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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท January 2025

Romania registered 39 457 passenger cars in January 2025: 11 920 new cars (30.2% of the total) and 27 537 used imports. That is down 9.1% on December 2024 and down 1.1% on January 2024. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 39 457, down 1.1% on January last year. Private buyers accounted for 37.9% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 117 registrations and a 15.5% share, ahead of DACIA (5 440) and BMW (3 825). Together the top three brands took 39.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+6.4%) while HYUNDAI fell furthest (โˆ’10.0%). The best-selling model was the DACIA DUSTER with 1 799 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 752) and the DACIA LOGAN (1 479).

Battery-electric cars took 3.6% of all registrations, compared with 4.4% in January 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 9.8%. Hybrids took 19.7%, diesel 49.2% and petrol 23.3%. The leading electric brand was DACIA with 629 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (220). The best-selling battery-electric model was the DACIA SPRING with 629 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (162). Used imports were on average 11.8 years old when they were registered.

January 2025 was the 10th-highest of the 17 months on this page, which average 40 360 registrations a month; the peak was June 2024 with 46 908 and the low December 2023 with 34 908.

39 457
vs previous month โˆ’9.1% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’1.1%
11 920
New share 30.2%
27 537
Avg import age (yrs) 11.8
3.6%
1 402 BEV ยท 7 762 Hybrid (19.7%)
9.8%
1 164 BEV
37.9%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol9 189 (23.3%)Diesel19 425 (49.2%)Hybrid7 762 (19.7%)Battery electric1 402 (3.6%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 679 (4.3%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 697

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1DACIADUSTER1 1166831 7990984+7.2%+4.0%1 799+4.0%
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENGOLF1901 5621 7524124โˆ’14.5%+0.2%1 752+0.2%
30DACIALOGAN1 1483311 47900+4.1%โˆ’5.7%1 479โˆ’5.7%
40VOLKSWAGENPASSAT551 3021 357066โˆ’3.9%โˆ’7.1%1 357โˆ’7.1%
5+1SKODAOCTAVIA4447921 2360133โˆ’5.1%+29.2%1 236+29.2%
6+1AUDIA4161 1011 117084โˆ’4.3%โˆ’4.9%1 117โˆ’4.9%
7โˆ’2DACIASANDERO8142931 10700โˆ’17.0%+8.3%1 107+8.3%
8+1BMW3 SERIES45872917098โˆ’11.7%+5.2%917+5.2%
9+3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN148647795075+11.5%+29.9%795+29.9%
10+1BMW5 SERIES197367550153+3.3%+3.4%755+3.4%
11โˆ’3RENAULTMEGANE1685847521051โˆ’35.1%+8.8%752+8.8%
12โˆ’2DACIASPRING62546296290โˆ’24.7%+12.1%629+12.1%
130NISSANQASHQAI34587621039โˆ’6.2%+10.5%621+10.5%
14+1FORDFOCUS54521575021โˆ’7.6%โˆ’7.3%575โˆ’7.3%
15+7AUDIA6155135280105+11.4%โˆ’6.0%528โˆ’6.0%
16+3BMWX3354885230117+2.1%+9.9%523+9.9%
17+3HYUNDAITUCSON3161444600324โˆ’9.8%โˆ’2.5%460โˆ’2.5%
180VOLKSWAGENPOLO7038245200โˆ’18.9%โˆ’14.1%452โˆ’14.1%
19โˆ’2RENAULTCLIO225223448019โˆ’20.4%+14.3%448+14.3%
20โˆ’4OPELASTRA343844120โˆ’23.3%โˆ’6.2%441โˆ’6.2%
21+7VOLVOXC60373724090142+8.8%+8.5%409+8.5%
22+1FORDKUGA1961803760146โˆ’10.5%+12.9%376+12.9%
23+6TOYOTARAV42311393700309+3.4%+27.1%370+27.1%
24+2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN037037000โˆ’4.9%โˆ’2.1%370โˆ’2.1%
25+7MERCEDES-BENZC12347359050+4.7%โˆ’8.4%359โˆ’8.4%
26+7MERCEDES-BENZE23333356082+4.1%โˆ’3.5%356โˆ’3.5%
27+4BMW1 SERIES60292352058+2.6%+26.6%352+26.6%
28+7AUDIQ523296319076+0.3%โˆ’10.9%319โˆ’10.9%
29โˆ’5AUDIA329288317028โˆ’21.9%โˆ’14.8%317โˆ’14.8%
30+4MERCEDES-BENZGLC1102013110201โˆ’6.3%+16.5%311+16.5%
31โˆ’17DACIAJOGGER3073310014โˆ’52.7%+6.2%310+6.2%
32โˆ’7SKODAFABIA4826130900โˆ’22.9%โˆ’17.4%309โˆ’17.4%
33+4TOYOTACOROLLA225783030288+1.0%+16.1%303+16.1%
34+20VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG84209293017+57.5%+17.7%293+17.7%
35โˆ’5BMWX143245288052โˆ’18.6%+23.6%288+23.6%
360SKODASUPERB80198278030โˆ’10.0%+6.1%278+6.1%
37+7RENAULTCAPTUR182902720113+17.7%+63.9%272+63.9%
38+4BMWX5422132550121+5.8%โˆ’10.2%255โˆ’10.2%
39โˆ’18KIASPORTAGE1041492530109โˆ’49.4%โˆ’40.5%253โˆ’40.5%
40โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZGLE1051442490174โˆ’0.8%โˆ’1.2%249โˆ’1.2%
41โˆ’3AUDIA524200224039โˆ’11.8%โˆ’3.0%224โˆ’3.0%
42+5HYUNDAII30122982200580.0%+17.0%220+17.0%
43+16TOYOTAYARIS CROSS20522070206+29.4%+69.7%207+69.7%
44+2MERCEDES-BENZA13193206030โˆ’9.6%โˆ’3.3%206โˆ’3.3%
45โˆ’2SKODAKODIAQ13766203054โˆ’15.4%+1.5%203+1.5%
46+2RENAULTSCENIC30170200301โˆ’8.7%+2.0%200+2.0%
47โˆ’7SEATLEON419319704โˆ’19.6%โˆ’3.4%197โˆ’3.4%
48โˆ’7OPELCORSA518919450โˆ’19.8%+0.5%194+0.5%
49โˆ’4FORDFIESTA018918901โˆ’17.8%โˆ’12.9%189โˆ’12.9%
50+16VOLKSWAGENCADDY1617018600+27.4%+44.2%186+44.2%

