21.8%
160HYUNDAI2137581.4%โˆ’7.9%โˆ’22.7%58โˆ’22.7%
170LAND ROVER1930491.2%โˆ’2.0%+19.5%49+19.5%
18+2SUBARU1929481.2%+26.3%โˆ’5.9%48โˆ’5.9%
19+3LEXUS2027471.1%+38.2%+14.6%47+14.6%
20โˆ’6CITROEN1531461.1%โˆ’41.0%+21.1%46+21.1%
21โ€“CUPRA405451.1%โ€“โ€“45โ€“
22โˆ’3PORSCHE2916451.1%+15.4%+9.8%45+9.8%
230MAZDA925340.8%+13.3%โ€“34โ€“
24โˆ’3SEAT227290.7%โˆ’21.6%โˆ’31.0%29โˆ’31.0%
25โ€“HONDA422260.6%โ€“โˆ’25.7%26โˆ’25.7%
26โ€“SUZUKI67130.3%โ€“โ€“13โ€“
27โ€“JEEP012120.3%โ€“โ€“12โ€“
28โ€“MITSUBISHI011110.3%โ€“โ€“11โ€“
29โ€“CHEVROLET010100.2%โ€“โ€“10โ€“
30โ€“DONGFENG100100.2%โ€“โ€“10โ€“

Electric brands 28

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA3646723.2%+34.0%+21.8%67
2+1AUDI520258.7%+25.0%+78.6%25
3+4NISSAN416206.9%+81.8%โ€“20
4โ€“OPEL515206.9%โ€“โ€“20
50MERCEDES-BENZ314175.9%โˆ’5.6%โ€“17
6โˆ’2BMW115165.5%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’15.8%16
7+2HYUNDAI311144.8%+40.0%โ€“14
8โˆ’6VOLKSWAGEN67134.5%โˆ’71.7%+8.3%13
9โˆ’3KIA39124.2%0.0%+9.1%12
100PORSCHE93124.2%+20.0%โ€“12

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.