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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท March 2026

Romania registered 42 739 passenger cars in March 2026: 10 383 new cars (24.3% of the total) and 32 356 used imports. That is up 6.3% on February 2026 and down 5.4% on March 2025. Year to date the market stands at 116 859 registrations, down 10.0% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 31.3% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 400 registrations and a 15.0% share, ahead of BMW (4 477) and DACIA (4 086). Together the top three brands took 35.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, NISSAN grew fastest year on year (+67.1%) while FORD fell furthest (โˆ’17.5%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 914 registrations, followed by the DACIA DUSTER (1 791) and the SKODA OCTAVIA (1 210). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 1 717 used against 197 new.

Battery-electric cars took 2.7% of all registrations, compared with 1.3% in March 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 6.5%. Hybrids took 22.6%, diesel 47.9% and petrol 24.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 287 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BYD (165). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 147 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (107). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

March 2026 was the 17th-highest of the 31 months on this page, which average 42 327 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 52 596 and the low January 2026 with 33 912.

42 739
vs previous month +6.3% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’5.4%
10 383
New share 24.3%
32 356
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
2.7%
1 160 BEV ยท 9 668 Hybrid (22.6%)
31.3%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol10 283 (24.1%)Diesel20 471 (47.9%)Hybrid9 668 (22.6%)Battery electric1 160 (2.7%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 157 (2.7%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 733

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF1971 7171 9140194+10.7%โˆ’15.0%5 120โˆ’16.5%
20DACIADUSTER6421 1491 7910365+13.4%โˆ’5.3%4 802โˆ’15.1%
3+1SKODAOCTAVIA3838271 2100168+7.5%โˆ’9.3%3 276โˆ’14.5%
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT241 1741 198018โˆ’1.5%โˆ’27.7%3 473โˆ’25.6%
5+2NISSANQASHQAI2638181 0810295+27.5%+52.0%2 560+22.7%
6โˆ’1AUDIA401 0221 022058โˆ’3.1%โˆ’21.8%3 010โˆ’18.4%
7โˆ’1BMW3 SERIES259901 0150113+1.2%โˆ’15.4%2 868โˆ’11.2%
80BMW5 SERIES368689040235+11.6%โˆ’8.8%2 394โˆ’9.6%
9+2RENAULTMEGANE10064974966+3.2%โˆ’8.2%2 019โˆ’17.7%
100VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN92657749076+3.0%โˆ’16.5%2 161โˆ’16.2%
11โˆ’2DACIALOGAN31541272700โˆ’5.2%โˆ’45.0%2 107โˆ’50.6%
120BMWX3616236840216+8.6%+6.0%1 801โˆ’0.3%
13+8DACIASANDERO17643561100+30.6%โˆ’4.8%1 502โˆ’46.5%
140FORDFOCUS21553574019+9.1%โˆ’22.0%1 540โˆ’21.1%
150DACIABIGSTER55725590430+7.9%โ€“1 316+4012.5%
16+2OPELASTRA052052002+5.9%โˆ’4.4%1 414โˆ’7.6%
170AUDIA6184975150122+4.0%โˆ’11.8%1 452โˆ’15.1%
18โˆ’2TOYOTACOROLLA36714751405040.0%+31.1%1 418+30.7%
19โˆ’6RENAULTCLIO150357507075โˆ’19.4%+9.7%1 511+0.5%
200HYUNDAITUCSON2332644970270+2.7%+2.3%1 409+1.0%
21โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENPOLO7341749000โˆ’0.2%โˆ’9.8%1 400โˆ’7.3%
22+13KIASPORTAGE1952304250106+43.1%+20.1%1 005+12.9%
23โˆ’1AUDIQ5663524180145โˆ’6.3%+9.4%1 185+7.6%
24+1MERCEDES-BENZE123904020132+6.6%โˆ’7.8%1 128โˆ’7.8%
25+2MERCEDES-BENZC13379392085+5.1%โˆ’13.3%1 122โˆ’9.9%
26โˆ’2BMWX137349386058+2.4%+5.8%1 082+11.2%
27+2VOLKSWAGENTOURAN037337300+3.9%โˆ’23.7%1 033โˆ’21.1%
28+2AUDIA321341362045+1.1%โˆ’20.1%1 083โˆ’7.7%
29+3SKODAFABIA7627835400+7.3%โˆ’21.0%962โˆ’14.8%
30โˆ’7BMW1 SERIES2729932608โˆ’16.4%โˆ’18.9%1 001โˆ’8.2%
310FORDKUGA1082173250122โˆ’6.3%โˆ’35.8%957โˆ’33.4%
32+2RENAULTKADJAR031931900+6.0%+21.3%862+24.0%
33+5SKODASUPERB73243316036+18.4%โˆ’7.9%844โˆ’10.7%
34+29NISSANX-TRAIL1731423150178+110.0%+154.0%589+76.9%
35โˆ’7VOLVOXC60372703070132โˆ’15.0%โˆ’29.4%898โˆ’29.7%
360MERCEDES-BENZGLC782172950197+1.4%โˆ’17.6%889โˆ’17.7%
370SKODAKODIAQ166118284026+5.6%+18.8%757+14.0%
38+4AUDIA524252276049+13.6%โˆ’8.9%781+1.2%
39โˆ’6BMWX5642092730180โˆ’11.1%โˆ’8.4%833โˆ’1.3%
40โˆ’14PEUGEOT300820249269180โˆ’28.6%+21.7%920+56.5%
41โˆ’1TOYOTARAV41231432660217+4.3%โˆ’40.1%733โˆ’43.0%
42+8OPELCORSA8018526510+36.6%โˆ’0.4%608โˆ’16.1%
43+1VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG72187259010+16.7%โˆ’16.2%740โˆ’15.7%
44โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZGLE631772400175โˆ’2.0%+2.6%708โˆ’7.9%
450RENAULTSCENIC223623820+11.2%โˆ’5.6%617โˆ’9.0%
46+6TOYOTAC-HR1161172332230+27.3%+21.4%562+6.4%
47+1SEATLEON22203225022+9.2%โˆ’5.1%640โˆ’6.6%
48โˆ’5AUDIQ370146216043โˆ’5.7%+20.7%616+15.8%
49+77NISSANJUKE134802140123+229.2%+130.1%385+37.5%
50+5MERCEDES-BENZA6198204027+16.6%โˆ’15.4%566โˆ’16.6%

