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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท August 2026

Romania registered 35 475 passenger cars in August 2026: 9 552 new cars (26.9% of the total) and 25 923 used imports. That is down 12.3% on July 2026 and down 22.0% on August 2025. Year to date the market stands at 312 052 registrations, down 13.1% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 30.3% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 092 registrations and a 14.4% share, ahead of DACIA (3 864) and BMW (3 823). Together the top three brands took 36.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, DACIA fell furthest year on year (โˆ’33.6%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 513 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 489) and the DACIA LOGAN (1 132). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 317 used against 196 new.

Battery-electric cars took 3.3% of all registrations, compared with 2.8% in August 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 7.0%. Hybrids took 23.6%, diesel 46.8% and petrol 22.0%. The leading electric brand was BYD with 159 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (142). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 66 registrations, ahead of the BYD SEALION 7 (63). Used imports were on average 11.9 years old when they were registered.

August 2026 was the 34th-highest of the 36 months on this page, which average 41 870 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 52 596 and the low January 2026 with 33 912.

35 475
vs previous month โˆ’12.3% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’22.0%
9 552
New share 26.9%
25 923
Avg import age (yrs) 11.9
3.3%
1 162 BEV ยท 8 389 Hybrid (23.6%)
30.3%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol7 820 (22.0%)Diesel16 597 (46.8%)Hybrid8 389 (23.6%)Battery electric1 162 (3.3%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 507 (4.2%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 744

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+2VOLKSWAGENGOLF1961 3171 5133186โˆ’4.7%โˆ’12.3%12 956โˆ’18.9%
2โˆ’1DACIADUSTER6378521 4892318โˆ’11.5%โˆ’25.4%13 455โˆ’14.4%
3โˆ’1DACIALOGAN8093231 13201โˆ’31.4%โˆ’41.3%7 729โˆ’34.1%
4+1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT19960979031โˆ’10.2%โˆ’29.3%8 638โˆ’29.8%
5+1SKODAOCTAVIA2586549120144โˆ’10.2%โˆ’19.2%8 309โˆ’17.6%
6+1BMW3 SERIES748148880113โˆ’4.6%โˆ’18.5%7 103โˆ’20.8%
7+1AUDIA40851851051โˆ’8.3%โˆ’20.9%7 312โˆ’22.9%
8+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN1395797180102+2.1%โˆ’7.4%5 610โˆ’16.9%
90BMW5 SERIES156796940154โˆ’10.3%โˆ’18.9%5 954โˆ’17.4%
10โˆ’6DACIASANDERO33832165901โˆ’47.5%โˆ’33.7%5 381โˆ’32.1%
110NISSANQASHQAI2633635038โˆ’9.0%โˆ’3.8%6 357+6.0%
120RENAULTMEGANE28607635119โˆ’7.7%โˆ’19.0%5 304โˆ’20.6%
130TOYOTACOROLLA4931136060596โˆ’10.2%โˆ’9.3%4 544+16.2%
140BMWX3564284840168โˆ’8.3%โˆ’13.9%4 362โˆ’8.9%
150AUDIA6214344552107โˆ’6.4%โˆ’7.7%3 695โˆ’17.2%
16+1FORDFOCUS15420435017โˆ’8.8%โˆ’29.3%3 872โˆ’28.0%
17โˆ’1HYUNDAITUCSON1792434220200โˆ’12.1%โˆ’44.2%3 917โˆ’9.3%
180RENAULTCLIO158260418044โˆ’11.1%โˆ’48.1%3 999โˆ’16.4%
19+1VOLKSWAGENPOLO7732540200โˆ’9.0%โˆ’12.2%3 447โˆ’17.3%
20+5MERCEDES-BENZC27356383098+10.1%โˆ’7.7%2 825โˆ’17.0%
21+6BMWX160322382084+10.7%+2.7%2 790โˆ’6.8%
22โˆ’3OPELASTRA037237200โˆ’16.2%โˆ’29.0%3 521โˆ’18.9%
230AUDIQ5462763220107โˆ’10.1%โˆ’18.3%3 115+1.1%
24โˆ’3AUDIA328280308031โˆ’17.9%โˆ’15.4%2 771โˆ’11.6%
25+3VOLKSWAGENTOURAN030430400โˆ’5.9%โˆ’22.6%2 543โˆ’24.4%
26+4BMW1 SERIES829129905โˆ’4.2%โˆ’16.5%2 433โˆ’19.6%
27+12BMWX5891962850193+8.0%+7.5%2 090โˆ’8.3%
28+12TOYOTAYARIS CROSS275102850285+8.0%โˆ’31.7%1 949+3.1%
29โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZE17266283083โˆ’20.7%โˆ’23.9%2 815โˆ’14.4%
30โˆ’8FORDKUGA1081732810123โˆ’23.0%โˆ’35.6%2 663โˆ’26.6%
31+7BYDSEAL U264132776271+3.0%โ€“1 201โ€“
32+1DACIABIGSTER27522770241โˆ’4.5%โˆ’47.8%2 897+115.9%
33โˆ’7TOYOTARAV4190862760233โˆ’20.5%โˆ’33.7%2 125โˆ’34.6%
34โˆ’2RENAULTKADJAR027227200โˆ’8.4%โˆ’7.8%2 283+6.5%
35โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZGLC8218626811177โˆ’14.9%โˆ’28.9%2 297โˆ’24.0%
36โˆ’5VOLVOXC6023237260096โˆ’16.4%โˆ’23.5%2 297โˆ’29.5%
37โˆ’2SKODAFABIA6318624900โˆ’12.6%โˆ’34.3%2 369โˆ’24.8%
38+3SKODAKODIAQ13899237023โˆ’3.3%+20.9%2 003+8.7%
39+3AUDIA514213227034+0.4%โˆ’19.2%1 912โˆ’11.2%
40โˆ’6KIASPORTAGE53168221060โˆ’23.5%โˆ’46.1%2 724+6.2%
41โˆ’5SKODASUPERB74140214021โˆ’22.7%โˆ’12.3%2 181โˆ’10.4%
42+63SKODASCALA203620900+171.4%+111.1%1 012+6.8%
43+3PEUGEOT300811189200047โˆ’2.0%โˆ’28.3%2 170+13.3%
44+3VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG74120194011โˆ’4.9%โˆ’2.5%1 815โˆ’8.1%
45โˆ’8MERCEDES-BENZGLE671261930154โˆ’28.5%โˆ’18.6%1 805โˆ’10.9%
46+6MERCEDES-BENZA8177185029+1.1%โˆ’8.4%1 442โˆ’24.3%
47โˆ’4MERCEDES-BENZCLA641171814045โˆ’16.6%+4.0%1 414+4.7%
48โˆ’4SEATLEON33148181011โˆ’16.2%โˆ’25.2%1 672โˆ’13.1%
49โˆ’1TOYOTAC-HR108691779168โˆ’10.6%โˆ’41.8%1 690โˆ’2.0%
50+3OPELCORSA117417540โˆ’0.6%โˆ’30.8%1 657โˆ’19.0%

