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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท January 2026

Romania registered 33 912 passenger cars in January 2026: 7 927 new cars (23.4% of the total) and 25 985 used imports. That is down 32.7% on December 2025 and down 14.1% on January 2025. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 33 912, down 14.1% on January last year. Private buyers accounted for 32.9% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 161 registrations and a 15.2% share, ahead of BMW (3 604) and DACIA (3 065). Together the top three brands took 34.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, DACIA fell furthest year on year (โˆ’43.7%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 477 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 431) and the VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (1 059). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 356 used against 121 new.

Battery-electric cars took 4.0% of all registrations, compared with 3.6% in January 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 12.3%. Hybrids took 22.1%, diesel 49.9% and petrol 21.9%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 371 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BYD (175). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 176 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (171). Used imports were on average 11.8 years old when they were registered.

January 2026 was the weakest of the 29 months on this page, which average 42 386 registrations a month; the strongest was July 2025 with 52 596.

33 912
vs previous month โˆ’32.7% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’14.1%
7 927
New share 23.4%
25 985
Avg import age (yrs) 11.8
4.0%
1 342 BEV ยท 7 496 Hybrid (22.1%)
32.9%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol7 419 (21.9%)Diesel16 928 (49.9%)Hybrid7 496 (22.1%)Battery electric1 342 (4.0%)Gas (LPG / CNG)727 (2.1%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 695

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+2VOLKSWAGENGOLF1211 3561 4772133โˆ’22.0%โˆ’15.7%1 477โˆ’15.7%
2โˆ’1DACIADUSTER6487831 4310518โˆ’54.2%โˆ’20.5%1 431โˆ’20.5%
3+2VOLKSWAGENPASSAT381 0211 059049โˆ’13.1%โˆ’22.0%1 059โˆ’22.0%
4+3SKODAOCTAVIA3046369400139โˆ’19.2%โˆ’23.9%940โˆ’23.9%
5+3AUDIA40933933044โˆ’6.7%โˆ’16.5%933โˆ’16.5%
6+3BMW3 SERIES478038500112โˆ’11.8%โˆ’7.3%850โˆ’7.3%
7+4VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN104581685088โˆ’19.1%โˆ’13.8%685โˆ’13.8%
8+6BMW5 SERIES286526800169โˆ’7.2%โˆ’9.9%680โˆ’9.9%
9+1NISSANQASHQAI21610631050โˆ’25.6%+1.6%631+1.6%
10โˆ’8DACIALOGAN27933461300โˆ’75.6%โˆ’58.6%613โˆ’58.6%
11+1RENAULTMEGANE1453054463โˆ’32.6%โˆ’27.7%544โˆ’27.7%
12+8BMWX3354524870147โˆ’12.6%โˆ’6.9%487โˆ’6.9%
13+12AUDIA68434442195+7.0%โˆ’16.3%442โˆ’16.3%
14+3FORDFOCUS27413440016โˆ’22.8%โˆ’23.5%440โˆ’23.5%
15+1HYUNDAITUCSON2152134280227โˆ’31.4%โˆ’7.0%428โˆ’7.0%
16โˆ’10DACIASANDERO8633742300โˆ’65.1%โˆ’61.8%423โˆ’61.8%
17+5VOLKSWAGENPOLO8633341900โˆ’13.6%โˆ’7.3%419โˆ’7.3%
18+5OPELASTRA040340300โˆ’12.8%โˆ’8.6%403โˆ’8.6%
19โˆ’4TOYOTACOROLLA2541363900377โˆ’38.3%+28.7%390+28.7%
20โˆ’16RENAULTCLIO112263375097โˆ’78.2%โˆ’16.3%375โˆ’16.3%
21+8AUDIA347316363057โˆ’7.9%+14.5%363+14.5%
22+12MERCEDES-BENZC34323357089+3.5%โˆ’0.6%357โˆ’0.6%
23+7MERCEDES-BENZE243253490102โˆ’4.1%โˆ’2.0%349โˆ’2.0%
24+7AUDIQ5512703210114โˆ’10.8%+0.6%321+0.6%
25+13BMWX156263319075โˆ’3.3%+10.8%319+10.8%
26+6MERCEDES-BENZGLC982053030194โˆ’15.8%โˆ’2.6%303โˆ’2.6%
27+12VOLKSWAGENTOURAN030130100โˆ’6.2%โˆ’18.6%301โˆ’18.6%
28โˆ’1BMW1 SERIES16269285012โˆ’28.0%โˆ’19.0%285โˆ’19.0%
29โˆ’10FORDKUGA991862850127โˆ’49.3%โˆ’24.2%285โˆ’24.2%
30+6KIASPORTAGE107176283082โˆ’14.8%+11.9%283+11.9%
31+9SKODAFABIA3224627800โˆ’8.9%โˆ’10.0%278โˆ’10.0%
32+21PEUGEOT3008971772740129+14.2%+91.6%274+91.6%
33+4TOYOTAYARIS CROSS26242660266โˆ’19.9%+28.5%266+28.5%
34+15AUDIA554208262040โˆ’0.4%+17.0%262+17.0%
35โˆ’9SKODASUPERB72189261023โˆ’34.6%โˆ’6.1%261โˆ’6.1%
36+34VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG75184259010+59.9%โˆ’11.6%259โˆ’11.6%
37+13BMWX5532002530139โˆ’3.8%โˆ’0.8%253โˆ’0.8%
38+7RENAULTKADJAR024224200โˆ’14.8%+35.2%242+35.2%
39โˆ’26DACIABIGSTER23902390229โˆ’69.8%โ€“239โ€“
40+1VOLVOXC6039191230089โˆ’22.0%โˆ’43.8%230โˆ’43.8%
41+16MERCEDES-BENZGLE791442230171+1.4%โˆ’10.4%223โˆ’10.4%
42โˆ’21TOYOTARAV4861262120160โˆ’60.2%โˆ’42.7%212โˆ’42.7%
43+18SEATLEON720220908โˆ’3.7%+6.1%209+6.1%
440SKODAKODIAQ11391204013โˆ’28.7%+0.5%204+0.5%
45+39PEUGEOT2008941051991884+49.6%+197.0%199+197.0%
46+18MERCEDES-BENZA12175187027โˆ’2.1%โˆ’9.2%187โˆ’9.2%
47+29TESLAMODEL 385911761760+20.5%+8.6%176+8.6%
48+14AUDIQ340131171014โˆ’13.6%+8.9%171+8.9%
49+66TESLAMODEL Y143281711710+96.6%+297.7%171+297.7%
50+9FORDFIESTA016616601โˆ’23.9%โˆ’12.2%166โˆ’12.2%

