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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท February 2026

Romania registered 40 208 passenger cars in February 2026: 8 965 new cars (22.3% of the total) and 31 243 used imports. That is up 18.6% on January 2026 and down 11.0% on February 2025. Year to date the market stands at 74 120 registrations, down 12.4% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 32.8% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 923 registrations and a 14.7% share, ahead of BMW (4 383) and DACIA (3 728). Together the top three brands took 34.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+5.2%) while DACIA fell furthest (โˆ’30.0%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 729 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 580) and the VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (1 216). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 647 used against 82 new.

Battery-electric cars took 3.3% of all registrations, compared with 2.2% in February 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 10.4%. Hybrids took 21.1%, diesel 50.4% and petrol 22.8%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 330 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BYD (173). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 160 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (152). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

February 2026 was the 20th-highest of the 30 months on this page, which average 42 313 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 52 596 and the low January 2026 with 33 912.

40 208
vs previous month +18.6% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’11.0%
8 965
New share 22.3%
31 243
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
3.3%
1 311 BEV ยท 8 474 Hybrid (21.1%)
32.8%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol9 177 (22.8%)Diesel20 270 (50.4%)Hybrid8 474 (21.1%)Battery electric1 311 (3.3%)Gas (LPG / CNG)976 (2.4%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 722

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF821 6471 729584+17.1%โˆ’18.8%3 206โˆ’17.4%
20DACIADUSTER5351 0451 5800382+10.4%โˆ’19.7%3 011โˆ’20.1%
30VOLKSWAGENPASSAT101 2061 216024+14.8%โˆ’26.6%2 275โˆ’24.5%
40SKODAOCTAVIA3657611 1260132+19.8%โˆ’10.8%2 066โˆ’17.3%
50AUDIA401 0551 055065+13.1%โˆ’16.7%1 988โˆ’16.6%
60BMW3 SERIES299741 0030125+18.0%โˆ’9.7%1 853โˆ’8.6%
7+2NISSANQASHQAI59789848092+34.4%+12.3%1 479+7.5%
80BMW5 SERIES277838100189+19.1%โˆ’10.2%1 490โˆ’10.1%
9+1DACIALOGAN36140676700+25.1%โˆ’47.7%1 380โˆ’53.1%
10โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN79648727050+6.1%โˆ’18.0%1 412โˆ’16.1%
110RENAULTMEGANE53673726175+33.5%โˆ’18.1%1 270โˆ’22.5%
120BMWX3745566300220+29.4%โˆ’1.4%1 117โˆ’3.9%
13+7RENAULTCLIO3023276290216+67.7%+6.1%1 004โˆ’3.6%
140FORDFOCUS652052605+19.5%โˆ’18.1%966โˆ’20.6%
15+24DACIABIGSTER51625180459+116.7%โ€“757โ€“
16+3TOYOTACOROLLA3951195140510+31.8%+31.8%904+30.4%
17โˆ’4AUDIA65490495196+12.0%โˆ’17.2%937โˆ’16.8%
180OPELASTRA049149100+21.8%โˆ’9.9%894โˆ’9.3%
19โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENPOLO10438749100+17.2%โˆ’4.7%910โˆ’5.9%
20โˆ’5HYUNDAITUCSON1992854840263+13.1%+7.8%912+0.3%
21โˆ’5DACIASANDERO8937946800+10.6%โˆ’55.9%891โˆ’58.9%
22+2AUDIQ5903564460157+38.9%+11.5%767+6.7%
23+5BMW1 SERIES42348390010+36.8%+16.1%675โˆ’1.9%
24+1BMWX150327377070+18.2%+17.8%696+14.5%
25โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZE153623770116+8.0%โˆ’12.7%726โˆ’7.9%
26+6PEUGEOT30081352423771177+37.6%+68.3%651+77.4%
27โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZC23350373086+4.5%โˆ’14.1%730โˆ’7.9%
28+12VOLVOXC60503113610137+57.0%โˆ’16.6%591โˆ’29.8%
29โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN035935900+19.3%โˆ’20.2%660โˆ’19.5%
30โˆ’9AUDIA317341358034โˆ’1.4%โˆ’11.2%721+0.1%
31โˆ’2FORDKUGA1222253470137+21.8%โˆ’37.4%632โˆ’32.0%
32โˆ’1SKODAFABIA5028033000+18.7%โˆ’11.3%608โˆ’10.7%
33+4BMWX5472603070192+21.3%+5.5%560+2.6%
34+4RENAULTKADJAR130030100+24.4%+19.0%543+25.7%
35โˆ’5KIASPORTAGE90207297098+4.9%+4.9%580+8.2%
36โˆ’10MERCEDES-BENZGLC752162910181โˆ’4.0%โˆ’29.2%594โˆ’17.7%
37+7SKODAKODIAQ160109269023+31.9%+21.2%473+11.3%
38โˆ’3SKODASUPERB69198267032+2.3%โˆ’17.6%528โˆ’12.3%
39+15RENAULTCAPTUR73183256026+70.7%+39.1%406โˆ’11.0%
40+2TOYOTARAV4891662550198+20.3%โˆ’46.1%467โˆ’44.6%
410MERCEDES-BENZGLE811642450183+9.9%โˆ’14.3%468โˆ’12.5%
42โˆ’8AUDIA519224243041โˆ’7.3%โˆ’0.8%505+7.7%
43+5AUDIQ372157229024+33.9%+16.8%400+13.3%
44โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG4717522206โˆ’14.3%โˆ’19.6%481โˆ’15.5%
45+6RENAULTSCENIC221221420+29.7%โˆ’5.3%379โˆ’11.0%
46+4FORDFIESTA021121100+27.1%โˆ’3.7%377โˆ’7.6%
47+24PEUGEOT3083817321104+86.7%โˆ’17.9%324โˆ’17.1%
48โˆ’5SEATLEON11195206012โˆ’1.4%โˆ’17.9%415โˆ’7.4%
49โˆ’16TOYOTAYARIS CROSS18891970197โˆ’25.9%+17.3%463+23.5%
50+5OPELCORSA718719450+30.2%โˆ’26.8%343โˆ’25.3%