Electric models 88

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIASPRING625462945.0%โˆ’24.7%+12.1%629
20TESLAMODEL 3907216211.6%โˆ’25.0%โˆ’59.1%162
3+5RENAULTMEGANE10501057.5%+337.5%+114.3%105
4+10LEAPMOTORT03470473.4%+291.7%โ€“47
5โˆ’2TESLAMODEL Y3310433.1%โˆ’33.8%โˆ’76.5%43
6โ€“RENAULTSCENIC300302.2%โ€“โ€“30
7โˆ’1HYUNDAIKONA1412261.9%โˆ’7.1%โˆ’45.8%26
8+2VOLKSWAGENID.3202221.6%+15.8%โˆ’58.5%22
9โ€“NISSANLEAF147211.5%โ€“โ€“21
10โˆ’3VOLVOEX30210211.5%โˆ’19.2%โ€“21
11โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZEQE114151.1%โˆ’25.0%0.0%15
12+5MERCEDES-BENZEQS94130.9%+18.2%โ€“13
13โˆ’9RENAULTZOE013130.9%โˆ’58.1%+8.3%13
14โˆ’1BMWI4111120.9%โˆ’7.7%โˆ’47.8%12
15+3FORDEXPLORER110110.8%+10.0%โ€“11
16โˆ’5AUDIE-TRON010100.7%โˆ’28.6%โ€“10
17โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZEQA82100.7%โˆ’28.6%โˆ’23.1%10
18โˆ’13VOLKSWAGENID.48190.6%โˆ’71.0%โˆ’40.0%9
19โ€“SMARTFORTWO0880.6%โ€“โ€“8
20โ€“TESLAMODEL X1780.6%โ€“โ€“8

