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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท May 2025

Romania registered 43 564 passenger cars in May 2025: 10 521 new cars (24.2% of the total) and 33 043 used imports. That is down 2.8% on April 2025 and up 8.2% on May 2024. Year to date the market stands at 218 192 registrations, up 8.7% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 29.4% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 869 registrations and a 15.8% share, ahead of DACIA (4 564) and BMW (4 523). Together the top three brands took 36.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+40.2%) while DACIA fell furthest (โˆ’32.7%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 2 035 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 828) and the VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (1 472). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 861 used against 174 new.

Battery-electric cars took 1.9% of all registrations, compared with 2.2% in May 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 4.1%. Hybrids took 20.3%, diesel 50.8% and petrol 23.9%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 196 battery-electric registrations, ahead of DACIA (101). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 130 registrations, ahead of the DACIA SPRING (101). Used imports were on average 11.6 years old when they were registered.

May 2025 was the 7th-highest of the 21 months on this page, which average 41 184 registrations a month; the peak was June 2024 with 46 908 and the low December 2023 with 34 908.

43 564
vs previous month โˆ’2.8% ยท vs same month last year +8.2%
10 521
New share 24.2%
33 043
Avg import age (yrs) 11.6
1.9%
814 BEV ยท 8 838 Hybrid (20.3%)
29.4%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol10 394 (23.9%)Diesel22 110 (50.8%)Hybrid8 838 (20.3%)Battery electric814 (1.9%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 408 (3.2%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 745

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF1741 8612 0354145โˆ’4.5%+20.6%10 301+13.2%
20DACIADUSTER9568721 8280744+4.0%โˆ’28.1%9 243โˆ’7.8%
30VOLKSWAGENPASSAT301 4421 472039โˆ’11.9%+16.5%7 813+7.9%
4+1SKODAOCTAVIA3878811 2680236+2.2%+16.3%6 342+15.3%
5+2DACIALOGAN8354201 25500+11.6%โˆ’36.5%6 648โˆ’10.1%
60BMW3 SERIES581 0471 1050159โˆ’6.4%+28.0%5 513+17.3%
7โˆ’3AUDIA411 0981 099063โˆ’11.5%+1.2%6 031+5.5%
80DACIASANDERO50239689800โˆ’5.8%โˆ’36.3%4 661โˆ’3.6%
9+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN153718871096+4.8%+40.0%4 281+30.2%
10โˆ’1BMW5 SERIES278408670207โˆ’3.6%+40.7%4 414+26.5%
11+1NISSANQASHQAI18792810037+1.1%+23.5%3 698+14.6%
12โˆ’2RENAULTMEGANE3774778444โˆ’7.7%โˆ’17.0%4 087โˆ’1.0%
130FORDFOCUS90644734058+9.2%+18.2%3 359โˆ’1.8%
14+4RENAULTCLIO299320619023+11.3%โˆ’11.9%2 678+18.9%
15+1OPELASTRA1057958902โˆ’0.2%+24.3%2 709+7.5%
16โˆ’2BMWX3245635870147โˆ’4.4%+46.4%3 008+24.0%
170VOLKSWAGENPOLO1350351600โˆ’7.5%+37.6%2 584+8.0%
18โˆ’3AUDIA6144854990126โˆ’18.6%+21.4%2 822+12.3%
19+1HYUNDAITUCSON2871994860295+5.4%+84.1%2 342+40.1%
20+2TOYOTACOROLLA3221104320417โˆ’4.2%โˆ’2.5%1 968+14.9%
21+9TOYOTARAV42271874140348+7.0%+40.8%2 088+26.9%
22+2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN040840800โˆ’6.6%+22.2%2 154+14.1%
23+3MERCEDES-BENZC21382403085โˆ’7.6%+27.5%2 084+16.6%
24+3AUDIA333361394036โˆ’8.4%+16.9%1 997+11.4%
25+7MERCEDES-BENZGLC1022913930254+5.9%+56.0%1 844+35.8%
26โˆ’7FORDKUGA1842083920146โˆ’18.7%+42.5%2 310+36.3%
27+2BMW1 SERIES47343390043โˆ’6.5%+42.9%1 897+27.2%
28โˆ’5BMWX171319390089โˆ’12.0%+59.8%1 806+36.6%
29โˆ’1SKODAFABIA5332738000โˆ’9.1%+8.9%1 927+4.4%
30โˆ’9MERCEDES-BENZE213553760102โˆ’17.0%+18.6%2 053+16.4%
310AUDIQ5173573740111โˆ’2.3%+34.5%1 858+13.6%
32โˆ’7VOLVOXC60373373740158โˆ’14.4%+0.3%2 088+4.6%
33+2SKODASUPERB80238318037+7.4%+71.0%1 559+27.4%
34+7OPELCORSA52244296237+21.8%+43.7%1 264+4.8%
35+2RENAULTKADJAR029229200+8.6%+80.2%1 256+59.2%
36โˆ’3KIASPORTAGE82186268095โˆ’16.8%โˆ’5.6%1 480โˆ’9.6%
37+2MERCEDES-BENZA26239265062+4.7%+51.4%1 197+22.4%
38โˆ’2SKODAKODIAQ136128264044โˆ’2.9%+34.7%1 200+14.2%
39โˆ’1AUDIA522229251034โˆ’3.1%+27.4%1 282+15.4%
40โˆ’6BMWX5422082500146โˆ’20.4%+19.6%1 408+16.3%
41+5SEATLEON1023424408+8.0%+22.6%1 155+2.8%
42+5FORDFIESTA023923900+6.2%+13.3%1 123+4.5%
43โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZGLE751542290173โˆ’8.4%+28.7%1 248+12.1%
440PEUGEOT300829195224061โˆ’1.8%+121.8%1 040+76.9%
45โˆ’2RENAULTSCENIC421121541โˆ’8.9%+29.5%1 129+16.5%
46+5PEUGEOT3083917321203+5.5%+72.4%998+40.0%
47+8HYUNDAII3092119211047+12.8%โˆ’32.4%1 035โˆ’5.0%
48+15RENAULTCAPTUR85118203053+26.9%โˆ’6.0%1 026+35.0%
49โˆ’7VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG49154203010โˆ’14.7%+23.8%1 319+20.2%
500VOLKSWAGENCADDY1817719500โˆ’3.5%+40.3%1 022+33.9%