Electric models 109

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL Y1352516012.2%โˆ’6.4%+900.0%331
2โˆ’1TESLAMODEL 3579515211.6%โˆ’13.6%+11.8%328
30BYDDOLPHIN SURF10001007.6%โˆ’10.7%โ€“212
40DACIASPRING806866.6%+26.5%โˆ’75.2%154
50FORDPUMA570574.4%โˆ’5.0%โ€“117
60MGMG4495544.1%+20.0%โ€“99
7+1HYUNDAIKONA1232443.4%+15.8%+69.2%82
8+6BYDSEALION 7320322.4%+39.1%โ€“55
90VOLKSWAGENID.4265312.4%โˆ’18.4%+10.7%69
100RENAULT5280282.1%โˆ’22.2%โ€“64
110FORDEXPLORER260262.0%โˆ’21.2%โ€“59
120HYUNDAIINSTER260262.0%โˆ’3.7%โ€“53
13โˆ’6LEAPMOTORT03260262.0%โˆ’33.3%โˆ’49.0%65
14โˆ’1BYDATTO 2231241.8%โˆ’4.0%โ€“49
15+6MERCEDES-BENZEQA147211.6%+50.0%โ€“35
16โˆ’1VOLVOEX30180181.4%โˆ’18.2%โˆ’14.3%40
17โ€“RENAULTMEGANE134171.3%โ€“+30.8%23
18+2AUDIE-TRON014141.1%โˆ’12.5%0.0%30
19+4MERCEDES-BENZCLA140141.1%+16.7%โ€“26
20โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENID.368141.1%โˆ’22.2%โˆ’70.2%32