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 82

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN8385 2796 1174228521.7%15.5%โˆ’5.0%โˆ’0.8%6 117โˆ’0.8%
20DACIA4 0101 4305 44062999837.1%13.8%โˆ’10.3%+2.8%5 440+2.8%
30BMW4473 3783 8254087010.7%9.7%โˆ’2.4%+6.4%3 825+6.4%
4+1AUDI2202 8363 0561551315.5%7.8%โˆ’2.1%โˆ’4.3%3 056โˆ’4.3%
5+2MERCEDES-BENZ4871 9972 4845271811.9%6.3%+0.4%+1.1%2 484+1.1%
6โˆ’2RENAULT7261 6812 40714824629.8%6.1%โˆ’32.4%+0.7%2 407+0.7%
7โˆ’1SKODA8921 5082 400421741.8%6.1%โˆ’13.5%+5.0%2 400+5.0%
80FORD4601 3711 8311729738.9%4.6%โˆ’9.3%โˆ’2.3%1 831โˆ’2.3%
90TOYOTA9485991 54751 22844.8%3.9%+4.5%+6.4%1 547+6.4%
10+1HYUNDAI6775451 2223548568.5%3.1%โˆ’5.7%โˆ’10.0%1 222โˆ’10.0%
11โˆ’1OPEL161 0901 1068337.5%2.8%โˆ’21.2%โˆ’10.2%1 106โˆ’10.2%
120VOLVO1058649692328222.9%2.5%โˆ’1.3%+5.6%969+5.6%
13+1NISSAN79826905226836.7%2.3%โˆ’0.8%+8.0%905+8.0%
14โˆ’1PEUGEOT7566073577542.7%1.9%โˆ’23.4%โˆ’9.7%735โˆ’9.7%
15+2SUZUKI354263617035778.5%1.6%+0.7%โˆ’8.0%617โˆ’8.0%
160SEAT205465661450.0%1.4%โˆ’18.4%โˆ’13.9%566โˆ’13.9%
17โˆ’2KIA2123395511016058.5%1.4%โˆ’34.4%โˆ’31.9%551โˆ’31.9%
180MAZDA151326477717751.0%1.2%โˆ’2.7%โˆ’15.0%477โˆ’15.0%
190CITROEN5826732571627.6%0.8%โˆ’27.6%โˆ’13.8%325โˆ’13.8%
20+1MG232262581414061.6%0.7%โˆ’7.9%โ€“258โ€“
21+2MITSUBISHI1622624204218.8%0.6%โˆ’2.0%โˆ’9.0%242โˆ’9.0%
22+2LAND ROVER471852320676.4%0.6%+10.5%+4.5%232+4.5%
23+2SSANGYONG22192303065.6%0.6%+27.1%โˆ’13.9%230โˆ’13.9%
24โˆ’4TESLA12595220220026.4%0.6%โˆ’24.4%โˆ’63.1%220โˆ’63.1%
25+1JEEP11778195110816.2%0.5%+10.2%+36.4%195+36.4%
26+3PORSCHE3415619010502.9%0.5%+50.8%+19.5%190+19.5%
27โˆ’5FIAT2615418031919.2%0.5%โˆ’32.3%โˆ’25.9%180โˆ’25.9%
280MINI321131459631.3%0.4%โˆ’5.8%+4.3%145+4.3%
29โˆ’2LEXUS36107143213422.2%0.4%โˆ’12.3%+19.2%143+19.2%
30+1HONDA438112405051.2%0.3%+7.8%โˆ’13.9%124โˆ’13.9%

Electric brands 35

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10DACIA625462944.9%โˆ’24.7%+12.1%629
20TESLA1259522015.7%โˆ’24.4%โˆ’63.1%220
30RENAULT1351314810.6%+131.3%+138.7%148
40MERCEDES-BENZ3715523.7%โˆ’16.1%+2.0%52
5+7LEAPMOTOR470473.4%+235.7%โ€“47
6โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN3012423.0%โˆ’27.6%โˆ’64.7%42
7โˆ’1BMW2812402.9%โˆ’13.0%โˆ’42.9%40
8โˆ’1HYUNDAI1718352.5%โˆ’23.9%โˆ’60.7%35
9โˆ’1VOLVO230231.6%โˆ’39.5%+53.3%23
10โ€“NISSAN148221.6%โ€“+100.0%22

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.