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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania · December 2024

Romania registered 43 413 passenger cars in December 2024: 13 807 new cars (31.8% of the total) and 29 606 used imports. That is up 11.6% on November 2024 and up 24.4% on December 2023. Year to date the market stands at 495 591 registrations, up 9.0% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 28.7% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 438 registrations and a 14.8% share, ahead of DACIA (6 067) and BMW (3 918). Together the top three brands took 37.8% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+64.1%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 2 050 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 678) and the DACIA LOGAN (1 421). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 858 used against 192 new.

Battery-electric cars took 3.7% of all registrations, compared with 3.9% in December 2023. Among new cars alone the electric share was 9.9%. Hybrids took 19.4%, diesel 47.6% and petrol 26.1%. The leading electric brand was DACIA with 835 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (291). The best-selling battery-electric model was the DACIA SPRING with 835 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (216). Used imports were on average 11.6 years old when they were registered.

December 2024 was the 4th-highest of the 16 months on this page, which average 40 417 registrations a month; the peak was June 2024 with 46 908 and the low December 2023 with 34 908.

43 413
vs previous month +11.6% · vs same month last year +24.4%
13 807
New share 31.8%
29 606
Avg import age (yrs) 11.6
3.7%
1 622 BEV · 8 415 Hybrid (19.4%)
9.9%
1 360 BEV
28.7%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol11 336 (26.1%)Diesel20 654 (47.6%)Hybrid8 415 (19.4%)Battery electric1 622 (3.7%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 386 (3.2%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 705

#±MakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF1921 8582 050579+1.8%+30.7%23 011+6.5%
20DACIADUSTER9387401 6780819+16.7%+23.1%22 145+28.2%
3+1DACIALOGAN1 0813401 42100+2.2%+4.8%19 063+6.7%
4−1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT221 3901 412028−1.6%+6.1%17 562−0.8%
5+3DACIASANDERO9903441 33400+55.8%+35.6%11 947−8.8%
60SKODAOCTAVIA4878151 3020144+18.1%+48.1%13 464+22.0%
7−2AUDIA4311 1361 167098+1.1%+9.0%13 956+2.9%
8+1RENAULTMEGANE4626971 159244+35.9%+72.5%10 607+3.9%
9−2BMW3 SERIES361 0031 0390131+2.0%+21.8%12 116+19.1%
10+40DACIASPRING83238358350+377.1%+63.7%3 280−52.3%
11+1BMW5 SERIES207117310183+6.3%+25.6%8 704+17.6%
12−2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN137576713062−4.0%+37.1%8 521+17.7%
130NISSANQASHQAI17645662028−2.6%+35.1%8 248+26.7%
14+11DACIAJOGGER6523655057+81.4%+181.1%4 144−1.1%
15−4FORDFOCUS58564622037−10.6%+0.5%8 147−1.7%
16−2OPELASTRA157457501+4.9%+35.6%6 481+8.9%
17+6RENAULTCLIO278285563057+51.8%+62.7%5 549+4.2%
18−3VOLKSWAGENPOLO11943855700+2.4%+18.3%5 929−4.5%
19−1BMWX3224905120118+13.0%+27.4%5 845+21.9%
20−4HYUNDAITUCSON3561545100382−1.5%+5.2%5 617+22.1%
21+1KIASPORTAGE3591415000368+29.5%+62.3%4 364+23.9%
22−5AUDIA674674740132+4.4%+17.9%5 929+7.5%
23−3FORDKUGA2311894200172+1.7%+30.8%4 431+6.0%
24+2AUDIA336370406034+15.3%+49.3%4 324+8.8%
25+2SKODAFABIA10629540100+14.2%+20.8%4 449−8.2%
26−7VOLKSWAGENTOURAN138838900−6.0%+8.7%4 681+1.2%
27+63RENAULTTRAFIC3533038300+325.6%+208.9%1 498+97.9%
280VOLVOXC60453313760174+10.3%+18.2%4 776+24.7%
29−8TOYOTARAV42261323580306−8.9%+36.6%4 399+43.3%
30+1BMWX171283354083+12.0%+58.7%3 672+38.3%
31−2BMW1 SERIES31312343026+6.2%+50.4%3 778+17.7%
32−8MERCEDES-BENZC18325343065−7.0%+10.6%4 393+4.8%
33−1MERCEDES-BENZE22320342098+8.6%+35.2%4 281+12.3%
34+2MERCEDES-BENZGLC1082243320231+13.3%+22.1%3 461+19.0%
35−2AUDIQ521297318082+3.6%+10.8%3 931+7.5%
36−2SKODASUPERB101208309024+0.7%+27.7%3 242+22.3%
37−7TOYOTACOROLLA1771233000279−7.1%+25.5%4 699+52.2%
38+7AUDIA514240254050+35.8%+28.9%2 756+14.2%
39+9MERCEDES-BENZGLE1011502510195+39.4%+43.4%2 600+14.6%
40−3SEATLEON19226245017+1.2%+21.3%2 790+14.3%
41−6OPELCORSA523724223−18.8%+11.5%3 062−4.7%
42+1BMWX5561852410151+21.7%+3.9%2 918+13.2%
43−5SKODAKODIAQ14694240056−0.8%+1.3%2 609+25.0%
44+9RENAULTCAPTUR150812310104+40.9%+48.1%2 067−17.6%
45−5FORDFIESTA023023000+4.5%+27.1%2 575−11.0%
46−2MERCEDES-BENZA21207228049+20.0%+62.9%2 429+16.8%
47−8HYUNDAII30101119220048−1.3%+14.6%2 874+14.0%
48−7RENAULTSCENIC921021990+1.4%+37.7%2 530+4.4%
49+24TESLAMODEL 3139772162160+94.6%+62.4%2 082+80.9%
50+24SKODASCALA1892221100+93.6%+48.6%1 555+9.4%

