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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท January 2026

Latvia registered 4 020 passenger cars in January 2026: 1 512 new cars (37.6% of the total) and 2 508 used imports. That is down 16.4% on December 2025 and down 2.4% on January 2025. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 4 020, down 2.4% on January last year. Private buyers accounted for 58.6% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 532 registrations and a 13.2% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (436) and AUDI (396). Together the top three brands took 33.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, NISSAN grew fastest year on year (+22.1%) while OPEL fell furthest (โˆ’31.4%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 157 registrations, followed by the NISSAN QASHQAI (119) and the VOLVO XC60 (119). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 157 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 7.1% of all registrations, compared with 7.0% in January 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 6.6%, diesel 45.0% and petrol 40.4%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 65 battery-electric registrations, ahead of AUDI (32). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 23 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL S (19). Used imports were on average 12.0 years old when they were registered.

January 2026 was the 28th-highest of the 30 months on this page, which average 5 050 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 6 412 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

4 020
vs previous month โˆ’16.4% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’2.4%
1 512
New share 37.6%
2 508
Avg import age (yrs) 12
7.1%
285 BEV ยท 265 PHEV (6.6%)
16
0.4% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 626 (40.4%)Diesel1 810 (45.0%)Plug-in hybrid265 (6.6%)Battery electric285 (7.1%)LPG / CNG34 (0.8%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 408

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0157157โˆ’39.6%+4.0%157+4.0%
2+17NISSANQASHQAI10415119+176.7%+101.7%119+101.7%
3+2VOLVOXC606113119+3.5%+29.3%119+29.3%
4โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES19495โˆ’43.8%โˆ’1.0%95โˆ’1.0%
5โˆ’1AUDIA408989โˆ’23.9%+3.5%89+3.5%
6+1SKODAOCTAVIA523284โˆ’11.6%โˆ’13.4%84โˆ’13.4%
7+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF77481โˆ’4.7%โˆ’13.8%81โˆ’13.8%
8+2SKODAKODIAQ641377+2.7%โˆ’12.5%77โˆ’12.5%
9โˆ’6VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN215374โˆ’47.5%โˆ’44.4%74โˆ’44.4%
10โˆ’1BMWX5225173โˆ’2.7%+32.7%73+32.7%
11+5AUDIQ5165571+22.4%โˆ’22.0%71โˆ’22.0%
12โˆ’6AUDIA656267โˆ’38.5%โˆ’28.0%67โˆ’28.0%
13+9TOYOTAYARIS CROSS65166+61.0%โ€“66โ€“
14โˆ’1BMWX3105161โˆ’6.2%+48.8%61+48.8%
15โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENPASSAT35457โˆ’21.9%โˆ’26.9%57โˆ’26.9%
16โ€“TOYOTAYARIS48755โ€“โ€“55โ€“
17โˆ’3TOYOTACOROLLA401151โˆ’16.4%โˆ’48.5%51โˆ’48.5%
18+6LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER212950+25.0%โ€“50โ€“
19+9KIASPORTAGE38846+24.3%+48.4%46+48.4%
20+13CUPRATERRAMAR41041+17.1%โ€“41โ€“
21+9SKODAFABIA36541+10.8%โ€“41โ€“
22โˆ’5VOLVOV6004040โˆ’21.6%โˆ’13.0%40โˆ’13.0%
23โˆ’2DACIASANDERO32638โˆ’9.5%โ€“38โ€“
24โ€“VOLKSWAGENT-ROC36137โ€“โ€“37โ€“
25โˆ’10VOLVOXC9082735โˆ’42.6%โˆ’44.4%35โˆ’44.4%
26โ€“VOLVOXC7003434โ€“+9.7%34+9.7%
27+16PEUGEOT500823932+6.7%โ€“32โ€“
28+13VOLKSWAGENTOURAN03232+3.2%โˆ’11.1%32โˆ’11.1%
29+9AUDIQ7171330โˆ’3.2%โˆ’3.2%30โˆ’3.2%
30+6DACIADUSTER25530โˆ’6.3%โˆ’43.4%30โˆ’43.4%
310TOYOTARAV482230โˆ’18.9%โˆ’33.3%30โˆ’33.3%
32+8VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG141630โˆ’3.2%โ€“30โ€“
33โˆ’6AUDIA322729โˆ’23.7%โ€“29โ€“
34โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE171229โ€“โ€“29โ€“
35โ€“AUDIQ318927โ€“โ€“27โ€“
36โˆ’7MERCEDES-BENZE12627โˆ’27.0%โ€“27โ€“
37+2BMW1 SERIES02626โˆ’16.1%โ€“26โ€“
38โ€“BMWX724226โ€“โ€“26โ€“
39โˆ’7OPELASTRA12425โˆ’30.6%โˆ’44.4%25โˆ’44.4%
40โ€“FORDFOCUS02424โ€“โ€“24โ€“
41โ€“HONDACR-V02323โ€“โ€“23โ€“
42โ€“SKODAKAROQ20323โ€“โ€“23โ€“
43โ€“TESLAMODEL Y91423โ€“โ€“23โ€“
44โ€“VOLKSWAGENMULTIVAN61723โ€“โ€“23โ€“
45โ€“SKODASUPERB81422โ€“โ€“22โ€“
46โˆ’34VOLKSWAGENTAYRON21122โˆ’66.7%โ€“22โ€“
47โ€“CITROENC3 AIRCROSS19221โ€“โ€“21โ€“
48โ€“FORDKUGA02121โ€“โ€“21โ€“
49โˆ’31MERCEDES-BENZC12021โˆ’53.3%โ€“21โ€“
50โˆ’16RENAULTCAPTUR18321โˆ’36.4%โ€“21โ€“

