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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท April 2026

Latvia registered 5 663 passenger cars in April 2026: 1 909 new cars (33.7% of the total) and 3 754 used imports. That is down 6.1% on March 2026 and down 1.1% on April 2025. Year to date the market stands at 19 766 registrations, up 2.1% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 60.2% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 818 registrations and a 14.4% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (768) and TOYOTA (546). Together the top three brands took 37.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+41.4%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’30.5%). The best-selling model was the BMW 3 SERIES with 266 registrations, followed by the TOYOTA YARIS CROSS (157) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (155). The 3 SERIES arrived mainly as a used import: 264 used against 2 new.

Battery-electric cars took 8.2% of all registrations, compared with 7.0% in April 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 6.4%, diesel 42.0% and petrol 42.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 92 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (54). The best-selling battery-electric model was the AUDI E-TRON with 37 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (31). Used imports were on average 12.1 years old when they were registered.

April 2026 was the 9th-highest of the 33 months on this page, which average 5 068 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 6 412 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

5 663
vs previous month โˆ’6.1% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’1.1%
1 909
New share 33.7%
3 754
Avg import age (yrs) 12.1
8.2%
466 BEV ยท 365 PHEV (6.4%)
46
0.8% share

Fuel mix

Petrol2 386 (42.1%)Diesel2 377 (42.0%)Plug-in hybrid365 (6.4%)Battery electric466 (8.2%)LPG / CNG68 (1.2%)Other1 (0.0%)

Models 500

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW3 SERIES2264266+8.1%+18.2%838+16.4%
20TOYOTAYARIS CROSS1552157โˆ’23.0%+115.1%500+56.3%
3+4VOLKSWAGENGOLF50105155+22.0%+6.2%453+0.4%
4โˆ’1BMW5 SERIES3139142โˆ’7.2%โˆ’7.2%482+4.6%
5+3SKODAKODIAQ11818136+9.7%+56.3%419+20.4%
6+4SKODAOCTAVIA6856124+4.2%+19.2%397โˆ’1.5%
7โˆ’3VOLVOXC6013105118โˆ’18.1%โˆ’13.9%487+10.2%
8+3TOYOTACOROLLA9422116โˆ’1.7%+6.4%388+5.4%
9โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN6447111โˆ’14.0%โˆ’30.2%402โˆ’23.3%
10+9VOLKSWAGENT-ROC1015106+89.3%โˆ’5.4%227+42.8%
11โˆ’6AUDIA409898โˆ’25.2%โˆ’19.0%423+21.9%
12โˆ’3AUDIA629597โˆ’20.5%0.0%379+8.6%
13+2BMWX52069890.0%โˆ’7.3%327+16.8%
14+2VOLKSWAGENPASSAT77784โˆ’4.5%0.0%289โˆ’4.9%
15+2AUDIQ5196079โˆ’9.2%+36.2%290โˆ’5.2%
16โˆ’2BMWX3155772โˆ’20.9%+4.3%284+25.7%
17+27OPELZAFIRA362056+75.0%+5.7%118โˆ’6.3%
18โˆ’6NISSANQASHQAI302555โˆ’49.5%+25.0%365+7.7%
19โˆ’1KIASPORTAGE45954โˆ’12.9%0.0%206+31.2%
20+3BMWX184553+6.0%โ€“149+38.0%
210MERCEDES-BENZE104353+3.9%+43.2%161+20.1%
22โ€“TOYOTAAYGO51253โ€“โ€“65โ€“
23โˆ’3VOLVOV60053530.0%โˆ’28.4%197โˆ’13.6%
24+25CITROENC3 AIRCROSS45449+58.1%โ€“163โ€“
25โˆ’12TOYOTAYARIS44448โˆ’54.3%โ€“224+113.3%
26+12LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER143347+30.6%+30.6%166+15.3%
27+19SKODAKAMIQ41647+46.9%โˆ’6.0%123โˆ’3.9%
280MERCEDES-BENZC04646+2.2%+12.2%158+28.5%
29โ€“RENAULTCLIO37946โ€“โ€“58+70.6%
30+3AUDIA314344+7.3%+18.9%147+23.5%
310OPELASTRA04444+2.3%โˆ’8.3%144โˆ’18.2%
32โ€“TOYOTARAV4202444โ€“โˆ’60.4%141โˆ’58.5%
33โˆ’4VOLVOXC9043943โˆ’4.4%โˆ’21.8%170โˆ’34.6%
34+13VOLKSWAGENTOURAN04040+25.0%โˆ’20.0%131โˆ’6.4%
35โˆ’3PEUGEOT300883139โˆ’7.1%โ€“122+4.3%
36+12AUDIE-TRON03737+19.4%0.0%105โˆ’4.5%
37โˆ’13FORDKUGA23436โˆ’23.4%โ€“126+70.3%
38โˆ’4TOYOTAC-HR261036โˆ’10.0%โˆ’62.1%128โˆ’39.9%
39โˆ’4VOLVOV7003535โˆ’12.5%โˆ’43.5%125โˆ’41.0%
40โˆ’13BMW1 SERIES03434โˆ’24.4%โ€“135+17.4%
41โ€“VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG161733โ€“โ€“116+87.1%
42โˆ’6AUDIQ7171431โˆ’18.4%โ€“125+19.0%
43โˆ’18DACIADUSTER181331โˆ’32.6%โˆ’24.4%129โˆ’27.5%
44+1PEUGEOT200842731โˆ’3.1%โ€“88โˆ’5.4%
45โ€“TESLAMODEL 303131โ€“โˆ’26.2%92โˆ’43.2%
46โˆ’16SKODASUPERB42630โˆ’31.8%โˆ’14.3%116โˆ’1.7%
47โˆ’10SUBARUOUTBACK131629โˆ’21.6%โ€“123+78.3%
48โ€“VOLKSWAGENCADDY22729โ€“โ€“103+32.1%
49โ€“VOLKSWAGENTAYRON29029โ€“โˆ’70.7%94โˆ’46.9%
50โ€“MERCEDES-BENZGLC19928โ€“โ€“79+41.1%

