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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท December 2023

Romania registered 34 908 passenger cars in December 2023: 11 373 new cars (32.6% of the total) and 23 535 used imports. That is down 10.3% on November 2023 and up 0.2% on December 2022. Year to date the market stands at 454 479 registrations, unchanged on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 40.2% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 468 registrations and a 15.7% share, ahead of DACIA (4 535) and BMW (3 085). Together the top three brands took 37.5% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+35.2%) while DACIA fell furthest (โˆ’27.6%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 569 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 363) and the DACIA LOGAN (1 356). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 481 used against 88 new.

Battery-electric cars took 3.9% of all registrations. Among new cars alone the electric share was 11.2%. Hybrids took 15.4%, diesel 50.9% and petrol 26.1%. The leading electric brand was DACIA with 510 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (336). The best-selling battery-electric model was the DACIA SPRING with 510 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (177). Used imports were on average 11.6 years old when they were registered.

December 2023 was the weakest of the 4 months on this page, which average 37 770 registrations a month; the strongest was October 2023 with 40 505.

34 908
vs previous month โˆ’10.3% ยท vs same month last year +0.2%
11 373
New share 32.6%
23 535
Avg import age (yrs) 11.6
3.9%
1 370 BEV ยท 5 369 Hybrid (15.4%)
11.2%
1 279 BEV
40.2%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol9 125 (26.1%)Diesel17 772 (50.9%)Hybrid5 369 (15.4%)Battery electric1 370 (3.9%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 272 (3.6%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 654

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF881 4811 569496โˆ’22.4%โˆ’4.9%21 614โˆ’12.2%
2+2DACIADUSTER8694941 36300+1.9%โˆ’14.0%17 273+11.4%
30DACIALOGAN1 0702861 35600โˆ’2.3%โˆ’11.0%17 869+23.0%
4โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENPASSAT461 2851 33109โˆ’10.6%โˆ’4.2%17 699โˆ’16.4%
5+1AUDIA4481 0231 071072โˆ’8.9%+3.3%13 564โˆ’3.6%
6โˆ’1DACIASANDERO73724798400โˆ’18.5%+3.4%13 096+15.4%
7+1SKODAOCTAVIA277602879085โˆ’6.6%+30.8%11 035+13.6%
8โˆ’1BMW3 SERIES65788853084โˆ’10.4%+22.2%10 170โˆ’2.5%
90RENAULTMEGANE195477672550โˆ’22.8%โˆ’16.3%10 212+19.6%
100FORDFOCUS68551619030โˆ’10.5%โˆ’5.5%8 286โˆ’15.3%
11+1BMW5 SERIES14568582086โˆ’0.3%+18.5%7 4030.0%
12โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN5246852006โˆ’16.9%+7.0%7 240+8.3%
13+1DACIASPRING51005105100โˆ’10.4%โˆ’71.7%6 877+0.7%
14โˆ’1NISSANQASHQAI67423490068โˆ’14.8%+21.3%6 509+12.0%
15+2HYUNDAITUCSON3671184850150โˆ’2.6%+63.3%4 601โˆ’2.9%
16โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPOLO8438747100โˆ’15.7%โˆ’20.4%6 208โˆ’13.1%
17โˆ’1OPELASTRA242242400โˆ’23.7%โˆ’14.7%5 949โˆ’20.7%
180AUDIA673954020100โˆ’8.2%+5.0%5 513+0.8%
190BMWX336366402077โˆ’5.9%+28.4%4 793+12.1%
20+1VOLKSWAGENTOURAN335535800โˆ’10.7%+10.5%4 627โˆ’14.5%
21โˆ’1RENAULTCLIO130216346036โˆ’17.4%โˆ’54.1%5 327+19.7%
22+1SKODAFABIA5028233200โˆ’15.7%โˆ’15.1%4 849โˆ’12.9%
23+1FORDKUGA1411803210141โˆ’8.8%+27.9%4 179+32.5%
24+2VOLVOXC60542643180123โˆ’5.1%+55.9%3 831+38.9%
250MERCEDES-BENZC16294310053โˆ’11.7%+10.3%4 192โˆ’1.1%
26+2KIASPORTAGE1851233080155โˆ’3.8%+24.2%3 521+19.8%
27+3TOYOTAC-HR247492960293+0.7%+93.5%2 628+6.7%
28โˆ’1AUDIQ534253287068โˆ’10.3%+19.1%3 658+16.4%
29โˆ’7AUDIA321251272023โˆ’32.0%โˆ’15.5%3 974โˆ’5.9%
30+2MERCEDES-BENZGLC642082720147โˆ’1.4%+57.2%2 909+38.5%
31+5TOYOTARAV4171912620201+4.4%+20.7%3 070โˆ’9.5%
32โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZE9244253055โˆ’11.2%+5.9%3 811+3.8%
33+10SKODASUPERB6517724203+8.5%+56.1%2 651+7.8%
34+4TOYOTACOROLLA199402390217โˆ’2.0%+66.0%3 088+6.5%
35+20SKODAKODIAQ1657223700+42.8%+63.4%2 088+20.1%
36+8DACIAJOGGER2303233072+5.4%โˆ’25.6%4 189+60.1%
37+11BMWX5771552320152+22.8%+51.6%2 578+20.2%
38โˆ’9BMW1 SERIES422422800โˆ’27.2%+6.0%3 211โˆ’7.1%
39โˆ’5BMWX115208223024โˆ’11.9%+23.2%2 656+17.0%
40โˆ’5OPELCORSA3917821710โˆ’13.5%โˆ’22.5%3 212โˆ’20.4%
41โˆ’2SEATLEON1518720209โˆ’16.5%+5.8%2 440โˆ’12.8%
42+3AUDIA51196197023โˆ’7.1%+40.7%2 413+13.1%
43โˆ’3FORDPUMA19131940192โˆ’19.5%+10.2%2 038โˆ’33.4%
44โˆ’7HYUNDAII3010389192031โˆ’22.0%+7.9%2 520+5.2%
45โˆ’4SEATIBIZA318618900โˆ’20.3%0.0%2 440โˆ’8.4%
46โˆ’13FORDFIESTA018118100โˆ’32.7%โˆ’55.3%2 894โˆ’30.9%
47+10AUDIQ36511518004+12.5%+100.0%1 708+28.1%
48+14TESLAMODEL Y17431771770+22.9%โ€“2 156+630.8%
49โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZGLE82931750116โˆ’14.2%+7.4%2 269+12.9%
50โˆ’8RENAULTSCENIC015915901โˆ’29.0%โˆ’21.7%2 423โˆ’9.9%

