auto-stats.eu

Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท April 2025

Latvia registered 5 726 passenger cars in April 2025: 2 068 new cars (36.1% of the total) and 3 658 used imports. That is up 3.5% on March 2025 and up 12.1% on April 2024. Year to date the market stands at 19 351 registrations, up 8.1% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 61.6% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 965 registrations and a 16.9% share, ahead of BMW (745) and VOLVO (502). Together the top three brands took 38.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+74.4%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’14.2%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 225 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (159) and the BMW 5 SERIES (153). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 224 used against 1 new.

Battery-electric cars took 7.0% of all registrations, compared with 4.4% in April 2024. Plug-in hybrids took 6.2%, diesel 46.8% and petrol 39.2%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 76 battery-electric registrations, ahead of AUDI (47). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 42 registrations, ahead of the AUDI E-TRON (37). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

April 2025 was the strongest of the 21 months on this page, which average 4 854 registrations a month; the weakest was January 2024 with 3 738.

5 726
vs previous month +3.5% ยท vs same month last year +12.1%
2 068
New share 36.1%
3 658
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
7.0%
401 BEV ยท 354 PHEV (6.2%)
52
0.9% share

Fuel mix

Petrol2 242 (39.2%)Diesel2 680 (46.8%)Plug-in hybrid354 (6.2%)Battery electric401 (7.0%)LPG / CNG49 (0.9%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 461

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES12242250.0%+9.2%720+2.3%
2+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN8376159+26.2%+0.6%524+23.6%
3+3BMW5 SERIES4149153+35.4%โˆ’5.6%461โˆ’1.5%
4+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF5096146+27.0%โˆ’1.4%451+3.0%
5+17VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS1433146+131.7%โ€“235+205.2%
6+1VOLVOXC6012125137+21.2%โˆ’8.1%442โˆ’4.3%
7+11AUDIA40121121+70.4%+27.4%347โˆ’11.7%
8โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC1093112โ€“โ€“159+40.7%
90TOYOTARAV48526111+9.9%+32.1%340+4.6%
10+1TOYOTACOROLLA1018109+23.9%+43.4%368+27.3%
11โˆ’3SKODAOCTAVIA5945104โˆ’4.6%โˆ’26.8%403โˆ’4.0%
12+5VOLKSWAGENTAYRON99099+35.6%โ€“177โ€“
13โˆ’3AUDIA639497โˆ’2.0%โˆ’14.2%349โˆ’11.4%
140BMWX5217596+14.3%+4.3%280โˆ’3.4%
150TOYOTAC-HR87895+14.5%โ€“213+222.7%
16โˆ’4SKODAKODIAQ691887+1.2%โˆ’17.9%348+8.8%
17โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT117384+6.3%+3.7%304+10.5%
18+5VOLVOV6007474+25.4%โˆ’1.3%228โˆ’15.2%
19โˆ’16TOYOTAYARIS CROSS72173โˆ’47.5%+143.3%320+79.8%
20+7PEUGEOT5008581371+39.2%โ€“149+77.4%
21โˆ’1BMWX326769+3.0%โˆ’1.4%226โˆ’11.7%
22+4VOLVOV7006262+12.7%โˆ’36.7%212โˆ’30.7%
23+12VOLVOXC7006060+53.8%+33.3%163โˆ’6.3%
24โˆ’11AUDIQ5124658โˆ’31.0%+16.0%306+65.4%
25โˆ’6VOLVOXC90134255โˆ’19.1%โˆ’14.1%260โˆ’8.1%
26+5KIASPORTAGE46854+35.0%+42.1%157+17.2%
27+14OPELZAFIRA302353+51.4%+39.5%126+37.0%
28+17SKODAKAMIQ49150+56.3%โ€“128+34.7%
29โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOURAN05050โ€“+42.9%140+2.2%
30โˆ’1OPELASTRA34548+9.1%โˆ’12.7%176โˆ’9.7%
31โˆ’29NISSANQASHQAI93544โˆ’76.6%โˆ’24.1%339+89.4%
32โˆ’4TESLAMODEL 304242โˆ’17.6%โ€“162+134.8%
33โˆ’3DACIADUSTER347410.0%โˆ’35.9%178โˆ’24.6%
34โ€“FORDPUMA39241โ€“โ€“45โ€“
35+5MERCEDES-BENZC14041+17.1%+24.2%123โˆ’2.4%
36โˆ’3FORDFOCUS83038โˆ’2.6%โ€“121โˆ’17.7%
37+9AUDIA303737+19.4%โˆ’19.6%119โˆ’22.2%
38+5AUDIE-TRON03737+12.1%โ€“110+168.3%
39โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZE037370.0%+12.1%134โˆ’5.6%
40โ€“PEUGEOT308261137โ€“โ€“108+45.9%
41โˆ’20LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER211536โˆ’45.5%โ€“144+63.6%
420OPELINSIGNIA03535+2.9%โˆ’22.2%123โˆ’12.1%
43โˆ’5SKODASUPERB112435โˆ’5.4%+6.1%118+2.6%
44+10SKODAKAROQ28634+13.3%โ€“116โˆ’10.1%
45โ€“BMWX112829โ€“โ€“108+13.7%
46โˆ’7BMW1 SERIES02727โˆ’25.0%โˆ’20.6%115+11.7%
47โˆ’3PEUGEOT300872027โˆ’15.6%โ€“117+85.7%
48โ€“SKODAFABIA141327โ€“โ€“81โˆ’5.8%
49โ€“BMWX419726โ€“โ€“76+7.0%
50โˆ’18CUPRATERRAMAR25126โˆ’33.3%โ€“111โ€“

