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Passenger-car registrations in Latvia

Latvia ยท May 2026

Latvia registered 5 490 passenger cars in May 2026: 2 055 new cars (37.4% of the total) and 3 435 used imports. That is down 3.1% on April 2026 and down 5.6% on May 2025. Year to date the market stands at 25 256 registrations, up 0.4% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 56.4% of registrations, the rest going to companies, leasing and fleets.

BMW led the brand ranking with 697 registrations and a 12.7% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (691) and TOYOTA (658). Together the top three brands took 37.3% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+19.0%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’21.0%). The best-selling model was the TOYOTA RAV4 with 264 registrations, followed by the BMW 3 SERIES (216) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (151).

Battery-electric cars took 7.0% of all registrations, compared with 7.3% in May 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 6.1%, diesel 40.5% and petrol 45.0%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 74 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (44). The best-selling battery-electric model was the AUDI E-TRON with 31 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL S (27). Used imports were on average 12.0 years old when they were registered.

May 2026 was the 12th-highest of the 34 months on this page, which average 5 081 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 6 412 and the low January 2024 with 3 738.

5 490
vs previous month โˆ’3.1% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’5.6%
2 055
New share 37.4%
3 435
Avg import age (yrs) 12
7.0%
384 BEV ยท 333 PHEV (6.1%)
28
0.5% share

Fuel mix

Petrol2 472 (45.0%)Diesel2 222 (40.5%)Plug-in hybrid333 (6.1%)Battery electric384 (7.0%)LPG / CNG78 (1.4%)Other1 (0.0%)

Models 461

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+31TOYOTARAV423925264+500.0%+112.9%405โˆ’12.7%
2โˆ’1BMW3 SERIES1215216โˆ’18.8%+14.9%1 054+16.1%
30VOLKSWAGENGOLF33118151โˆ’2.6%+11.0%604+2.9%
4+4TOYOTACOROLLA12014134+15.5%+39.6%522+12.5%
5+1SKODAOCTAVIA7259131+5.6%+44.0%528+6.9%
6โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES3122125โˆ’12.0%โˆ’10.1%607+1.2%
7+4AUDIA40117117+19.4%+17.0%540+20.8%
8+36PEUGEOT20089518113+264.5%โ€“201+84.4%
9โˆ’2VOLVOXC601299111โˆ’5.9%โˆ’22.4%598+2.2%
10โˆ’8TOYOTAYARIS CROSS1020102โˆ’35.0%โˆ’19.7%602+34.7%
11+1AUDIA60101101+4.1%โˆ’17.2%480+1.9%
12โˆ’7SKODAKODIAQ712495โˆ’30.1%+50.8%514+25.1%
13โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENT-ROC89695โˆ’10.4%โ€“322+84.0%
14โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN346195โˆ’14.4%โˆ’42.1%497โˆ’27.8%
150AUDIQ5275380+1.3%+63.3%370+4.2%
16โˆ’3BMWX5185270โˆ’21.3%โˆ’6.7%397+11.8%
17โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENPASSAT06464โˆ’23.8%โˆ’16.9%353โˆ’7.3%
18โˆ’2BMWX395463โˆ’12.5%โˆ’11.3%347+16.8%
19โ€“RENAULTAUSTRAL61061โ€“โ€“147โ€“
20+3VOLVOV6005757+7.5%0.0%254โˆ’10.9%
21โˆ’2KIASPORTAGE461056+3.7%โˆ’17.6%262+16.4%
22โ€“CUPRAFORMENTOR431053โ€“โ€“135+60.7%
23+7AUDIA325052+18.2%+40.5%199+27.6%
24โˆ’7OPELZAFIRA371350โˆ’10.7%โˆ’19.4%168โˆ’10.6%
25+18DACIADUSTER311647+51.6%โˆ’27.7%176โˆ’27.6%
26โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZE54247โˆ’11.3%โˆ’7.8%208+12.4%
27+6VOLVOXC9054045+4.7%โˆ’29.7%215โˆ’33.6%
28+14AUDIQ7281644+41.9%+37.5%169+23.4%
29โ€“VOLKSWAGENTAYRON41344โ€“โˆ’61.4%138โˆ’52.6%
30โˆ’12NISSANQASHQAI123143โˆ’21.8%+2.4%408+7.1%
31โˆ’5LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER162541โˆ’12.8%+24.2%207+16.9%
32โˆ’4MERCEDES-BENZC33841โˆ’10.9%โˆ’8.9%199+18.5%
33+7BMW1 SERIES04040+17.6%+8.1%175+15.1%
34โ€“CUPRATERRAMAR38139โ€“+18.2%157+9.0%
35โˆ’4OPELASTRA23739โˆ’11.4%โˆ’36.1%183โˆ’22.8%
36โˆ’1PEUGEOT300883038โˆ’2.6%โ€“160+16.8%
37+2VOLVOV7003838+8.6%โˆ’32.1%163โˆ’39.2%
380TOYOTAC-HR28937+2.8%โˆ’33.9%165โˆ’38.7%
39+2VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG191736+9.1%โ€“152+90.0%
40+6SKODASUPERB131932+6.7%โˆ’8.6%148โˆ’3.3%
41โ€“TOYOTAPROACE29332โ€“โ€“103+14.4%
42โˆ’6AUDIE-TRON03131โˆ’16.2%โˆ’6.1%136โˆ’4.9%
43โˆ’6FORDKUGA32831โˆ’13.9%โ€“157+63.5%
44โˆ’24BMWX162329โˆ’45.3%โˆ’14.7%178+25.4%
45โ€“VOLKSWAGENCADDY02828โ€“โ€“131+23.6%
46โ€“PEUGEOT5008101727โ€“โˆ’74.3%118โˆ’53.5%
47โ€“RENAULTSYMBIOZ27027โ€“โ€“60โ€“
48โ€“TESLAMODEL S02727โ€“โ€“130+80.6%
49โ€“VOLVOXC4032326โ€“โ€“111+109.4%
50โ€“BMWX618725โ€“โˆ’21.9%96โˆ’4.0%

