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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท March 2024

Romania registered 36 655 passenger cars in March 2024: 9 156 new cars (25.0% of the total) and 27 499 used imports. That is down 10.2% on February 2024 and down 9.0% on March 2023. Year to date the market stands at 117 365 registrations, up 3.4% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 24.6% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 002 registrations and a 16.4% share, ahead of DACIA (3 904) and BMW (3 633). Together the top three brands took 36.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+13.5%) while DACIA fell furthest (โˆ’29.9%). The best-selling model was the DACIA DUSTER with 1 856 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 818) and the VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (1 387).

Battery-electric cars took 2.2% of all registrations. Among new cars alone the electric share was 7.2%. Hybrids took 14.2%, diesel 57.1% and petrol 24.4%. The leading electric brand was DACIA with 212 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (197). The best-selling battery-electric model was the DACIA SPRING with 212 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (98). Used imports were on average 11.5 years old when they were registered.

March 2024 was the 6th-highest of the 7 months on this page, which average 38 349 registrations a month; the peak was February 2024 with 40 801 and the low December 2023 with 34 908.

36 655
vs previous month โˆ’10.2% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’9.0%
9 156
New share 25.0%
27 499
Avg import age (yrs) 11.5
2.2%
808 BEV ยท 5 207 Hybrid (14.2%)
24.6%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol8 951 (24.4%)Diesel20 924 (57.1%)Hybrid5 207 (14.2%)Battery electric808 (2.2%)Gas (LPG / CNG)765 (2.1%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 669

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10DACIADUSTER1 1596971 85607โˆ’4.1%+15.9%5 521+15.0%
20VOLKSWAGENGOLF1241 6941 8182103โˆ’5.0%โˆ’1.9%5 480+4.7%
30VOLKSWAGENPASSAT121 3751 387010โˆ’11.9%โˆ’11.9%4 422โˆ’0.5%
4+2SKODAOCTAVIA3377951 1320123+1.4%+24.4%3 205+33.2%
50AUDIA4601 0511 1110108โˆ’5.2%โˆ’9.0%3 457+2.7%
6+1BMW3 SERIES938969890123+3.1%+12.9%2 820+18.9%
7โˆ’3DACIALOGAN53635489000โˆ’33.4%โˆ’40.5%3 794โˆ’24.0%
80RENAULTMEGANE131606737170โˆ’12.9%โˆ’19.0%2 274โˆ’17.9%
9+3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN6761067706+3.2%โˆ’2.7%1 945+8.4%
100FORDFOCUS83581664044โˆ’5.3%โˆ’17.0%1 985โˆ’7.8%
11โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES186286460124โˆ’9.7%0.0%2 091+17.0%
12+1NISSANQASHQAI34580614038โˆ’5.0%+11.2%1 822+17.2%
13โˆ’2DACIASANDERO28829658400โˆ’16.0%โˆ’57.6%2 301โˆ’44.8%
14+2AUDIA684975050116โˆ’6.0%+0.8%1 604+8.2%
150BMWX342457499085โˆ’7.4%+16.3%1 514+32.3%
16+1OPELASTRA547648100โˆ’8.0%โˆ’2.6%1 474+2.9%
17โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENPOLO1540542000โˆ’29.8%โˆ’12.9%1 544+11.0%
18+6VOLVOXC60393714100134+10.8%+35.3%1 157+38.4%
19+3AUDIA355313368055โˆ’3.9%+1.7%1 123+20.5%
20โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTOURAN136736800โˆ’11.5%โˆ’2.9%1 162+0.1%
21+7RENAULTCLIO136217353014+3.5%โˆ’37.9%1 086โˆ’38.0%
22+9BMW1 SERIES6827734500+18.2%+46.8%915+27.1%
230SKODAFABIA3730734400โˆ’8.5%โˆ’27.0%1 094โˆ’9.4%
24+1MERCEDES-BENZE26312338081โˆ’7.9%+0.6%1 074+14.3%
25+4TOYOTARAV41981393370259+8.7%+38.7%938+27.8%
26โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZC15316331050โˆ’14.9%โˆ’11.7%1 112+1.5%
270AUDIQ521300321092โˆ’9.6%โˆ’12.3%1 034+10.8%
28โˆ’2FORDKUGA1351823170133โˆ’13.4%โˆ’18.3%1 016โˆ’5.4%
29+7MERCEDES-BENZGLC642152790145+8.6%+9.4%803+17.1%
30+3BMWX138226264044โˆ’4.7%+12.8%774+19.1%
31โˆ’1KIASPORTAGE1271292560111โˆ’15.2%โˆ’10.5%983+8.1%
32+8SEATLEON24229253022+2.8%+4.1%703+20.6%
33+9TOYOTACOROLLA199532520235+6.8%+2.0%749+11.0%
34โˆ’13HYUNDAITUCSON99144243075โˆ’37.2%โˆ’39.9%1 102+4.3%
350DACIAJOGGER2335238027โˆ’11.2%โˆ’51.4%798โˆ’38.4%
36โˆ’2OPELCORSA722623330โˆ’15.3%โˆ’26.5%701โˆ’17.4%
37โˆ’5SKODASUPERB2420422806โˆ’19.7%โˆ’1.3%774+37.2%
38+1BMWX5401842240114โˆ’8.9%+10.3%754+7.6%
39+2MERCEDES-BENZGLE1041182220146โˆ’6.7%โˆ’0.4%712+18.7%
40โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG4317521804โˆ’15.2%+32.1%724+39.5%
41+7RENAULTSCENIC021621600+13.7%โˆ’1.8%602+1.9%
42+1AUDIA53212215034โˆ’7.3%+12.0%678+14.9%
43โˆ’25DACIASPRING21202122120โˆ’53.1%โˆ’57.8%1 225โˆ’21.4%
44+2FORDFIESTA119619701โˆ’6.6%โˆ’34.1%625โˆ’26.0%
45+5MERCEDES-BENZA26171197036+5.3%+9.4%597+11.6%
46+11SUZUKIVITARA161361970162+15.2%+16.6%530+1.3%
47โˆ’3SKODAKODIAQ1038719000โˆ’18.1%+29.3%622+51.3%
48โˆ’1SEATIBIZA118318400โˆ’8.5%โˆ’16.4%566โˆ’4.7%
49+37RENAULTTRAFIC1413717800+64.8%+368.4%386+147.4%
50+6FORDMONDEO0174174016+0.6%+4.8%503+1.0%