Electric models 81

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 30424210.5%โˆ’17.6%+133.3%162
20AUDIE-TRON037379.2%+12.1%+208.3%110
3+3TESLAMODEL Y913225.5%โˆ’4.3%+46.7%75
4+1NISSANLEAF021215.2%โˆ’12.5%โ€“72
5+5VOLKSWAGENID.4107174.2%+70.0%โ€“40
6โ€“OPELCORSA210123.0%โ€“โ€“25
70BMWIX29112.7%โˆ’15.4%โ€“35
8โ€“KIANIRO011112.7%โ€“โ€“30
9โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.346102.5%โ€“โ€“34
10โ€“BMWIX18192.2%โ€“โ€“14
11โ€“HYUNDAIKONA1892.2%โ€“โ€“42
12โˆ’8TESLAMODEL S0992.2%โˆ’67.9%โ€“61
13โ€“HYUNDAIINSTER8082.0%โ€“โ€“15
14โ€“AUDIQ44371.8%โ€“โ€“25
15โ€“BMWI30771.8%โ€“โˆ’36.4%28
16โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 52571.8%โ€“โ€“18
17โ€“CITROENBERLINGO5161.5%โ€“โ€“13
18โ€“CUPRABORN1561.5%โ€“โ€“13
19โˆ’16PEUGEOT20081561.5%โˆ’78.6%โ€“36
20โ€“PEUGEOT50086061.5%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 61

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1VOLKSWAGEN54342296516.9%+50.3%+49.4%2 559+20.9%
2โˆ’1BMW7367274513.0%+6.9%โˆ’0.4%2 393โˆ’1.4%
3+2VOLVO324705028.8%+13.8%โˆ’14.2%1 721โˆ’16.0%
4โˆ’1TOYOTA3821094918.6%โˆ’14.6%+54.9%1 748+31.0%
5โˆ’1AUDI604094698.2%+4.9%+10.6%1 687+8.1%
60SKODA2461233696.4%+2.8%โˆ’7.5%1 324+4.0%
7+2MERCEDES-BENZ362192554.5%+16.4%+21.4%851+6.9%
80OPEL492022514.4%โˆ’0.4%โˆ’0.8%854+6.1%
9+1PEUGEOT1111002113.7%+6.0%+74.4%645+52.1%
10+2FORD691352043.6%+36.9%+21.4%595โˆ’16.0%
11+4KIA77351122.0%+28.7%โˆ’0.9%360โˆ’7.5%
12โˆ’1RENAULT28831111.9%โˆ’29.3%โˆ’11.2%508+22.7%
13โˆ’6NISSAN23851081.9%โˆ’65.0%โˆ’1.8%672+54.5%
14โˆ’1HYUNDAI5543981.7%โˆ’13.3%โˆ’14.0%346โˆ’6.7%
15+3CITROEN2560851.5%+28.8%+28.8%325+56.3%
16+1DACIA6117781.4%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’25.0%332โˆ’12.6%
17โˆ’3TESLA967761.3%โˆ’26.9%+76.7%311+87.3%
18โˆ’2LAND ROVER2336591.0%โˆ’31.4%+51.3%230+41.1%
190PORSCHE2726530.9%โˆ’17.2%โˆ’10.2%208โˆ’0.5%
200SUBARU2724510.9%โˆ’16.4%+8.5%203+2.5%
210CUPRA419500.9%โˆ’12.3%+42.9%197+80.7%
220LEXUS2025450.8%โˆ’13.5%โˆ’2.2%170โˆ’6.6%
230HONDA537420.7%+5.0%โˆ’8.7%141โˆ’2.8%
24+1SEAT240420.7%+13.5%โˆ’32.3%133โˆ’30.7%
25โˆ’1MAZDA635410.7%+7.9%0.0%147+0.7%
26โ€“JEEP325280.5%โ€“โ€“69โˆ’1.4%
27โ€“MINI027270.5%โ€“โ€“71โˆ’7.8%
28โ€“MITSUBISHI021210.4%โ€“โ€“52โˆ’33.3%
29โˆ’3FIAT218200.4%โˆ’35.5%โ€“71+29.1%
30โ€“JAGUAR113140.2%โ€“โ€“49โˆ’30.0%

Electric brands 34

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA9677619.0%โˆ’26.9%+76.7%311
20AUDI6414711.7%+11.9%+161.1%151
3+1BMW1321348.5%+9.7%+30.8%99
4+3VOLKSWAGEN1714317.7%+34.8%+34.8%90
5+1HYUNDAI1215276.7%+8.0%+68.8%85
6โˆ’1NISSAN023235.7%โˆ’20.7%โ€“85
7+3OPEL216184.5%+63.6%โ€“69
8โ€“KIA116174.2%โ€“โ€“47
9โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ413174.2%+13.3%โ€“64
10โˆ’7PEUGEOT96153.7%โˆ’59.5%โ€“58

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.