Electric models 94

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 31012013016.0%โˆ’4.4%+41.3%711
2+3DACIASPRING94710112.5%+494.1%โˆ’72.8%1 141
3โ€“FORDCAPRI460465.7%โ€“โ€“61
4โˆ’2TESLAMODEL Y378455.6%โˆ’23.7%โˆ’33.8%182
5โ€“VOLKSWAGENID.4423455.6%โ€“+246.2%98
6โ€“KIANIRO256313.8%โ€“โ€“44
7โˆ’3RENAULTZOE023232.8%+9.5%+130.0%92
8+2AUDIE-TRON018182.2%+50.0%+63.6%64
9โˆ’6HYUNDAIKONA107172.1%โˆ’26.1%โˆ’55.3%100
10โ€“MINIMINI412162.0%โ€“โ€“40
11โˆ’2BMWI4150151.9%+15.4%+50.0%57
12โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZEQA114151.9%0.0%+7.1%56
13+2MERCEDES-BENZEQE211131.6%+30.0%+18.2%77
14โ€“MGMG476131.6%โ€“0.0%28
15โˆ’3NISSANLEAF013131.6%+18.2%โ€“80
16โ€“TESLAMODEL S013131.6%โ€“โˆ’13.3%44
17โˆ’9RENAULT5110111.4%โˆ’21.4%โ€“34
18โˆ’7MAZDAMX-3019101.2%โˆ’16.7%โ€“41
19โˆ’12MGZS37101.2%โˆ’33.3%โ€“45
20โ€“PORSCHETAYCAN1891.1%โ€“โ€“37