Electric models 77

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIASPRING212021226.3%โˆ’53.1%โˆ’57.8%1 225
20TESLAMODEL 383159812.1%โˆ’45.3%+78.2%673
30TESLAMODEL Y7878510.5%โˆ’31.5%โˆ’3.4%392
40HYUNDAIKONA1916354.3%โˆ’25.5%+191.7%130
5+9RENAULTZOE158232.9%+109.1%+27.8%46
6โˆ’1HYUNDAIIONIQ 5201212.6%โˆ’46.2%โ€“89
7โˆ’1RENAULTMEGANE170172.1%โˆ’43.3%โˆ’74.2%96
8+7MERCEDES-BENZEQE142162.0%+60.0%+60.0%41
9+4MERCEDES-BENZEQA132151.9%+36.4%+36.4%39
10โˆ’1MGMG4131141.7%โˆ’17.6%โ€“32
11โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQB93121.5%โ€“โ€“24
12โ€“MERCEDES-BENZEQS102121.5%โ€“โ€“21
13โ€“VOLVOXC40111121.5%โ€“โ€“31
14โˆ’4BMWI4110111.4%โˆ’31.3%โ€“50
15โˆ’7SKODAENYAQ110111.4%โˆ’42.1%+10.0%75
16โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.4110111.4%โ€“โˆ’80.0%33
17โ€“VOLVOEX30110111.4%โ€“โ€“18
18โˆ’6VOLKSWAGENID.373101.2%โˆ’23.1%โˆ’37.5%76
19โ€“AUDIQ47291.1%โ€“โ€“24
20โˆ’4TESLAMODEL S0991.1%โˆ’10.0%โ€“28