Electric models 94

#±MakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIASPRING832383551.5%+377.1%+63.7%3 280
20TESLAMODEL 31397721613.3%+94.6%+62.4%2 082
3+1TESLAMODEL Y614654.0%+140.7%−63.3%906
4+4RENAULTZOE1318311.9%+63.2%+210.0%199
5VOLKSWAGENID.4274311.9%167
6−3HYUNDAIKONA1513281.7%−24.3%−42.9%587
70VOLVOEX30260261.6%+18.2%170
8+1RENAULTMEGANE240241.5%+41.2%−56.4%299
9−3MERCEDES-BENZEQE155201.2%−9.1%+53.8%191
100VOLKSWAGENID.3154191.2%+46.2%−63.5%187
11AUDIE-TRON014140.9%108
12−7MERCEDES-BENZEQA113140.9%−39.1%−17.6%183
13BMWI4112130.8%−63.9%179
14LEAPMOTORT03120120.7%15
15MGMG457120.7%181
16−4HYUNDAIIONIQ 5101110.7%+10.0%174
17MERCEDES-BENZEQS74110.7%−8.3%80
18FORDEXPLORER100100.6%47
19BMWIX19090.6%−35.7%93
20RENAULTSCENIC9090.6%57

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 87

#±MakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN8925 5466 4385818517.3%14.8%−0.7%+17.7%76 654+3.3%
20DACIA4 4931 5746 06783587627.2%14.0%+39.6%+33.8%62 139+2.8%
30BMW4063 5123 918469736.7%9.0%+9.2%+27.0%45 584+20.6%
4+1RENAULT1 5891 9723 5616448124.8%8.2%+41.3%+64.1%32 742+9.9%
5−1AUDI2052 9183 1231756516.1%7.2%+6.0%+16.6%37 158+7.7%
60SKODA1 1561 6172 773322426.7%6.4%+15.3%+25.6%29 334+11.1%
70MERCEDES-BENZ5001 9752 475628316.8%5.7%+10.1%+28.7%28 629+12.4%
80FORD5181 5002 0181633433.6%4.7%−0.9%+7.0%24 968−1.1%
90TOYOTA8406411 48181 19642.6%3.4%+0.1%+10.7%19 422+22.1%
10+1OPEL231 3801 403368.7%3.2%+5.2%+22.5%16 437+2.9%
11−1HYUNDAI6995971 2964652459.4%3.0%−6.2%+3.8%16 995+17.0%
12+2VOLVO1348489823833726.1%2.3%+11.6%+25.7%11 764+17.1%
130PEUGEOT1787829601011115.7%2.2%+6.7%+28.0%10 696+11.0%
14−2NISSAN3787591284637.8%2.1%−2.3%+24.9%11 648+20.7%
150KIA4453958401345318.2%1.9%+19.1%+42.6%8 547+26.2%
160SEAT2766769401711.1%1.6%+3.3%+10.7%8 329+3.9%
170SUZUKI327286613233274.6%1.4%+8.7%+14.4%7 927−4.9%
180MAZDA150340490216544.0%1.1%+6.3%−3.5%7 088−2.5%
190CITROEN1153344496177.0%1.0%+15.4%+22.3%4 794−3.4%
20+7TESLA20190291291016.9%0.7%+94.0%−13.4%3 195−9.9%
210MG250302801614447.2%0.6%+10.2%2 220
22−2FIAT4122526661314.6%0.6%+1.9%+8.1%3 025−14.0%
23−1MITSUBISHI2122624714842.9%0.6%+4.7%+9.3%3 121+1.9%
240LAND ROVER3018021006513.3%0.5%+20.0%+20.0%2 729+21.4%
25−2SSANGYONG161201814060.9%0.4%−7.2%+1.7%2 875+38.0%
26−1JEEP7710017735628.6%0.4%+10.6%+132.9%2 027+56.8%
27+3LEXUS39124163215910.3%0.4%+21.6%+85.2%1 596+51.1%
28+1MINI32122154131118.8%0.4%+7.7%+45.3%1 581+9.6%
29−3PORSCHE261001267517.7%0.3%−18.7%+3.3%2 075+24.5%
30+2ALFA ROMEO131021150815.4%0.3%+32.2%+40.2%1 213−6.3%

Electric brands 39

#±MakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIA832383551.5%+377.1%+63.7%3 280
20TESLA2019029117.9%+94.0%−13.4%3 195
3+2RENAULT4618644.0%+56.1%−1.5%561
4−1MERCEDES-BENZ4418623.8%−3.1%+24.0%603
5+1VOLKSWAGEN4315583.6%+75.8%−47.3%581
6+1BMW3313462.8%+58.6%−34.3%577
7−3HYUNDAI2818462.8%−13.2%−32.4%855
80VOLVO371382.3%+52.0%+216.7%261
90AUDI116171.1%+21.4%0.0%222
100FORD151161.0%+14.3%+14.3%143

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.