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 79

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN8176 0526 8695931018.0%15.8%โˆ’4.3%+22.9%34 924+13.0%
2+1DACIA2 6491 9154 56410189628.4%10.5%+7.5%โˆ’32.7%23 846โˆ’9.2%
3โˆ’1BMW4834 0404 523401 1688.3%10.4%โˆ’5.0%+40.2%22 345+22.6%
40AUDI1873 0143 2012556017.6%7.4%โˆ’9.7%+15.1%16 975+10.9%
5+1RENAULT6312 2632 8944330427.7%6.6%โˆ’0.8%โˆ’4.3%13 912+8.2%
6โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ4592 3512 810489038.9%6.5%โˆ’5.4%+32.9%14 080+20.4%
70SKODA9091 7812 690631718.7%6.2%โˆ’2.1%+12.0%13 298+10.6%
80FORD5231 6322 1555934824.7%5.0%โˆ’1.9%โˆ’1.5%10 716+3.0%
90TOYOTA9776861 66351 37633.7%3.8%โˆ’3.7%+4.2%8 355+9.8%
100OPEL1061 4351 5414779.4%3.5%+4.3%+30.5%6 963+6.9%
110HYUNDAI5766611 2374045254.9%2.8%โˆ’0.3%โˆ’6.9%6 209+0.2%
12+1NISSAN351 0711 106135337.1%2.5%0.0%+23.6%5 190+14.0%
13+1PEUGEOT979221 019410424.7%2.3%โˆ’7.9%+44.5%5 129+25.0%
14โˆ’2VOLVO1148941 0081135416.7%2.3%โˆ’10.8%+14.8%5 261+9.7%
150SEAT326767081853.1%1.6%โˆ’10.8%+11.5%3 557+3.4%
160KIA2104576675118741.9%1.5%โˆ’9.1%+9.5%3 298โˆ’0.7%
170SUZUKI318302620033572.0%1.4%โˆ’6.6%โˆ’29.5%3 344โˆ’11.2%
180MAZDA1823615431021663.2%1.3%โˆ’10.8%โˆ’12.3%2 776โˆ’7.3%
190CITROEN15039054014524.0%1.2%+9.5%+68.2%2 354+14.9%
20+3MG253382912414547.4%0.7%+17.8%+67.2%1 274+161.6%
210MITSUBISHI2625127705869.2%0.6%โˆ’1.8%+16.9%1 393+7.7%
22+3SSANGYONG233192521059.7%0.6%+25.4%+12.5%1 163โˆ’2.3%
23โˆ’3FIAT2622124781034.6%0.6%โˆ’21.3%+18.8%1 244+2.4%
24โˆ’2LAND ROVER312082390689.7%0.6%โˆ’5.9%+27.8%1 313+14.4%
25+1PORSCHE5315821115697.5%0.5%+8.2%+35.3%1 017+11.1%
26โˆ’2TESLA47149196196021.3%0.5%โˆ’5.8%+7.7%976โˆ’37.0%
27+1LEXUS41133174116626.8%0.4%+4.8%+62.6%770+31.6%
28+1CUPRA10261163710133.3%0.4%+3.8%+81.1%667+47.2%
29+2HONDA4510114625837.8%0.3%โˆ’0.7%โˆ’11.5%717โˆ’9.1%
300MINI32112144221115.6%0.3%โˆ’4.6%+44.0%711+18.1%

Electric brands 33

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA4714919624.1%โˆ’5.8%+7.7%976
2+7DACIA94710112.4%+494.1%โˆ’72.8%1 141
3+7FORD563597.3%+247.1%โ€“120
4+2VOLKSWAGEN4514597.3%+118.5%+156.5%248
5โ€“KIA4011516.3%โ€“โ€“88
6โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZ2028485.9%+11.6%+9.1%245
7โˆ’5RENAULT1825435.3%โˆ’10.4%+79.2%302
8โˆ’3BMW2614404.9%+25.0%+11.1%168
9โˆ’5HYUNDAI2317404.9%โˆ’2.4%โˆ’16.7%163
10โˆ’2AUDI421253.1%+47.1%+4.2%95

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.