Electric models 135

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL 3264665.7%โˆ’45.5%โˆ’62.5%1 496
2+2BYDSEALION 7567635.5%โˆ’14.9%โ€“484
30BYDDOLPHIN SURF610615.3%โˆ’37.1%โ€“619
4+4FORDPUMA580585.0%+52.6%โˆ’15.9%411
5โˆ’4TESLAMODEL Y352554.8%โˆ’60.7%+3.8%1 206
6+3MGMG4466524.5%+40.5%+333.3%254
7โˆ’1HYUNDAIKONA1528433.7%โˆ’6.5%โˆ’85.6%410
8โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZCLA400403.5%โˆ’24.5%โ€“180
9โˆ’2MAZDA6E311322.8%โˆ’22.0%โ€“190
10โ€“RENAULT4280282.4%โ€“โ€“59
11+2DACIASPRING1215272.3%+3.8%โ€“382
12โ€“MG4270272.3%โ€“โ€“30
13โˆ’2RENAULTZOE026262.3%โˆ’16.1%+8.3%209
14+6BMWIX3143171.5%+6.3%โ€“111
15+4TOYOTABZ4X152171.5%0.0%+54.5%56
16+8VOLKSWAGENID.489171.5%+13.3%โˆ’41.4%226
17+8AUDIE-TRON016161.4%+14.3%+45.5%126
18โ€“FIAT600141151.3%โ€“โ€“19
19โˆ’5FORDEXPLORER150151.3%โˆ’34.8%โˆ’73.7%217
20โˆ’5BYDSEAL112131.1%โˆ’35.0%โ€“110

Battery-electric cars, new and used imports together. Share is of all BEV first registrations in the month. Because monthly counts are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 84