Electric models 76

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL Y914238.1%โˆ’11.5%+43.8%23
2+3TESLAMODEL S019196.7%+18.8%+58.3%19
3+1TESLAMODEL 3018186.3%โˆ’14.3%โˆ’50.0%18
4โˆ’3AUDIE-TRON017176.0%โˆ’39.3%+13.3%17
5โ€“SKODAELROQ170176.0%โ€“โ€“17
6โ€“TOYOTABZ4X120124.2%โ€“0.0%12
7โ€“BYDSEALION 79093.2%โ€“โ€“9
8โˆ’1SKODAENYAQ1782.8%โˆ’27.3%โ€“8
9โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.30882.8%โ€“โˆ’20.0%8
10โ€“BMWIX0772.5%โ€“โ€“7
11โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENID.40662.1%โˆ’57.1%โ€“6
12โ€“AUDIQ62351.8%โ€“โ€“5
13โ€“HYUNDAIKONA0551.8%โ€“โˆ’50.0%5
14โ€“NISSANLEAF0551.8%โ€“โˆ’68.8%5
15โ€“PEUGEOT20082351.8%โ€“โ€“5
16โ€“RENAULT55051.8%โ€“โ€“5
17โ€“RENAULTMEGANE4151.8%โ€“โ€“5
18โ€“TESLAMODEL X0551.8%โ€“โ€“5
19โ€“BMWI30441.4%โ€“โ€“4
20โ€“BMWI50441.4%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 64

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW7845453213.2%โˆ’31.4%+7.5%532+7.5%
20VOLKSWAGEN11831843610.9%โˆ’31.6%โˆ’12.1%436โˆ’12.1%
30AUDI743223969.9%โˆ’21.9%โˆ’3.4%396โˆ’3.4%
40VOLVO223043268.1%โˆ’17.0%โˆ’17.9%326โˆ’17.9%
5+1TOYOTA225833087.7%+16.2%โˆ’3.1%308โˆ’3.1%
6โˆ’1SKODA222783007.5%โˆ’1.0%+1.0%300+1.0%
70MERCEDES-BENZ291501794.5%โˆ’29.5%โˆ’9.1%179โˆ’9.1%
8+5NISSAN121391604.0%+66.7%+22.1%160+22.1%
9+1FORD341081423.5%โˆ’3.4%+10.1%142+10.1%
10โˆ’2OPEL23951182.9%โˆ’32.6%โˆ’31.4%118โˆ’31.4%
11โˆ’2RENAULT64461102.7%โˆ’28.6%โˆ’12.7%110โˆ’12.7%
12โˆ’1PEUGEOT4256982.4%โˆ’28.5%โˆ’26.3%98โˆ’26.3%
13โˆ’1DACIA7016862.1%โˆ’21.1%โˆ’12.2%86โˆ’12.2%
14+2KIA5226781.9%+13.0%โˆ’8.2%78โˆ’8.2%
15+3LAND ROVER3443771.9%+26.2%+57.1%77+57.1%
16โˆ’1TESLA956651.6%โˆ’9.7%โˆ’3.0%65โˆ’3.0%
17โˆ’3HYUNDAI2737641.6%โˆ’19.0%+10.3%64+10.3%
18+1CUPRA576631.6%+8.6%+40.0%63+40.0%
19+1CITROEN3326591.5%+13.5%+28.3%59+28.3%
20+1SUBARU2721481.2%+14.3%0.0%480.0%
21โ€“PORSCHE2917461.1%โ€“+2.2%46+2.2%
22โˆ’5LEXUS2015350.9%โˆ’45.3%โˆ’25.5%35โˆ’25.5%
23โ€“BYD340340.9%โ€“โ€“34โ€“
24โˆ’2MAZDA826340.9%0.0%0.0%340.0%
25โˆ’2HONDA229310.8%+3.3%โ€“31โ€“
26โ€“SEAT118190.5%โ€“โ€“19โ€“
27โ€“MG170170.4%โ€“โ€“17โ€“
28โ€“MINI313160.4%โ€“โ€“16โ€“
29โ€“MITSUBISHI015150.4%โ€“โ€“15โ€“
30โ€“FIAT014140.4%โ€“โ€“14โ€“

Electric brands 30

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA9566522.8%โˆ’9.7%โˆ’3.0%65
2+1AUDI5273211.2%โˆ’25.6%+28.0%32
3+2SKODA187258.8%+78.6%โ€“25
4โˆ’2VOLKSWAGEN218207.0%โˆ’57.4%+53.8%20
5โˆ’1BMW017176.0%โˆ’48.5%+6.3%17
6+3BYD140144.9%+40.0%โ€“14
7โˆ’1HYUNDAI39124.2%0.0%โˆ’14.3%12
8โ€“TOYOTA120124.2%โ€“0.0%12
9โ€“RENAULT91103.5%โ€“0.0%10
10โ€“KIA4593.2%โ€“โˆ’25.0%9

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.