Electric models 116

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL 34210514712.7%โˆ’3.3%0.0%475
2โˆ’1TESLAMODEL Y77301079.3%โˆ’33.1%+463.2%438
3+2FORDPUMA630635.5%+10.5%โ€“180
40DACIASPRING5110615.3%โˆ’29.1%+29.8%215
5โˆ’2BYDDOLPHIN SURF561574.9%โˆ’43.0%โ€“269
6+2BYDSEALION 7513544.7%+68.8%โ€“109
70HYUNDAIKONA1433474.1%+6.8%โ€“129
8+1VOLKSWAGENID.41520353.0%+12.9%+218.2%104
9+2FORDEXPLORER310312.7%+19.2%โ€“90
10+4BYDATTO 2290292.5%+20.8%โ€“78
11+16RENAULTZOE028282.4%+154.5%+33.3%58
12โˆ’2RENAULT5231242.1%โˆ’14.3%โ€“88
13+18TESLAMODEL S123242.1%+140.0%โ€“51
14+2VOLVOEX30190191.6%+5.6%โ€“59
15โˆ’9MGMG489171.5%โˆ’68.5%โ€“116
16+12BMWI4106161.4%+60.0%โ€“39
17+12BYDSEAL124161.4%+60.0%โ€“34
180AUDIE-TRON015151.3%+7.1%+50.0%45
19+4MGZS014141.2%+16.7%โ€“38
20โ€“SKODAENYAQ77141.2%โ€“โ€“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 80

