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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania · March 2025

Romania registered 45 180 passenger cars in March 2025: 9 922 new cars (22.0% of the total) and 35 258 used imports. That is up 0.1% on February 2025 and up 23.3% on March 2024. Year to date the market stands at 129 794 registrations, up 10.6% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 34.5% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 7 528 registrations and a 16.7% share, ahead of BMW (4 770) and DACIA (4 275). Together the top three brands took 36.7% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+33.4%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 2 253 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 891) and the VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (1 656). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 2 099 used against 154 new.

Battery-electric cars took 1.3% of all registrations, compared with 2.2% in March 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 2.8%. Hybrids took 18.5%, diesel 53.5% and petrol 23.7%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 184 battery-electric registrations, ahead of MERCEDES-BENZ (52). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 147 registrations, ahead of the DACIA SPRING (47). Used imports were on average 11.9 years old when they were registered.

March 2025 was the 3rd-highest of the 19 months on this page, which average 40 867 registrations a month; the peak was June 2024 with 46 908 and the low December 2023 with 34 908.

45 180
vs previous month +0.1% · vs same month last year +23.3%
9 922
New share 22.0%
35 258
Avg import age (yrs) 11.9
1.3%
595 BEV · 8 371 Hybrid (18.5%)
34.5%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol10 692 (23.7%)Diesel24 149 (53.5%)Hybrid8 371 (18.5%)Battery electric595 (1.3%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 373 (3.0%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 727

#±MakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF1542 0992 2536128+5.8%+23.9%6 134+11.9%
20DACIADUSTER9569351 8910763−3.9%+1.9%5 658+2.5%
30VOLKSWAGENPASSAT461 6101 656036−0.1%+19.4%4 670+5.6%
4+2SKODAOCTAVIA3609741 3340112+5.6%+17.8%3 833+19.6%
5−1DACIALOGAN9054181 32300−9.8%+48.7%4 268+12.5%
6−1AUDIA461 3011 307063+3.2%+17.6%3 690+6.7%
70BMW3 SERIES311 1691 2000143+8.0%+21.3%3 228+14.5%
8+1BMW5 SERIES349579910230+9.9%+53.4%2 648+26.6%
9+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN176721897093+1.1%+32.5%2 579+32.6%
10+1RENAULTMEGANE7374381633−7.9%+10.7%2 454+7.9%
11+2FORDFOCUS59677736023+14.6%+10.8%1 953−1.6%
120NISSANQASHQAI20691711034−5.8%+15.8%2 087+14.5%
13+1BMWX3436026450153+0.9%+29.3%1 807+19.4%
14−6DACIASANDERO28535764200−39.5%+9.9%2 810+22.1%
150AUDIA6125725840143−2.3%+15.6%1 710+6.6%
16+2OPELASTRA254254400−0.2%+13.1%1 530+3.8%
17+2VOLKSWAGENPOLO4649754300+5.4%+29.3%1 510−2.2%
18−1FORDKUGA2612455060155−8.7%+59.6%1 436+41.3%
19+2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN048948900+8.7%+32.9%1 309+12.7%
20+2HYUNDAITUCSON2552314860293+8.2%+100.0%1 395+26.6%
21−5RENAULTCLIO141321462020−22.1%+30.9%1 503+38.4%
22+5AUDIA330423453040+12.4%+23.1%1 173+4.5%
230MERCEDES-BENZC22430452085+4.1%+36.6%1 245+12.0%
24+6SKODAFABIA5439444800+20.4%+30.2%1 129+3.2%
25−5TOYOTARAV42801644440375−6.1%+31.8%1 287+37.2%
26−1MERCEDES-BENZE304064360113+0.9%+29.0%1 224+14.0%
27−3VOLVOXC60334024350159+0.5%+6.1%1 277+10.4%
28+4BMW1 SERIES44358402042+19.6%+16.5%1 090+19.1%
290TOYOTACOROLLA2611313920362+0.5%+55.6%1 085+44.9%
30−2AUDIQ515367382083−4.5%+19.0%1 101+6.5%
31+3BMWX143322365059+14.1%+38.3%973+25.7%
32−6MERCEDES-BENZGLC752833580215−12.9%+28.3%1 080+34.5%
33+5KIASPORTAGE1891653540196+25.1%+38.3%890−9.5%
34−1SKODASUPERB67276343045+5.9%+50.4%945+22.1%
35+4VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG9721230908+12.0%+41.7%878+21.3%
36+8AUDIA520283303043+23.7%+40.9%772+13.9%
37−1BMWX5372612980148+2.4%+33.0%844+11.9%
38+2OPELCORSA5261266184+0.4%+14.2%725+3.4%
39+3RENAULTKADJAR026326300+4.0%+62.3%695+48.2%
40+7RENAULTSCENIC225025220+11.5%+16.7%678+12.6%
41+9FORDFIESTA025125102+14.6%+27.4%659+5.4%
42+4MERCEDES-BENZA19222241037+3.9%+22.3%679+13.7%
43+6SKODAKODIAQ133106239045+7.7%+25.8%664+6.8%
44−1SEATLEON623123703−5.6%−6.3%685−2.6%
45−8MERCEDES-BENZGLE631712340141−18.2%+5.4%769+8.0%
46+8HYUNDAII3084138222034+13.8%+54.2%637+25.6%
47+1PEUGEOT300851170221169−1.3%+110.5%588+59.3%
48+10RENAULTCAPTUR11493207050+12.5%+162.0%663+64.1%
49−4VOLKSWAGENCADDY1818720500−12.4%+21.3%625+36.5%
50+1SEATIBIZA120320400−5.1%+10.9%564−0.4%