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN7084 3845 0924444416.9%14.4%โˆ’7.6%โˆ’17.8%44 550โˆ’18.9%
20DACIA2 1421 7223 8642958035.6%10.9%โˆ’26.2%โˆ’33.6%32 380โˆ’21.5%
30BMW4283 3953 823529845.4%10.8%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’13.8%31 303โˆ’13.7%
40AUDI1702 4492 6193545013.5%7.4%โˆ’10.6%โˆ’17.3%23 040โˆ’15.0%
50MERCEDES-BENZ4091 9572 366847827.6%6.7%โˆ’11.1%โˆ’12.5%19 538โˆ’14.9%
60RENAULT3851 9342 3197826426.5%6.5%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’25.8%20 397โˆ’12.8%
70SKODA8451 2442 0891218817.9%5.9%โˆ’4.5%โˆ’10.8%18 429โˆ’13.5%
80TOYOTA1 2405111 751271 54835.6%4.9%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’22.8%13 640โˆ’7.8%
90FORD3471 1641 5118823523.1%4.3%โˆ’16.0%โˆ’33.3%13 992โˆ’20.5%
100OPEL109659756110.0%2.8%โˆ’14.7%โˆ’28.3%9 156โˆ’18.6%
110HYUNDAI2876469336129557.8%2.6%โˆ’14.6%โˆ’58.4%9 183โˆ’20.8%
120NISSAN3861864124766.7%2.4%โˆ’11.7%โˆ’4.8%8 919+6.2%
130PEUGEOT31757788138332.3%2.2%โˆ’7.6%โˆ’31.2%8 049โˆ’9.1%
140VOLVO866177031824432.6%2.0%โˆ’13.2%โˆ’21.3%6 215โˆ’24.8%
150BYD6533168415952537.8%1.9%โˆ’6.4%+2037.5%3 755+8063.0%
160SEAT364825181118.3%1.5%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’22.7%4 704โˆ’17.5%
170KIA883874752112347.7%1.3%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’42.6%5 379โˆ’3.6%
180SUZUKI225210435823272.9%1.2%โˆ’20.6%โˆ’37.6%4 209โˆ’24.2%
19+3MG345353809627838.3%1.1%+24.6%+8.6%2 667+18.8%
20โˆ’1CITROEN503053552584.0%1.0%โˆ’13.2%โˆ’25.4%3 525โˆ’9.8%
21โˆ’1MAZDA86240326417554.7%0.9%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’49.3%4 033โˆ’11.8%
22โˆ’1CHERY2250225022340.4%0.6%โˆ’34.0%โ€“2 579โ€“
23+3FIAT3419022423258.8%0.6%+10.9%โˆ’17.6%1 721โˆ’15.6%
24+1LAND ROVER221731950570.0%0.6%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’22.9%1 882โˆ’10.8%
25โˆ’1MITSUBISHI2716819505755.6%0.6%โˆ’8.0%โˆ’24.1%1 797โˆ’20.0%
26+1PORSCHE41121162155012.2%0.5%โˆ’16.5%โˆ’21.4%1 450โˆ’11.5%
27โˆ’4TESLA5137142142060.0%0.4%โˆ’50.2%โˆ’41.6%2 900+82.3%
28+6CUPRA10338141010019.4%0.4%+48.4%โˆ’5.4%1 214+7.2%
290MINI2611113715619.2%0.4%โˆ’18.9%+35.6%1 045โˆ’5.6%
30+2HONDA478313016051.1%0.4%+5.7%โˆ’36.6%1 230โˆ’4.8%

Electric brands 44

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1BYD1451415913.7%โˆ’35.1%+736.8%1 568
2โˆ’1TESLA513714212.2%โˆ’50.2%โˆ’41.6%2 900
3+5MG7422968.3%+88.2%+317.4%433
40FORD853887.6%+2.3%โˆ’44.3%837
5โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ5430847.2%โˆ’21.5%+154.5%540
6โˆ’1RENAULT4335786.7%+4.0%+110.8%633
70HYUNDAI2338615.3%โˆ’9.0%โˆ’86.7%664
8โˆ’2BMW3220524.5%โˆ’25.7%+23.8%430
90VOLKSWAGEN1430443.8%โˆ’12.0%โˆ’38.9%465
100MAZDA338413.5%โˆ’6.8%โ€“230

Counts are the ministry's own monthly files: one row per passenger car first registered in Romania, new or used. Re-registrations of cars already in Romania are not in the file. Models are the ministry's commercial descriptions, normalised; plug-in hybrids cannot be separated from other hybrids. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.