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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท February 2025

Latvia registered 3 973 passenger cars in February 2025: 1 398 new cars (35.2% of the total) and 2 575 used imports. That is down 3.5% on January 2025 and down 1.9% on February 2024. Year to date the market stands at 8 091 registrations, up 3.9% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 61.6% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 456 registrations and a 11.5% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (456) and VOLVO (381). Together the top three brands took 32.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, CITROEN grew fastest year on year (+146.2%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’13.6%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 119 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (106) and the VOLVO XC60 (100). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 118 used against 1 new.

Battery-electric cars took 7.5% of all registrations, compared with 4.1% in February 2024. Plug-in hybrids took 5.0%, diesel 49.5% and petrol 37.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 64 battery-electric registrations, ahead of AUDI (37). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 33 registrations, ahead of the AUDI E-TRON (25). Used imports were on average 11.2 years old when they were registered.

February 2025 was the 18th-highest of the 19 months on this page, which average 4 773 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

3 973
vs previous month โˆ’3.5% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’1.9%
1 398
New share 35.2%
2 575
Avg import age (yrs) 11.2
7.5%
298 BEV ยท 198 PHEV (5.0%)
41
1.0% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 473 (37.1%)Diesel1 968 (49.5%)Plug-in hybrid198 (5.0%)Battery electric298 (7.5%)LPG / CNG36 (0.9%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 418

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES1118119โˆ’21.2%โˆ’19.6%270โˆ’4.3%
20VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN6640106โˆ’20.3%+32.5%239+59.3%
3+5VOLVOXC60793100+8.7%+11.1%192โˆ’1.5%
4+1BMW5 SERIES49599+3.1%โˆ’2.0%195+2.6%
5+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF177996+2.1%โˆ’5.0%190+15.2%
6โˆ’2SKODAOCTAVIA692493โˆ’4.1%โˆ’6.1%190+4.4%
7+3SKODAKODIAQ602787โˆ’1.1%+31.8%175+16.7%
8+12TOYOTARAV4641983+84.4%+5.1%128โˆ’16.3%
9โ€“TOYOTAYARIS CROSS82183โ€“+80.4%108+21.3%
10+3VOLVOXC90165874+17.5%+17.5%137+6.2%
11โˆ’2AUDIQ5433073โˆ’19.8%+40.4%164+84.3%
12โˆ’9TOYOTACOROLLA621072โˆ’27.3%+7.5%171+26.7%
13โˆ’2AUDIA406969โˆ’19.8%โˆ’20.7%155โˆ’8.8%
14โ€“CITROENC4531669โ€“โ€“73โ€“
15โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENPASSAT125163โˆ’19.2%+14.5%141+23.7%
16โˆ’9AUDIA635760โˆ’35.5%โˆ’36.2%153โˆ’8.4%
17+4BMWX324749+19.5%โˆ’31.0%90โˆ’25.0%
180VOLVOV6024749+6.5%โˆ’22.2%95โˆ’21.5%
19โˆ’5NISSANQASHQAI371148โˆ’18.6%+33.3%107+50.7%
20โˆ’4BMWX583745โˆ’18.2%โˆ’21.1%100โˆ’12.3%
21โˆ’4DACIADUSTER36743โˆ’18.9%โˆ’30.6%96โˆ’25.0%
22โˆ’3OPELASTRA43539โˆ’13.3%โˆ’13.3%84+15.1%
23โˆ’8VOLVOV7003838โˆ’33.3%โˆ’36.7%95โˆ’27.5%
24โ€“MERCEDES-BENZE13233โ€“0.0%60โˆ’10.4%
25โˆ’3TESLAMODEL 303333โˆ’8.3%โ€“69+130.0%
26+4VOLVOXC7003333+6.5%โˆ’31.3%64โˆ’24.7%
270KIASPORTAGE26632+3.2%+3.2%63+1.6%
28โ€“NISSANJUKE28331โ€“โ€“48โ€“
29โ€“AUDIA302929โ€“โˆ’12.1%51โˆ’20.3%
30โ€“SKODAKAROQ26329โ€“โˆ’14.7%52โˆ’21.2%
31โ€“BMWX122527โ€“โ€“56+24.4%
32โ€“CUPRATERRAMAR26026โ€“โ€“46โ€“
33โˆ’10VOLKSWAGENTOURAN02626โˆ’27.8%โˆ’16.1%62โˆ’4.6%
34โ€“AUDIE-TRON02525โ€“โ€“40โ€“
35โˆ’9AUDIQ7131225โˆ’19.4%โ€“56+5.7%
36โ€“MERCEDES-BENZC02525โ€“โˆ’19.4%47โˆ’24.2%
37โˆ’6OPELMOKKA12425โˆ’16.7%โ€“55โ€“
38โ€“SKODAKAMIQ23225โ€“โ€“46+2.2%
39โ€“BMW1 SERIES42024โ€“โ€“52+8.3%
40โˆ’16PEUGEOT3008121224โˆ’29.4%โ€“58โ€“
41โˆ’13OPELINSIGNIA02323โˆ’25.8%โ€“54โˆ’6.9%
42โ€“OPELCORSA02222โ€“โ€“30โ€“
43โ€“TOYOTAC-HR15722โ€“โ€“35โ€“
44โ€“SKODASUPERB61521โ€“โ€“46+7.0%
45โ€“AUDIA531720โ€“โ€“35+9.4%
46โ€“DACIASANDERO17320โ€“โ€“47+27.0%
47โ€“HYUNDAITUCSON16420โ€“โ€“31โˆ’11.4%
48โ€“NISSANX-TRAIL12820โ€“โ€“45โˆ’36.6%
49โ€“OPELZAFIRA02020โ€“โ€“38โ€“
50โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE12820โ€“โ€“41โˆ’10.9%