Electric models 85

#±MakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL 32712014724.8%+8.1%+50.0%445
2−1DACIASPRING443477.9%−86.5%−77.8%1 023
30LEAPMOTORT03340345.7%−33.3%132
4+8RENAULTZOE021213.5%+50.0%−8.7%48
5+5TESLAMODEL Y118193.2%+18.8%−77.6%78
6+2MERCEDES-BENZEQE117183.0%−14.3%+12.5%54
7OPELCORSA018183.0%25
8−3VOLKSWAGENID.4101111.9%−60.7%0.0%48
9+2AUDIE-TRON010101.7%−28.6%34
10MERCEDES-BENZEQA7291.5%−40.0%26
11PORSCHEMACAN8191.5%21
12+3TESLAMODEL S0991.5%−18.2%26
13−4VOLVOEX309091.5%−57.1%−18.2%51
14−7HYUNDAIKONA3581.4%−69.2%−77.1%60
15−9NISSANLEAF0881.4%−70.4%56
16PORSCHETAYCAN2681.4%20
17TESLAMODEL X1781.4%21
18BMWI30771.2%14
19FORDEXPLORER7071.2%23
20MERCEDES-BENZEQS4371.2%−41.7%25

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

#±MakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN8576 6717 5283027620.2%16.7%+4.1%+25.4%20 875+11.6%
2+1BMW3644 4064 770291 07511.3%10.6%+6.8%+31.3%13 061+18.5%
3−1DACIA2 3591 9164 2754779636.7%9.5%−19.7%+9.5%15 038+7.4%
40AUDI1763 4853 6611755322.7%8.1%+4.2%+21.5%10 229+8.4%
5+1MERCEDES-BENZ4022 5112 913527969.5%6.5%+0.3%+28.2%8 301+16.7%
6+1SKODA8691 9572 826420230.0%6.3%+7.2%+21.6%7 861+11.7%
7−2RENAULT5322 2522 7843126639.7%6.2%−4.3%+22.4%8 100+14.4%
80FORD5071 7972 3041526831.8%5.1%+3.4%+20.5%6 364+9.1%
90TOYOTA9427671 70931 36038.0%3.8%−0.1%+33.4%4 966+21.4%
100OPEL501 4071 457184014.0%3.2%+5.5%+15.5%3 944+2.2%
110HYUNDAI5577291 2861544459.8%2.9%+5.2%+36.1%3 731+4.7%
120PEUGEOT2148991 113422812.1%2.5%−3.7%+58.1%3 004+16.2%
13+1VOLVO931 0131 1061835022.6%2.5%+5.5%+12.3%3 123+8.5%
14−1NISSAN329731 00585137.5%2.2%−5.9%+15.4%2 978+13.9%
150SEAT297277560548.3%1.7%+3.1%+7.5%2 055−1.9%
16+1KIA3344057391226029.0%1.6%+21.7%+38.9%1 897−3.7%
17−1SUZUKI358354712037274.6%1.6%−2.6%+14.8%2 060+4.8%
180MAZDA193410603421959.6%1.3%+10.8%+18.5%1 624−5.6%
190CITROEN8838547331930.7%1.1%−9.6%+22.9%1 321+1.9%
20+1MITSUBISHI1328429704561.5%0.7%+0.7%+19.8%834+6.4%
21−1LAND ROVER482452930852.1%0.7%−0.7%+15.8%820+13.1%
22+1FIAT3322726062821.2%0.6%+7.0%+18.7%683−14.8%
23+1SSANGYONG211262371057.3%0.5%−2.5%+19.7%710−2.1%
24−2MG196342301012753.6%0.5%−7.3%+132.3%736+269.8%
250PORSCHE40174214177215.0%0.5%+3.4%+7.5%611+9.1%
26+1TESLA39145184184023.1%0.4%+9.5%−6.6%572−48.5%
27−1JEEP6112118206119.7%0.4%−2.2%+38.9%563+31.9%
28+1LEXUS25117142113712.0%0.3%−2.1%+18.3%430+26.1%
29−1HONDA3410113505164.7%0.3%−18.2%−1.5%424−4.1%
300MINI3210213411928.1%0.3%−2.2%+17.5%416+8.9%

Electric brands 33

#±MakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLA3914518430.9%+9.5%−6.6%572
2+3MERCEDES-BENZ3319528.7%+4.0%−14.8%154
3−2DACIA443477.9%−86.5%−77.8%1 023
40LEAPMOTOR360366.1%−30.8%135
5+3RENAULT1021315.2%−3.1%−22.5%211
6−3VOLKSWAGEN1416305.0%−66.7%−9.1%162
7+3BMW1514294.9%+7.4%−23.7%96
8OPEL018183.0%33
9−3VOLVO180183.0%−47.1%−33.3%75
10+1AUDI116172.9%−19.0%−5.6%53

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.