Electric models 112

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL 3859117613.2%+20.5%+8.6%176
2+5TESLAMODEL Y1432817112.8%+96.6%+297.7%171
30BYDDOLPHIN SURF11201128.4%โˆ’11.1%โ€“112
4โˆ’3DACIASPRING644685.1%โˆ’76.8%โˆ’89.2%68
5+1FORDPUMA600604.5%โˆ’31.8%โ€“60
6+10MGMG4441453.4%+73.1%โ€“45
7โˆ’2LEAPMOTORT03381392.9%โˆ’57.1%โˆ’17.0%39
8+2HYUNDAIKONA1523382.8%โˆ’17.4%+46.2%38
9+3VOLKSWAGENID.4335382.8%+18.8%โ€“38
10โˆ’6RENAULT5360362.7%โˆ’68.4%โ€“36
11โˆ’3FORDEXPLORER330332.5%โˆ’45.9%+200.0%33
12โˆ’1HYUNDAIINSTER270272.0%โˆ’28.9%โ€“27
13+12BYDATTO 2232251.9%+92.3%โ€“25
14โˆ’1BYDSEALION 7221231.7%โˆ’23.3%โ€“23
15โˆ’1VOLVOEX30211221.7%โˆ’26.7%+4.8%22
16+6RENAULTZOE019191.4%+5.6%+46.2%19
17โ€“PEUGEOT2008108181.4%โ€“โ€“18
18โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.3135181.4%โˆ’35.7%โˆ’18.2%18
19+5TESLAMODEL S413171.3%+13.3%โ€“17
20โ€“AUDIE-TRON016161.2%โ€“+60.0%16