Electric models 96

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10AUDIE-TRON037377.9%+19.4%0.0%105
2+2TESLAMODEL 3031316.7%+19.2%โˆ’26.2%92
3+5VOLKSWAGENID.4424286.0%+64.7%+64.7%64
4โˆ’2TESLAMODEL S027275.8%โˆ’3.6%โ€“103
50TESLAMODEL Y322255.4%+8.7%+13.6%81
6+3SKODAENYAQ716234.9%+53.3%โ€“58
7+4BYDSEALION 7180183.9%+63.6%โ€“46
8+2BMWIX116173.7%+41.7%+54.5%43
9โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.3113143.0%โˆ’26.3%+40.0%49
10โ€“SKODAELROQ101112.4%โ€“โ€“34
11โ€“AUDIQ419102.2%โ€“โ€“20
12โ€“BMWI446102.2%โ€“โ€“25
13โ€“PEUGEOT200846102.2%โ€“โ€“24
14โ€“NISSANLEAF0991.9%โ€“โˆ’57.1%22
15โ€“TESLAMODEL X0991.9%โ€“โ€“34
16โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 51781.7%โ€“โ€“22
17โˆ’14TOYOTABZ4X8081.7%โˆ’71.4%โ€“70
18โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.50881.7%โ€“โ€“16
19โ€“BMWI30771.5%โ€“โ€“19
20โˆ’8HYUNDAIKONA0771.5%โˆ’30.0%โ€“27

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 67

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW8573381814.4%โˆ’1.1%+9.8%2 745+14.7%
20VOLKSWAGEN30246676813.6%+17.4%โˆ’20.4%2 335โˆ’8.8%
30TOYOTA4221245469.6%โˆ’9.6%+11.2%1 822+4.2%
40AUDI574485058.9%โˆ’11.1%+7.7%1 876+11.2%
5+1SKODA2911454367.7%+4.8%+18.2%1 431+8.1%
6โˆ’1VOLVO253243496.2%โˆ’18.5%โˆ’30.5%1 427โˆ’17.1%
70MERCEDES-BENZ422412835.0%+0.7%+11.0%938+10.2%
80OPEL571892464.3%+2.5%โˆ’2.0%755โˆ’11.6%
9+1FORD171561733.1%โˆ’8.5%โˆ’15.2%633+6.4%
10โˆ’1RENAULT98591572.8%โˆ’20.3%+41.4%584+15.0%
110PEUGEOT201131332.4%โˆ’19.9%โˆ’37.0%476โˆ’26.2%
120NISSAN38631011.8%โˆ’34.8%โˆ’6.5%528โˆ’21.4%
13+2CITROEN5148991.8%โˆ’11.6%+16.5%369+13.5%
14+3TESLA389921.6%+8.2%+21.1%310โˆ’0.3%
15โˆ’2KIA5734911.6%โˆ’34.1%โˆ’18.8%388+7.8%
160HYUNDAI2452761.3%โˆ’16.5%โˆ’22.4%276โˆ’20.2%
17โˆ’3DACIA5520751.3%โˆ’43.6%โˆ’3.8%373+12.3%
18+1LAND ROVER2043631.1%โˆ’7.4%+6.8%252+9.6%
19โˆ’1SUBARU2035551.0%โˆ’26.7%+7.8%239+17.7%
200CUPRA468541.0%โˆ’12.9%+8.0%228+15.7%
210LEXUS2822500.9%โˆ’18.0%+11.1%181+6.5%
22+1HONDA835430.8%โˆ’4.4%+2.4%1410.0%
23+3BYD382400.7%+25.0%โ€“128โ€“
24โˆ’2PORSCHE1620360.6%โˆ’40.0%โˆ’32.1%180โˆ’13.5%
25โ€“MINI728350.6%โ€“โ€“76+7.0%
26โˆ’2MAZDA628340.6%โˆ’12.8%โˆ’17.1%126โˆ’14.3%
27โˆ’2SEAT032320.6%โˆ’8.6%โˆ’23.8%107โˆ’19.5%
28โ€“MITSUBISHI027270.5%โ€“โ€“70+34.6%
29โ€“FIAT125260.5%โ€“โ€“74+4.2%
30โ€“MG204240.4%โ€“โ€“78โ€“

Electric brands 39

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA3899219.7%+8.2%+21.1%310
20VOLKSWAGEN7475411.6%+20.0%+74.2%148
30AUDI2474910.5%+16.7%+4.3%148
40BMW10374710.1%+30.6%+38.2%124
5+3SKODA1717347.3%+88.9%โ€“92
6+4BYD231245.2%+84.6%โ€“60
70HYUNDAI120214.5%โˆ’4.5%โˆ’22.2%62
8+1MERCEDES-BENZ612183.9%+5.9%+5.9%53
9+2PEUGEOT510153.2%+15.4%0.0%38
10โˆ’5TOYOTA130132.8%โˆ’61.8%+30.0%81

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.