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN9455 4556 4005640414.0%15.0%+8.1%โˆ’15.0%17 484โˆ’16.2%
20BMW3754 1024 477391 09410.9%10.5%+2.1%โˆ’6.1%12 464โˆ’4.6%
30DACIA1 8562 2304 0866180130.7%9.6%+9.6%โˆ’4.4%10 879โˆ’27.7%
40AUDI2462 9263 1722258815.4%7.4%+0.6%โˆ’13.4%9 142โˆ’10.6%
50RENAULT4542 3122 7666530037.2%6.5%โˆ’2.9%โˆ’0.6%7 670โˆ’5.3%
6+1SKODA9901 6722 6621923017.8%6.2%+9.2%โˆ’5.8%7 131โˆ’9.3%
7โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ3262 2892 615378197.4%6.1%+5.1%โˆ’10.2%7 447โˆ’10.3%
80FORD3991 5011 90012525137.3%4.5%โˆ’1.5%โˆ’17.5%5 421โˆ’14.8%
9+4NISSAN5701 1091 67995961.6%3.9%+47.5%+67.1%3 739+25.6%
10โˆ’1TOYOTA9337061 63941 41143.0%3.8%+4.9%โˆ’4.1%4 617โˆ’7.0%
110OPEL1131 2591 3723428.0%3.2%+14.5%โˆ’5.8%3 542โˆ’10.2%
120HYUNDAI4617521 2137341758.6%2.8%+1.9%โˆ’5.7%3 396โˆ’9.0%
13โˆ’3PEUGEOT1121 0181 1301818621.4%2.6%โˆ’7.1%+1.5%3 268+8.8%
140VOLVO1187368543031926.3%2.0%โˆ’2.6%โˆ’22.8%2 463โˆ’21.1%
15+1KIA2595067651819039.4%1.8%+27.1%+3.5%1 879โˆ’0.9%
16โˆ’1SEAT2862365112332.1%1.5%+5.3%โˆ’13.9%1 845โˆ’10.2%
170SUZUKI243337580026078.6%1.4%+1.0%โˆ’18.5%1 644โˆ’20.2%
180MAZDA2023305321722766.8%1.2%+14.7%โˆ’11.8%1 397โˆ’14.0%
190CITROEN2937340214427.6%0.9%+0.8%โˆ’15.0%1 118โˆ’15.4%
20+1CHERY3400340130956.8%0.8%+6.9%โ€“870โ€“
21+1BYD2793331216514640.1%0.7%+13.5%โ€“917โ€“
22+5MG258433013724950.8%0.7%+62.7%+30.9%606โˆ’17.7%
23โˆ’3TESLA121166287287063.6%0.7%โˆ’13.0%+56.0%988+72.7%
24โˆ’1LAND ROVER582252830953.4%0.7%+4.8%โˆ’3.4%741โˆ’9.6%
25โˆ’1MITSUBISHI2126228306052.4%0.7%+5.6%โˆ’4.7%753โˆ’9.7%
26โˆ’1FIAT37238275113118.9%0.6%+19.0%+5.8%697+2.0%
27โˆ’1PORSCHE451612067652.2%0.5%+2.5%โˆ’3.7%568โˆ’7.0%
28+5HONDA869017619751.2%0.4%+72.5%+30.4%375โˆ’11.6%
290CUPRA1105116119930.0%0.4%+18.4%+32.0%413+19.0%
30โˆ’2MINI2112114212438.1%0.3%+3.6%+6.0%377โˆ’9.4%

Electric brands 42

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA12116628724.7%โˆ’13.0%+56.0%988
20BYD1531216514.2%โˆ’4.6%โ€“513
30FORD118712510.8%+12.6%+733.3%351
40HYUNDAI2944736.3%โˆ’18.9%+386.7%242
5+2RENAULT3233655.6%โˆ’1.5%+109.7%196
6โˆ’1DACIA5110615.3%โˆ’29.1%+29.8%215
7+1VOLKSWAGEN2234564.8%โˆ’5.1%+86.7%177
8+2BMW2019393.4%+5.4%+34.5%118
90MERCEDES-BENZ1423373.2%โˆ’30.2%โˆ’28.8%131
10โˆ’4MG1027373.2%โˆ’47.9%+270.0%169

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.