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 86

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1VOLKSWAGEN6564 5055 1616230520.6%15.2%โˆ’15.6%โˆ’15.6%5 161โˆ’15.6%
2+2BMW3853 2193 6044292010.6%10.6%โˆ’8.8%โˆ’5.8%3 604โˆ’5.8%
3โˆ’2DACIA1 4421 6233 0656875523.8%9.0%โˆ’64.8%โˆ’43.7%3 065โˆ’43.7%
4+1AUDI2322 5852 817304799.9%8.3%โˆ’4.7%โˆ’7.8%2 817โˆ’7.8%
5+2MERCEDES-BENZ4221 9222 344417837.6%6.9%โˆ’5.3%โˆ’5.6%2 344โˆ’5.6%
6โˆ’3RENAULT2551 8012 0566522532.5%6.1%โˆ’56.6%โˆ’14.6%2 056โˆ’14.6%
7โˆ’1SKODA6901 3422 032717533.0%6.0%โˆ’25.8%โˆ’15.3%2 032โˆ’15.3%
8+1FORD3761 2171 59311523837.8%4.7%โˆ’30.3%โˆ’13.0%1 593โˆ’13.0%
9โˆ’1TOYOTA7646521 41641 19344.0%4.2%โˆ’40.7%โˆ’8.5%1 416โˆ’8.5%
100HYUNDAI3906039937935270.5%2.9%โˆ’44.2%โˆ’18.7%993โˆ’18.7%
110OPEL3194197273512.9%2.9%โˆ’23.1%โˆ’12.1%972โˆ’12.1%
120NISSAN6785592212794.5%2.7%โˆ’23.2%+1.9%922+1.9%
130PEUGEOT215707922302504.7%2.7%โˆ’5.8%+25.4%922+25.4%
140VOLVO1435897322826124.5%2.2%โˆ’13.3%โˆ’24.5%732โˆ’24.5%
15+1SEAT145625761857.1%1.7%โˆ’11.4%+1.8%576+1.8%
16โˆ’1KIA1433695121813444.1%1.5%โˆ’22.5%โˆ’7.1%512โˆ’7.1%
17+1SUZUKI250240490027176.0%1.4%โˆ’20.2%โˆ’20.6%490โˆ’20.6%
18+3MAZDA1212804011513462.8%1.2%โˆ’23.9%โˆ’15.9%401โˆ’15.9%
19+7TESLA232139371371049.1%1.1%+41.1%+68.6%371+68.6%
20+3BYD3121833017515549.7%1.0%โˆ’21.1%โ€“330โ€“
21โˆ’1CITROEN1730031741635.3%0.9%โˆ’42.2%โˆ’2.5%317โˆ’2.5%
22+3CHERY2120212016739.6%0.6%โˆ’24.6%โ€“212โ€“
23+1MITSUBISHI1019220204880.0%0.6%โˆ’31.3%โˆ’16.5%202โˆ’16.5%
24โˆ’2FIAT2117019110547.6%0.6%โˆ’63.2%+6.1%191+6.1%
25+2LAND ROVER1417418803928.6%0.6%โˆ’16.8%โˆ’19.0%188โˆ’19.0%
26+4PORSCHE351261615628.6%0.5%+3.9%โˆ’15.3%161โˆ’15.3%
27โˆ’8MG9228120614937.0%0.4%โˆ’79.2%โˆ’53.5%120โˆ’53.5%
28+4CUPRA793711666529.1%0.3%โˆ’21.6%+11.5%116+11.5%
290LEXUS208710739930.0%0.3%โˆ’31.8%โˆ’25.2%107โˆ’25.2%
30+1JEEP188610402822.2%0.3%โˆ’30.2%โˆ’46.7%104โˆ’46.7%

Electric brands 46

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLA23213937127.7%+41.1%+68.6%371
2+2BYD166917513.0%โˆ’7.4%โ€“175
30FORD11141158.6%โˆ’45.0%+576.5%115
4+2HYUNDAI5227795.9%โˆ’27.5%+125.7%79
5โˆ’4DACIA644685.1%โˆ’76.8%โˆ’89.2%68
6โˆ’1RENAULT4619654.8%โˆ’65.2%โˆ’56.1%65
7+1VOLKSWAGEN4913624.6%โˆ’19.5%+47.6%62
8+2MG4714614.6%+35.6%+335.7%61
9+2BMW2715423.1%+5.0%+5.0%42
10โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ3011413.1%โˆ’45.3%โˆ’21.2%41

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.