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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท February 2026

Latvia registered 4 051 passenger cars in February 2026: 1 444 new cars (35.6% of the total) and 2 607 used imports. That is up 0.8% on January 2026 and up 2.0% on February 2025. Year to date the market stands at 8 071 registrations, down 0.2% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 59.0% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 568 registrations and a 14.0% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (477) and AUDI (407). Together the top three brands took 35.8% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+24.6%) while OPEL fell furthest (โˆ’15.6%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 169 registrations, followed by the VOLVO XC60 (106) and the AUDI A4 (105). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 169 used against 0 new.

Battery-electric cars took 6.9% of all registrations, compared with 7.5% in February 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 6.6%, diesel 44.2% and petrol 40.8%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 68 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (29). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL S with 29 registrations, ahead of the TOYOTA BZ4X (22). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

February 2026 was the 27th-highest of the 31 months on this page, which average 5 018 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 6 412 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

4 051
vs previous month +0.8% ยท vs same month last year +2.0%
1 444
New share 35.6%
2 607
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
6.9%
279 BEV ยท 269 PHEV (6.6%)
10
0.2% share

Fuel mix

Petrol1 651 (40.8%)Diesel1 789 (44.2%)Plug-in hybrid269 (6.6%)Battery electric279 (6.9%)LPG / CNG60 (1.5%)Other3 (0.1%)

Models 398

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES0169169+7.6%+42.0%326+20.7%
2+1VOLVOXC60898106โˆ’10.9%+6.0%225+17.2%
3+2AUDIA40105105+18.0%+52.2%194+25.2%
4+13TOYOTACOROLLA9310103+102.0%+43.1%154โˆ’9.9%
5+7AUDIA629193+38.8%+55.0%160+4.6%
6โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES29092โˆ’3.2%โˆ’7.1%187โˆ’4.1%
70VOLKSWAGENGOLF98190+11.1%โˆ’6.3%171โˆ’10.0%
8+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN493988+18.9%โˆ’17.0%162โˆ’32.2%
9โˆ’7NISSANQASHQAI671582โˆ’31.1%+70.8%201+87.9%
10โˆ’2SKODAKODIAQ711182+6.5%โˆ’5.7%159โˆ’9.1%
11โˆ’1BMWX5175976+4.1%+68.9%149+49.0%
12+1TOYOTAYARIS CROSS73073+10.6%โˆ’12.0%139+28.7%
13โˆ’7SKODAOCTAVIA393170โˆ’16.7%โˆ’24.7%154โˆ’18.9%
14โ€“CITROENC3 AIRCROSS61162โ€“โ€“83โ€“
15โˆ’1BMWX3154560โˆ’1.6%+22.4%121+34.4%
16โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT06060+5.3%โˆ’4.8%117โˆ’17.0%
17โˆ’6AUDIQ554853โˆ’25.4%โˆ’27.4%124โˆ’24.4%
18+4VOLVOV6005151+27.5%+4.1%91โˆ’4.2%
19+6VOLVOXC9093847+34.3%โˆ’36.5%82โˆ’40.1%
20โ€“MERCEDES-BENZC14546โ€“โ€“67+42.6%
21โˆ’2KIASPORTAGE40444โˆ’4.3%+37.5%90+42.9%
22+9TOYOTARAV4182442+40.0%โˆ’49.4%72โˆ’43.8%
23โ€“SUBARUOUTBACK34236โ€“โ€“57+58.3%
24โ€“OPELFRONTERA33134โ€“โ€“45โ€“
25โ€“SKODAKAROQ31334โ€“โ€“57+9.6%
26โ€“AUDIA303333โ€“โ€“62+21.6%
27โˆ’9LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER52833โˆ’34.0%โ€“83+97.6%
28โ€“OPELASTRA13132โ€“โˆ’17.9%57โˆ’32.1%
29โ€“BMWX182331โ€“โ€“46โˆ’17.9%
30โ€“TOYOTAC-HR27431โ€“โ€“52+48.6%
31โ€“VOLVOV7003131โ€“โˆ’18.4%50โˆ’47.4%
32โ€“BMW1 SERIES03030โ€“โ€“56+7.7%
33โ€“MERCEDES-BENZE32730โ€“โˆ’9.1%57โˆ’5.0%
34โ€“RENAULTAUSTRAL30030โ€“โ€“44โ€“
35โ€“TESLAMODEL S02929โ€“โ€“48โ€“
36โ€“VOLKSWAGENCADDY32629โ€“โ€“45+36.4%
37โˆ’14DACIASANDERO25328โˆ’26.3%โ€“66+40.4%
38โˆ’14VOLKSWAGENT-ROC27128โˆ’24.3%โ€“65โ€“
39โˆ’11VOLKSWAGENTOURAN02727โˆ’15.6%โ€“59โˆ’4.8%
40โˆ’11AUDIQ7101626โˆ’13.3%โ€“560.0%
41โ€“PORSCHECAYENNE151126โ€“โ€“55+34.1%
42โ€“SKODAKAMIQ21425โ€“โ€“44โˆ’4.3%
43โ€“TOYOTAPROACE22325โ€“โ€“42+16.7%
44โˆ’18VOLVOXC7002525โˆ’26.5%โˆ’24.2%59โˆ’7.8%
45โˆ’25CUPRATERRAMAR24024โˆ’41.5%โ€“65+41.3%
46โˆ’14VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG91524โˆ’20.0%โ€“54+50.0%
47โ€“VOLKSWAGENMULTIVAN101323โ€“โ€“46โ€“
48โ€“CUPRAFORMENTOR16622โ€“โ€“40+14.3%
49โˆ’19DACIADUSTER19322โˆ’26.7%โˆ’48.8%52โˆ’45.8%
50โ€“FORDKUGA12122โ€“โ€“43+16.2%

