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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท March 2025

Latvia registered 5 534 passenger cars in March 2025: 2 038 new cars (36.8% of the total) and 3 496 used imports. That is up 39.3% on February 2025 and up 10.5% on March 2024. Year to date the market stands at 13 625 registrations, up 6.5% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 59.4% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 697 registrations and a 12.6% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (642) and TOYOTA (575). Together the top three brands took 34.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, NISSAN grew fastest year on year (+159.7%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’22.2%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 225 registrations, followed by the NISSAN QASHQAI (188) and the TOYOTA YARIS CROSS (139). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 225 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 7.7% of all registrations, compared with 3.9% in March 2024. Plug-in hybrids took 5.6%, diesel 46.7% and petrol 39.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 104 battery-electric registrations, ahead of AUDI (42). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 51 registrations, ahead of the AUDI E-TRON (33). Used imports were on average 11.6 years old when they were registered.

March 2025 was the 2nd-highest of the 20 months on this page, which average 4 811 registrations a month; the peak was August 2023 with 5 580 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

5 534
vs previous month +39.3% ยท vs same month last year +10.5%
2 038
New share 36.8%
3 496
Avg import age (yrs) 11.6
7.7%
424 BEV ยท 312 PHEV (5.6%)
49
0.9% share

Fuel mix

Petrol2 164 (39.1%)Diesel2 582 (46.7%)Plug-in hybrid312 (5.6%)Battery electric424 (7.7%)LPG / CNG52 (0.9%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 451

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0225225+89.1%+4.2%495โˆ’0.6%
2+17NISSANQASHQAI17117188+291.7%+276.0%295+143.8%
3+6TOYOTAYARIS CROSS1381139+67.5%+135.6%247+66.9%
4โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN5670126+18.9%+8.6%365+37.2%
50VOLKSWAGENGOLF15100115+19.8%โˆ’8.0%305+5.2%
6โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES0113113+14.1%โˆ’2.6%308+0.7%
7โˆ’4VOLVOXC605108113+13.0%โˆ’4.2%305โˆ’2.6%
8โˆ’2SKODAOCTAVIA6346109+17.2%+13.5%299+7.6%
9โˆ’1TOYOTARAV46734101+21.7%+14.8%229โˆ’5.0%
10+6AUDIA639699+65.0%โˆ’13.2%252โˆ’10.3%
11+1TOYOTACOROLLA80888+22.2%+12.8%259+21.6%
12โˆ’5SKODAKODIAQ642286โˆ’1.1%+34.4%261+22.0%
13โˆ’2AUDIQ5226284+15.1%+82.6%248+83.7%
14+6BMWX5107484+86.7%0.0%184โˆ’7.1%
15โ€“TOYOTAC-HR77683โ€“โ€“118+126.9%
16โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT37679+25.4%โˆ’1.3%220+13.4%
17โ€“VOLKSWAGENTAYRON73073โ€“โ€“78โ€“
18โˆ’5AUDIA407171+2.9%โˆ’44.5%226โˆ’24.2%
19โˆ’9VOLVOXC9095968โˆ’8.1%โˆ’24.4%205โˆ’6.4%
20โˆ’3BMWX376067+36.7%+1.5%157โˆ’15.6%
21โ€“LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER422466โ€“โ€“108+63.6%
22โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS58563โ€“โ€“89+58.9%
23โˆ’5VOLVOV6005959+20.4%โˆ’19.2%154โˆ’20.6%
24+4NISSANJUKE49756+80.6%โ€“104+141.9%
25โ€“TOYOTAYARIS451055โ€“+34.1%88+10.0%
26โˆ’3VOLVOV7005555+44.7%โˆ’28.6%150โˆ’27.9%
27โ€“PEUGEOT5008321951โ€“โ€“78+21.9%
28โˆ’3TESLAMODEL 315051+54.5%โ€“120+135.3%
29โˆ’7OPELASTRA34144+12.8%โˆ’34.3%128โˆ’8.6%
30โˆ’9DACIADUSTER301141โˆ’4.7%โˆ’6.8%137โˆ’20.3%
31โˆ’4KIASPORTAGE32840+25.0%+17.6%103+7.3%
32โ€“CUPRATERRAMAR39039โ€“โ€“85โ€“
33โ€“FORDFOCUS53439โ€“0.0%83โˆ’30.3%
34โ€“PEUGEOT2008201939โ€“โ€“70+89.2%
35โˆ’9VOLVOXC7003939+18.2%โˆ’11.4%103โˆ’20.2%
36โ€“HYUNDAITUCSON28937โ€“โ€“68+19.3%
37โˆ’13MERCEDES-BENZE23537+12.1%โˆ’11.9%97โˆ’11.0%
38โ€“SKODASUPERB142337โ€“โˆ’5.1%83+1.2%
39โ€“BMW1 SERIES13536โ€“โ€“88+27.5%
40โ€“MERCEDES-BENZC03535โ€“+12.9%82โˆ’11.8%
41โ€“OPELZAFIRA102535โ€“โ€“73+35.2%
42โ€“OPELINSIGNIA03434โ€“โˆ’8.1%88โˆ’7.4%
43โ€“AUDIE-TRON03333โ€“โ€“73โ€“
44โ€“PEUGEOT3008141832โ€“โ€“90+104.5%
45โ€“SKODAKAMIQ32032โ€“โ€“78+18.2%
46โ€“AUDIA303131โ€“โˆ’27.9%82โˆ’23.4%
47โ€“OPELMERIVA03131โ€“โ€“60+3.4%
48โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE191231โ€“โˆ’22.5%72โˆ’16.3%
49โ€“RENAULTTRAFIC151631โ€“โ€“81+2.5%
50โ€“SKODASCALA201131โ€“โ€“58+45.0%