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 69

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN5855 4176 0023313218.3%16.4%โˆ’8.3%โˆ’6.0%18 712+3.9%
20DACIA2 4281 4763 9042123423.0%10.7%โˆ’18.8%โˆ’29.9%14 005โˆ’18.0%
30BMW4883 1453 633387148.2%9.9%โˆ’4.3%+13.5%11 022+22.2%
40AUDI2282 7843 0121852510.5%8.2%โˆ’6.8%โˆ’3.2%9 435+10.2%
50SKODA7431 5812 3241112910.4%6.3%โˆ’4.3%+2.2%7 039+19.2%
60RENAULT5531 7222 2754013022.4%6.2%โˆ’5.9%โˆ’15.9%7 083โˆ’8.1%
70MERCEDES-BENZ4681 8052 273615847.7%6.2%โˆ’4.7%โˆ’2.4%7 113+10.7%
80FORD3771 5351 912529916.2%5.2%โˆ’6.5%โˆ’15.5%5 832โˆ’8.5%
9+1TOYOTA7685131 281993125.5%3.5%โˆ’5.5%+3.1%4 091+16.8%
10โˆ’1OPEL331 2281 2614533.3%3.4%โˆ’7.7%โˆ’13.2%3 858โˆ’3.5%
11+2VOLVO1288579852727415.6%2.7%+0.9%+13.1%2 879+19.6%
12โˆ’1HYUNDAI4455009456017851.9%2.6%โˆ’25.0%โˆ’33.5%3 563โˆ’7.2%
13+1NISSAN6780487146934.3%2.4%โˆ’3.9%+3.4%2 615+12.1%
14โˆ’2PEUGEOT8561970443627.1%1.9%โˆ’34.0%โˆ’24.2%2 585+7.0%
150SEAT706337030227.1%1.9%โˆ’4.2%โˆ’3.3%2 094+10.9%
160SUZUKI343277620034669.7%1.7%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’8.8%1 966+0.5%
17+1KIA2193135321114336.1%1.5%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’4.1%1 970+18.6%
18โˆ’1MAZDA160349509415546.3%1.4%โˆ’21.7%โˆ’25.7%1 720โˆ’8.2%
190CITROEN7730838531114.3%1.1%โˆ’28.0%โˆ’14.1%1 297โˆ’4.1%
20+4LAND ROVER5020325307214.0%0.7%+1.2%+29.7%725+19.0%
21+1MITSUBISHI1523324813733.3%0.7%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’20.5%784โˆ’5.4%
22โˆ’2FIAT3918021963530.8%0.6%โˆ’35.6%โˆ’30.5%802โˆ’15.8%
23+2PORSCHE751241997569.3%0.5%โˆ’1.5%+29.2%560+23.9%
24โˆ’1SSANGYONG180181981056.7%0.5%โˆ’23.8%โˆ’20.5%725+23.9%
25โˆ’4TESLA16136197197045.3%0.5%โˆ’38.1%+21.6%1 111+223.9%
260HONDA607713716648.3%0.4%โˆ’14.9%โˆ’23.0%442โˆ’21.1%
270JEEP458613124415.6%0.4%โˆ’14.4%+31.0%427+33.9%
28+3LEXUS3981120310617.9%0.3%+18.8%+73.9%341+63.9%
29โˆ’1MINI1797114355.9%0.3%โˆ’11.6%โˆ’14.3%382+1.9%
30+3MG92799161034.8%0.3%+22.2%โ€“199โ€“

Electric brands 35

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIA212021226.2%โˆ’53.1%โˆ’57.8%1 225
20TESLA1613619724.4%โˆ’38.1%+21.6%1 111
3+4MERCEDES-BENZ4615617.6%+69.4%+38.6%148
4โˆ’1HYUNDAI4020607.4%โˆ’36.2%+185.7%243
50RENAULT328405.0%โˆ’4.8%โˆ’52.4%144
6โˆ’2BMW299384.7%โˆ’33.3%โˆ’7.3%165
7โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN267334.1%โˆ’21.4%โˆ’72.0%194
80VOLVO261273.3%+28.6%+107.7%63
90AUDI810182.2%โˆ’10.0%โ€“60
10+1MG142162.0%โˆ’5.9%โ€“34

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.