Electric models 62

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIASPRING510051037.2%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’71.7%6 877
20TESLAMODEL Y174317712.9%+22.9%+510.3%2 156
3+1TESLAMODEL 312941339.7%+95.6%+95.6%1 151
4+1RENAULTMEGANE550554.0%โˆ’8.3%โˆ’29.5%818
5+1VOLKSWAGENID.3520523.8%โˆ’1.9%+225.0%489
6โˆ’3HYUNDAIKONA436493.6%โˆ’31.0%+276.9%461
7+2BMWI4360362.6%+89.5%โ€“129
8+2SKODAENYAQ260261.9%+52.9%โ€“220
9โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.5260261.9%โ€“โ€“106
10โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENUP181191.4%โˆ’9.5%โˆ’66.7%490
110MERCEDES-BENZEQA170171.2%+6.3%โ€“150
12+4BMWIX1131141.0%+40.0%โ€“66
13+4FORDMUSTANG MACH-E122141.0%+40.0%+40.0%114
14โ€“TESLAMODEL X311141.0%โ€“โ€“101
15โˆ’7MERCEDES-BENZEQE121131.0%โˆ’35.0%โ€“119
16โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQS57120.9%โ€“โ€“99
17โ€“TESLAMODEL S48120.9%โ€“โ€“138
18โˆ’5RENAULTZOE82100.7%โˆ’16.7%โˆ’76.7%169
19โ€“TOYOTABZ4X100100.7%โ€“โˆ’23.1%159
20โˆ’6HYUNDAIIONIQ 59090.7%โˆ’18.2%โ€“74