Electric models 81

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 31505112.0%+54.5%+142.9%120
20AUDIE-TRON033337.8%+32.0%โ€“73
3โ€“PEUGEOT2008208286.6%โ€“โ€“30
4+2TESLAMODEL S028286.6%+133.3%โ€“52
5+2NISSANLEAF123245.7%+118.2%+118.2%51
6โˆ’2TESLAMODEL Y419235.4%+64.3%โ€“53
7โ€“BMWIX211133.1%โ€“โ€“24
8โ€“TOYOTABZ4X120122.8%โ€“โ€“33
9โˆ’1OPELMOKKA010102.4%0.0%โ€“32
10โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENID.464102.4%โˆ’23.1%โ€“23
11โˆ’8HYUNDAIKONA0992.1%โˆ’35.7%โ€“33
12โ€“BMWI30881.9%โ€“โˆ’42.9%21
13โ€“HYUNDAIINSTER7071.7%โ€“โ€“7
14โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 51671.7%โ€“โ€“11
15โ€“RENAULTZOE0771.7%โ€“โ€“16
16โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.31671.7%โ€“โˆ’46.2%24
17โ€“AUDIQ43361.4%โ€“โ€“18
18โ€“PORSCHEMACAN6061.4%โ€“โ€“23
19โ€“SKODAENYAQ3361.4%โ€“โ€“16
20โ€“BMWI43251.2%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 58

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW4465369712.6%+52.9%+3.9%1 648โˆ’1.8%
20VOLKSWAGEN24739564211.6%+40.8%+4.1%1 594+8.4%
3+1TOYOTA46311257510.4%+58.0%+43.0%1 257+23.6%
4+1AUDI603874478.1%+23.8%โˆ’1.1%1 218+7.2%
5โˆ’2VOLVO224194418.0%+15.7%โˆ’22.2%1 219โˆ’16.7%
60SKODA2361233596.5%+20.1%+13.6%955+9.3%
7+3NISSAN242673095.6%+149.2%+159.7%564+73.5%
80OPEL422102524.6%+40.8%+5.0%603+9.2%
9โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ361832194.0%+21.7%+4.8%596+1.7%
10+3PEUGEOT961031993.6%+95.1%+95.1%434+43.2%
110RENAULT73841572.8%+37.7%+53.9%397+37.4%
120FORD231261492.7%+31.9%โˆ’34.6%391โˆ’27.6%
13+1HYUNDAI70431132.0%+46.8%+11.9%248โˆ’3.5%
14+3TESLA5991041.9%+62.5%+181.1%235+91.1%
150KIA4740871.6%+14.5%โˆ’18.7%248โˆ’10.1%
16+5LAND ROVER4442861.6%+138.9%+126.3%171+37.9%
17โˆ’1DACIA6122831.5%+13.7%0.0%254โˆ’8.0%
18โˆ’9CITROEN1155661.2%โˆ’48.4%+26.9%240+69.0%
19โˆ’1PORSCHE3529641.2%+39.1%โˆ’1.5%155+3.3%
200SUBARU3724611.1%+41.9%+24.5%152+0.7%
21โˆ’2CUPRA534571.0%+26.7%โ€“147+98.6%
22โ€“LEXUS2725520.9%โ€“โˆ’8.8%125โˆ’8.1%
230HONDA1030400.7%+21.2%+11.1%990.0%
24โˆ’2MAZDA533380.7%+11.8%โˆ’26.9%106+1.0%
25โ€“SEAT136370.7%โ€“โˆ’32.7%91โˆ’30.0%
26โ€“FIAT031310.6%โ€“โ€“51+34.2%
27โ€“MINI319220.4%โ€“โ€“44โˆ’21.4%
28โ€“JEEP413170.3%โ€“โ€“41โˆ’29.3%
29โ€“MITSUBISHI015150.3%โ€“โ€“31โˆ’41.5%
30โ€“CHEVROLET014140.3%โ€“โ€“29โˆ’12.1%

Electric brands 34

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA59910424.5%+62.5%+181.1%235
20AUDI537429.9%+13.5%+147.1%104
3โ€“PEUGEOT289378.7%โ€“โ€“43
4+2BMW625317.3%+72.2%+40.9%65
5+3NISSAN524296.8%+123.1%+123.1%62
6โˆ’1HYUNDAI817255.9%+31.6%+92.3%58
7โˆ’4VOLKSWAGEN1112235.4%0.0%+4.5%59
8โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ411153.5%0.0%โ€“47
9โ€“TOYOTA131143.3%โ€“โ€“35
10โˆ’6OPEL110112.6%โˆ’45.0%โ€“51

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.