Electric models 66

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 30333311.1%โˆ’8.3%+153.8%69
2+2AUDIE-TRON025258.4%+66.7%+150.0%40
3+5HYUNDAIKONA212144.7%+40.0%โ€“24
4โˆ’1TESLAMODEL Y212144.7%โˆ’12.5%โ€“30
5โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.458134.4%โ€“0.0%13
60TESLAMODEL S012124.0%0.0%โ€“24
7โˆ’5NISSANLEAF011113.7%โˆ’31.3%+10.0%27
8โˆ’3OPELMOKKA010103.4%โˆ’16.7%โ€“22
9โ€“OPELCORSA0993.0%โ€“โ€“13
10โ€“PORSCHEMACAN8193.0%โ€“โ€“17
11โˆ’4TOYOTABZ4X8193.0%โˆ’25.0%โ€“21
12โ€“BMWI30882.7%โ€“โ€“13
13โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENID.30772.4%โˆ’30.0%โ€“17
14โ€“AUDIQ44262.0%โ€“โ€“12
15โ€“BMWIX0662.0%โ€“โ€“11
16โ€“GREAT WALLORA6062.0%โ€“โ€“6
17โ€“KIANIRO0662.0%โ€“โ€“14
18โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQE0551.7%โ€“โ€“7
19โ€“SKODAELROQ5051.7%โ€“โ€“5
20โ€“SKODAENYAQ3251.7%โ€“โ€“10

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+1BMW4541145611.5%โˆ’7.9%โˆ’12.5%951โˆ’5.7%
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN15630045611.5%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’5.0%952+11.5%
3+1VOLVO333483819.6%โˆ’4.0%โˆ’13.6%778โˆ’13.2%
4+1TOYOTA273913649.2%+14.5%+10.6%682+10.9%
5โˆ’2AUDI812803619.1%โˆ’12.0%โˆ’2.7%771+12.7%
60SKODA210892997.5%+0.7%+7.9%596+6.8%
70MERCEDES-BENZ211591804.5%โˆ’8.6%โˆ’1.6%3770.0%
80OPEL121671794.5%+4.1%+1.1%351+12.5%
9+11CITROEN69591283.2%+178.3%+146.2%174+93.3%
100NISSAN79451243.1%โˆ’5.3%+15.9%255+23.8%
11+1RENAULT55591142.9%โˆ’9.5%+20.0%240+28.3%
12โˆ’1FORD14991132.8%โˆ’12.4%โˆ’34.7%242โˆ’22.4%
13โˆ’4PEUGEOT30721022.6%โˆ’23.3%โˆ’2.9%235+16.9%
14+2HYUNDAI3641771.9%+32.8%โˆ’4.9%135โˆ’13.5%
15โˆ’1KIA4927761.9%โˆ’10.6%โˆ’17.4%161โˆ’4.7%
16โˆ’3DACIA6112731.8%โˆ’25.5%โˆ’24.0%171โˆ’11.4%
17โˆ’2TESLA262641.6%โˆ’4.5%+106.5%131+52.3%
18+4PORSCHE2422461.2%+2.2%+4.5%91+7.1%
19+2CUPRA369451.1%0.0%โ€“90+91.5%
20โˆ’2SUBARU2221431.1%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’15.7%91โˆ’10.8%
21โˆ’4LAND ROVER1224360.9%โˆ’26.5%โˆ’20.0%85โˆ’1.2%
22+1MAZDA1420340.9%0.0%โ€“68+28.3%
23โ€“HONDA924330.8%โ€“โ€“59โˆ’6.3%
24โˆ’5LEXUS1412260.7%โˆ’44.7%โˆ’31.6%73โˆ’7.6%
25โ€“SEAT223250.6%โ€“โˆ’24.2%54โˆ’28.0%
26โ€“JAGUAR510150.4%โ€“โ€“24โˆ’31.4%
27โ€“FIAT111120.3%โ€“โ€“20โ€“
28โ€“JEEP012120.3%โ€“โ€“24โˆ’35.1%
29โ€“MINI39120.3%โ€“โ€“22โˆ’31.3%
30โ€“ALFA ROMEO2790.2%โ€“โ€“15โ€“

Electric brands 28

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA2626421.5%โˆ’4.5%+106.5%131
20AUDI8293712.4%+48.0%+236.4%62
3+5VOLKSWAGEN518237.7%+76.9%+27.8%36
40OPEL020206.7%0.0%โ€“40
5+2HYUNDAI415196.4%+35.7%โ€“33
60BMW018186.0%+12.5%โˆ’5.3%34
7โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ114155.0%โˆ’11.8%โ€“32
8โˆ’5NISSAN211134.4%โˆ’35.0%โˆ’7.1%33
9+1PORSCHE83113.7%โˆ’8.3%โ€“23
10โ€“SKODA82103.4%โ€“โ€“15

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.