Electric models 69

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL S0292910.4%+52.6%+141.7%48
2+4TOYOTABZ4X220227.9%+83.3%โ€“34
3+1AUDIE-TRON020207.2%+17.6%โˆ’20.0%37
4โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 3017176.1%โˆ’5.6%โˆ’48.5%35
5โ€“RENAULT5160165.7%โ€“โ€“21
6โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.4310134.7%โ€“0.0%19
7โ€“SKODAENYAQ66124.3%โ€“โ€“20
8โ€“TESLAMODEL X111124.3%โ€“โ€“17
9โˆ’8TESLAMODEL Y19103.6%โˆ’56.5%โˆ’28.6%33
10โ€“BYDSEALION 78082.9%โ€“โ€“17
11โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.30882.9%โ€“โ€“16
12โ€“BMWIX0772.5%โ€“โ€“14
13โ€“BMWI42462.2%โ€“โ€“6
14โ€“BMWIX13251.8%โ€“โ€“6
15โ€“HYUNDAIKONA1451.8%โ€“โˆ’64.3%10
16โ€“SUBARUSOLTERRA3251.8%โ€“โ€“5
17โ€“KIAEV60441.4%โ€“โ€“6
18โ€“BMWI30331.1%โ€“โ€“7
19โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQC0331.1%โ€“โ€“4
20โ€“POLESTARPOLESTAR 20331.1%โ€“โ€“5

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 56

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW7948956814.0%+6.8%+24.6%1 100+15.7%
20VOLKSWAGEN14533247711.8%+9.4%+4.6%913โˆ’4.1%
30AUDI2738040710.1%+2.8%+12.7%803+4.2%
4+1TOYOTA283813649.0%+18.2%0.0%672โˆ’1.5%
5โˆ’1VOLVO203043248.0%โˆ’0.6%โˆ’15.0%650โˆ’16.5%
60SKODA196832796.9%โˆ’7.0%โˆ’6.7%579โˆ’2.9%
70MERCEDES-BENZ301651954.8%+8.9%+8.3%374โˆ’0.8%
8+2OPEL421091513.7%+28.0%โˆ’15.6%269โˆ’23.4%
90FORD221071293.2%โˆ’9.2%+14.2%271+12.0%
10+1RENAULT73471203.0%+9.1%+5.3%230โˆ’4.2%
11โˆ’3NISSAN81311122.8%โˆ’30.0%โˆ’9.7%272+6.7%
12+7CITROEN6435992.4%+67.8%โˆ’22.7%158โˆ’9.2%
13+1KIA5130812.0%+3.8%+6.6%159โˆ’1.2%
14โˆ’1DACIA6613792.0%โˆ’8.1%+8.2%165โˆ’3.5%
15โˆ’3PEUGEOT1564792.0%โˆ’19.4%โˆ’22.5%177โˆ’24.7%
160TESLA266681.7%+4.6%+6.3%133+1.5%
17+3SUBARU4120611.5%+27.1%+41.9%109+19.8%
180CUPRA409491.2%โˆ’22.2%+8.9%112+24.4%
19โˆ’2HYUNDAI1728451.1%โˆ’29.7%โˆ’41.6%109โˆ’19.3%
20โˆ’5LAND ROVER1034441.1%โˆ’42.9%+22.2%121+42.4%
210PORSCHE2018380.9%โˆ’17.4%โˆ’17.4%84โˆ’7.7%
220LEXUS2411350.9%0.0%โ€“70โˆ’4.1%
230BYD211220.5%โˆ’35.3%โ€“56โ€“
24+1HONDA319220.5%โˆ’29.0%โˆ’33.3%53โˆ’10.2%
25โ€“SEAT120210.5%โ€“โ€“40โˆ’25.9%
26โˆ’2MAZDA514190.5%โˆ’44.1%โˆ’44.1%53โˆ’22.1%
27โ€“SUZUKI118190.5%โ€“โ€“27โ€“
28โ€“MG142160.4%โ€“โ€“33โ€“
29โ€“JEEP015150.4%โ€“โ€“28โ€“
30โ€“FIAT211130.3%โ€“โ€“27โ€“

Electric brands 30

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA2666824.4%+4.6%+6.3%133
2+2VOLKSWAGEN7222910.4%+45.0%+26.1%49
3โˆ’1AUDI124259.0%โˆ’21.9%โˆ’32.4%57
4+1BMW519248.6%+41.2%+33.3%41
5+3TOYOTA220227.9%+83.3%โ€“34
6+3RENAULT161176.1%+70.0%โ€“27
7โˆ’4SKODA96155.4%โˆ’40.0%+50.0%40
8โ€“MERCEDES-BENZ37103.6%โ€“โˆ’33.3%18
9โˆ’3BYD8193.2%โˆ’35.7%โ€“23
10โ€“VOLVO2793.2%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.