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 76

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN6944 7745 46811012419.6%15.7%โˆ’15.0%โˆ’0.6%74 195โˆ’8.5%
20DACIA3 4161 1194 5355107249.0%13.0%โˆ’6.4%โˆ’27.6%60 431+15.4%
30BMW3692 7163 085706027.0%8.8%โˆ’7.7%+22.2%37 803+5.9%
40AUDI2332 4452 678174127.7%7.7%โˆ’10.5%+8.0%34 487+2.1%
5+1SKODA9341 2742 208268819.9%6.3%โˆ’1.7%+30.7%26 394+11.2%
6โˆ’1RENAULT7931 3772 1706538548.7%6.2%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’17.9%29 788+12.9%
70MERCEDES-BENZ3891 5341 923505085.4%5.5%โˆ’13.4%+13.7%25 474+7.4%
80FORD4531 4331 8861437734.4%5.4%โˆ’13.0%โˆ’8.1%25 252โˆ’15.2%
9+1TOYOTA9304081 338121 02639.9%3.8%โˆ’1.3%+35.2%15 902+0.1%
10+1HYUNDAI7954541 2496826866.7%3.6%โˆ’5.9%+28.6%14 524โˆ’4.3%
11โˆ’2OPEL851 0601 1452349.4%3.3%โˆ’16.1%โˆ’10.5%15 970โˆ’22.4%
120VOLVO1136687811222410.6%2.2%โˆ’10.8%+23.2%10 045+26.9%
13+1PEUGEOT134616750143337.3%2.2%โˆ’10.4%+0.4%9 634โˆ’17.1%
14โˆ’1NISSAN118612730510646.6%2.1%โˆ’14.3%+15.7%9 649+4.4%
150SEAT4058762701020.0%1.8%โˆ’16.6%+3.8%8 015โˆ’10.4%
16+1KIA312277589419856.4%1.7%โˆ’7.5%+26.7%6 771+5.9%
17โˆ’1SUZUKI292244536029471.9%1.5%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’20.5%8 334+17.2%
180MAZDA220288508320056.4%1.5%โˆ’14.3%โˆ’6.8%7 268โˆ’5.1%
190CITROEN6230536741261.3%1.1%โˆ’18.1%โˆ’16.8%4 965โˆ’24.3%
20+2TESLA31026336336043.9%1.0%+50.7%+217.0%3 548+193.5%
21โˆ’1FIAT6817824665114.7%0.7%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’20.1%3 517โˆ’20.8%
22โˆ’1MITSUBISHI5117522604252.9%0.7%โˆ’8.9%+23.5%3 063โˆ’5.7%
23+2SSANGYONG162161782053.1%0.5%+16.3%+83.5%2 083+8.5%
24โˆ’1LAND ROVER451301750516.7%0.5%โˆ’3.3%+1.2%2 248โˆ’10.0%
25+1HONDA798516408641.8%0.5%+10.8%โˆ’17.6%1 922โˆ’21.6%
26+4CUPRA1042512943626.9%0.4%+48.3%โ€“926+136.8%
27โˆ’3PORSCHE36861226288.3%0.4%โˆ’20.3%+54.4%1 666+14.3%
28โˆ’1MINI31751067322.6%0.3%โˆ’17.2%โˆ’0.9%1 442โˆ’1.5%
29+2LEXUS2464880848.3%0.3%+1.1%+27.5%1 056+11.9%
30+4CHEVROLET0848400โ€“0.2%+25.4%+5.0%983โˆ’17.0%

Electric brands 29

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIA510051037.2%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’71.7%6 877
20TESLA3102633624.5%+50.7%+217.0%3 548
30VOLKSWAGEN10461108.0%+20.9%+12.2%1 472
4+3BMW628705.1%+29.6%+204.3%491
5โˆ’1HYUNDAI608685.0%โˆ’20.9%+172.0%580
6โˆ’1RENAULT632654.7%โˆ’11.0%โˆ’46.3%991
7โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ4010503.7%โˆ’10.7%+61.3%526
8+1SKODA260261.9%+52.9%โ€“221
9โˆ’1AUDI98171.2%โˆ’5.6%+70.0%162
10+1FORD122141.0%+27.3%+40.0%115

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.