Electric models 83

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10AUDIE-TRON031318.1%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’6.1%136
2+2TESLAMODEL S027277.0%0.0%+145.5%130
3โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 3124256.5%โˆ’19.4%โˆ’37.5%117
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.4718256.5%โˆ’10.7%โ€“89
5+1SKODAENYAQ513184.7%โˆ’21.7%+50.0%76
6โˆ’1TESLAMODEL Y414184.7%โˆ’28.0%โˆ’18.2%99
7+1BMWIX015153.9%โˆ’11.8%โ€“58
8+1VOLKSWAGENID.3410143.7%0.0%+7.7%63
9+3BMWI4112133.4%+30.0%โ€“38
10โˆ’3BYDSEALION 7121133.4%โˆ’27.8%+30.0%59
11โ€“TOYOTABZ4X111123.1%โ€“โ€“82
12โ€“NISSANLEAF011112.9%โ€“โˆ’59.3%33
13โ€“HYUNDAIKONA19102.6%โ€“โˆ’41.2%37
14โˆ’3AUDIQ41671.8%โˆ’30.0%โ€“27
15โ€“PORSCHEMACAN6171.8%โ€“โ€“19
16โ€“BMWI51561.6%โ€“โ€“15
17โ€“RENAULTZOE0661.6%โ€“โ€“13
18โ€“CUPRABORN0551.3%โ€“โ€“15
19โ€“BMWIX11341.0%โ€“โ€“19
20โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 51341.0%โ€“โ€“26

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 65

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10BMW8261569712.7%โˆ’14.8%โˆ’0.1%3 442+11.4%
20VOLKSWAGEN25743469112.6%โˆ’10.0%โˆ’17.8%3 026โˆ’11.0%
30TOYOTA55010865812.0%+20.5%+19.0%2 480+7.8%
40AUDI724395119.3%+1.2%+1.8%2 387+9.0%
5+1VOLVO243453696.7%+5.7%โˆ’21.0%1 796โˆ’17.9%
6โˆ’1SKODA2251383636.6%โˆ’16.7%+5.8%1 794+7.6%
70MERCEDES-BENZ292192484.5%โˆ’12.4%โˆ’6.4%1 186+6.3%
8+3PEUGEOT1221072294.2%+72.2%+6.5%705โˆ’18.0%
9โˆ’1OPEL561642204.0%โˆ’10.6%โˆ’17.0%975โˆ’12.9%
100RENAULT122691913.5%+21.7%+13.0%775+14.5%
11โˆ’2FORD211301512.8%โˆ’12.7%โˆ’16.1%784+1.2%
12+8CUPRA96171132.1%+109.3%+82.3%341+31.7%
13+4DACIA7523981.8%+30.7%โˆ’12.5%471+6.1%
14+1KIA5333861.6%โˆ’5.5%โˆ’41.1%474โˆ’6.3%
15โˆ’3NISSAN2258801.5%โˆ’20.8%โˆ’32.2%608โˆ’23.0%
16โˆ’2TESLA569741.4%โˆ’19.6%โˆ’5.1%384โˆ’1.3%
17โˆ’4CITROEN2646721.3%โˆ’27.3%โˆ’22.6%441+5.5%
18โˆ’2HYUNDAI2143641.2%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’33.3%340โˆ’23.1%
19โˆ’1LAND ROVER1938571.0%โˆ’9.5%0.0%309+7.7%
20+4PORSCHE1731480.9%+33.3%โˆ’2.0%228โˆ’11.3%
210LEXUS2720470.9%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’19.0%2280.0%
22+4MAZDA934430.8%+26.5%+26.5%169โˆ’6.6%
23โˆ’4SUBARU1626420.8%โˆ’23.6%โˆ’4.5%281+13.8%
24+3SEAT136370.7%+15.6%โˆ’14.0%144โˆ’18.2%
250MINI1118290.5%โˆ’17.1%โ€“105+15.4%
26โ€“MG253280.5%โ€“โ€“106โ€“
27โˆ’4BYD232250.5%โˆ’37.5%โ€“153+350.0%
28โ€“MITSUBISHI024240.4%โ€“โ€“94+25.3%
29โ€“FIAT121220.4%โ€“โ€“96โˆ’4.0%
30โˆ’8HONDA318210.4%โˆ’51.2%โˆ’60.4%162โˆ’16.5%

Electric brands 33

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA5697419.3%โˆ’19.6%โˆ’5.1%384
2+2BMW13314411.5%โˆ’6.4%+83.3%168
3โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN12314311.2%โˆ’20.4%+38.7%191
4โˆ’1AUDI1404110.7%โˆ’16.3%โˆ’16.3%189
50SKODA813215.5%โˆ’38.2%+10.5%113
6+1HYUNDAI316195.0%โˆ’9.5%โˆ’34.5%81
7โˆ’1BYD161174.4%โˆ’29.2%+70.0%77
80MERCEDES-BENZ212143.7%โˆ’22.2%+27.3%67
9+3NISSAN112133.4%+18.2%โˆ’60.6%39
100TOYOTA111123.1%โˆ’7.7%โ€“93

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.