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 83

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN6315 2925 9235921424.1%14.7%+14.8%โˆ’18.1%11 084โˆ’17.0%
20BMW3814 0024 383371 0739.7%10.9%+21.6%โˆ’1.9%7 987โˆ’3.7%
30DACIA1 6852 0433 7288685926.6%9.3%+21.6%โˆ’30.0%6 793โˆ’36.9%
40AUDI2262 9273 1532452316.4%7.8%+11.9%โˆ’10.2%5 970โˆ’9.1%
5+1RENAULT5832 2652 8486640526.6%7.1%+38.5%โˆ’2.1%4 904โˆ’7.8%
6โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ3912 0972 488537817.7%6.2%+6.1%โˆ’14.3%4 832โˆ’10.3%
70SKODA8651 5722 4372018724.9%6.1%+19.9%โˆ’7.5%4 469โˆ’11.2%
80FORD4271 5011 92811126437.5%4.8%+21.0%โˆ’13.5%3 521โˆ’13.3%
90TOYOTA9006621 56251 34739.0%3.9%+10.3%โˆ’8.7%2 978โˆ’8.6%
10+3PEUGEOT2509661 216182787.2%3.0%+31.9%+5.2%2 138+13.1%
110OPEL101 1881 1988480.0%3.0%+23.3%โˆ’13.3%2 170โˆ’12.7%
12โˆ’2HYUNDAI3868041 1909039664.5%3.0%+19.8%โˆ’2.7%2 183โˆ’10.7%
13โˆ’1NISSAN671 0711 13891059.0%2.8%+23.4%+6.6%2 060+4.4%
140VOLVO1267518772628738.1%2.2%+19.8%โˆ’16.3%1 609โˆ’20.2%
150SEAT2859061801210.7%1.5%+7.3%โˆ’15.7%1 194โˆ’8.1%
160KIA1304726022217846.2%1.5%+17.6%โˆ’0.8%1 114โˆ’3.8%
170SUZUKI285289574330268.4%1.4%+17.1%โˆ’21.5%1 064โˆ’21.1%
180MAZDA1453194641616776.6%1.2%+15.7%โˆ’14.7%865โˆ’15.3%
19+2CITROEN4035939954532.5%1.0%+25.9%โˆ’23.7%716โˆ’15.6%
20โˆ’1TESLA192138330330058.3%0.8%โˆ’11.1%+96.4%701+80.7%
21+1CHERY3180318024942.1%0.8%+50.0%โ€“530โ€“
22โˆ’2BYD2522327517310249.6%0.7%โˆ’16.7%โ€“605โ€“
23+2LAND ROVER3623427007713.9%0.7%+43.6%โˆ’8.5%458โˆ’13.1%
24โˆ’1MITSUBISHI1924926805857.9%0.7%+32.7%โˆ’9.2%470โˆ’12.5%
25โˆ’1FIAT2021123171350.0%0.6%+20.9%โˆ’4.9%422โˆ’0.2%
260PORSCHE2617520185511.5%0.5%+24.8%โˆ’2.9%362โˆ’8.8%
270MG149361857110645.6%0.5%+54.2%โˆ’25.4%305โˆ’39.7%
28+3MINI181191377822.2%0.3%+39.8%0.0%235โˆ’16.7%
29โˆ’1CUPRA696713677031.9%0.3%+17.2%+12.4%252+12.0%
30โˆ’1LEXUS20102122011920.0%0.3%+14.0%โˆ’15.9%229โˆ’20.5%

Electric brands 36

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA19213833025.2%โˆ’11.1%+96.4%701
20BYD166717313.2%โˆ’1.1%โ€“348
30FORD10471118.5%โˆ’3.5%+825.0%226
40HYUNDAI5040906.9%+13.9%+181.3%169
50DACIA806866.6%+26.5%โˆ’75.2%154
6+2MG4922715.4%+16.4%+545.5%132
7โˆ’1RENAULT5016665.0%+1.5%+106.3%131
8โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN3920594.5%โˆ’4.8%โˆ’34.4%121
9+1MERCEDES-BENZ3221534.0%+29.3%+6.0%94
10โˆ’1BMW2710372.8%โˆ’11.9%+37.0%79

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.