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Passenger-car registrations in Romania

Romania ยท May 2026

Romania registered 37 590 passenger cars in May 2026: 11 250 new cars (29.9% of the total) and 26 340 used imports. That is down 1.6% on April 2026 and down 13.7% on May 2025. Year to date the market stands at 192 665 registrations, down 11.7% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 32.2% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 262 registrations and a 14.0% share, ahead of DACIA (4 009) and BMW (3 472). Together the top three brands took 33.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+5.2%) while VOLKSWAGEN fell furthest (โˆ’23.4%). The best-selling model was the DACIA DUSTER with 1 905 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 555) and the SKODA OCTAVIA (1 015).

Battery-electric cars took 3.8% of all registrations, compared with 1.9% in May 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 7.1%. Hybrids took 26.2%, diesel 43.5% and petrol 22.8%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 335 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BYD (216). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 174 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (134). Used imports were on average 11.7 years old when they were registered.

May 2026 was the 29th-highest of the 33 months on this page, which average 42 059 registrations a month; the peak was July 2025 with 52 596 and the low January 2026 with 33 912.

37 590
vs previous month โˆ’1.6% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’13.7%
11 250
New share 29.9%
26 340
Avg import age (yrs) 11.7
3.8%
1 435 BEV ยท 9 857 Hybrid (26.2%)
32.2%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol8 559 (22.8%)Diesel16 367 (43.5%)Hybrid9 857 (26.2%)Battery electric1 435 (3.8%)Gas (LPG / CNG)1 372 (3.6%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 727

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVHybridMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10DACIADUSTER9799261 9050556+13.0%+4.2%8 393โˆ’9.2%
20VOLKSWAGENGOLF1571 3981 5554155โˆ’3.4%โˆ’23.6%8 285โˆ’19.6%
3+1SKODAOCTAVIA3796361 0150188+3.6%โˆ’20.0%5 271โˆ’16.9%
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPASSAT35936971042โˆ’10.6%โˆ’34.0%5 530โˆ’29.2%
5+1BMW3 SERIES327988300125+11.1%โˆ’24.9%4 445โˆ’19.4%
6+6DACIALOGAN43635479000+24.8%โˆ’37.1%3 530โˆ’46.9%
7โˆ’2AUDIA40785785053โˆ’11.5%โˆ’28.6%4 682โˆ’22.4%
8โˆ’1NISSANQASHQAI22708730062โˆ’0.3%โˆ’9.9%4 022+8.8%
9+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN1165616770103+0.9%โˆ’22.3%3 509โˆ’18.0%
10โˆ’2BMW5 SERIES286236510180โˆ’7.8%โˆ’24.9%3 751โˆ’15.0%
11โˆ’2RENAULTMEGANE43571614711โˆ’10.5%โˆ’21.7%3 319โˆ’18.8%
12โˆ’1DACIASANDERO23835659400โˆ’6.5%โˆ’33.9%2 731โˆ’41.4%
130TOYOTACOROLLA4511205710569โˆ’9.4%+32.2%2 619+33.1%
140BMWX3394564950163โˆ’1.0%โˆ’15.7%2 796โˆ’7.0%
15+3HYUNDAITUCSON2232624850235+3.6%โˆ’0.2%2 362+0.9%
16+1FORDFOCUS16443459014โˆ’2.5%โˆ’37.5%2 470โˆ’26.5%
17+5VOLKSWAGENPOLO5837843600+18.8%โˆ’15.5%2 203โˆ’14.7%
18+2AUDIQ51652554200224โˆ’0.9%+12.3%2 029+9.2%
19โˆ’3AUDIA613399412286โˆ’12.5%โˆ’17.4%2 335โˆ’17.3%
20+18DACIABIGSTER39613970323+54.5%+222.8%1 970+931.4%
21โˆ’2OPELASTRA039339300โˆ’9.2%โˆ’33.3%2 240โˆ’17.3%
22โˆ’7RENAULTCLIO123264387055โˆ’20.9%โˆ’37.5%2 387โˆ’10.9%
23+7FORDKUGA1622013630159+21.4%โˆ’7.4%1 619โˆ’29.9%
240AUDIA373285358064+1.1%โˆ’9.1%1 795โˆ’10.1%
25โˆ’2KIASPORTAGE1412123530121โˆ’1.9%+31.7%1 718+16.1%
26โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZE243193430104โˆ’7.0%โˆ’8.8%1 840โˆ’10.4%
27+2MERCEDES-BENZC23293316069+3.9%โˆ’21.6%1 742โˆ’16.4%
28+5RENAULTKADJAR029329300+3.9%+0.3%1 437+14.4%
29+2SKODAFABIA3725429100โˆ’1.7%โˆ’23.4%1 549โˆ’19.6%
30+4SKODASUPERB112177289053+5.9%โˆ’9.1%1 406โˆ’9.8%
31โˆ’6BMWX127253280065โˆ’20.9%โˆ’28.2%1 716โˆ’5.0%
32+4VOLVOXC60452342790136+4.5%โˆ’25.4%1 444โˆ’30.8%
33+4PEUGEOT3008851922772130+4.9%+23.7%1 461+40.5%
34โˆ’6VOLKSWAGENTOURAN027327300โˆ’11.7%โˆ’33.1%1 615โˆ’25.0%
35+10TOYOTARAV41581102680228+23.5%โˆ’35.3%1 218โˆ’41.7%
36+25MGZS2451726212247+63.8%+170.1%656+15.1%
37+3BMW1 SERIES1024525508+7.1%โˆ’34.6%1 494โˆ’21.2%
38โˆ’11MERCEDES-BENZGLC8017225210161โˆ’20.5%โˆ’35.9%1 458โˆ’20.9%
39โˆ’4TOYOTAC-HR1451052505243โˆ’6.7%+31.6%1 080+18.6%
40+2BMWX5641792430150+6.6%โˆ’2.8%1 304โˆ’7.4%
41+14PEUGEOT20081171172343117+33.0%+136.4%992+55.0%
42+1SKODAKODIAQ13894232017+3.1%โˆ’12.1%1 214+1.2%
43+1SEATLEON25195220028โˆ’1.8%โˆ’9.8%1 084โˆ’6.1%
44โˆ’5TOYOTAYARIS CROSS21362190219โˆ’14.1%+36.0%1 116+34.5%
45+3MERCEDES-BENZGLE831342170173+3.8%โˆ’5.2%1 134โˆ’9.1%
46โˆ’20OPELCORSA2618220834โˆ’36.8%โˆ’29.7%1 145โˆ’9.4%
470VOLKSWAGENTOUAREG10999208015โˆ’1.4%+2.5%1 159โˆ’12.1%
48โˆ’7AUDIA518182200037โˆ’12.3%โˆ’20.3%1 209โˆ’5.7%
49+9RENAULTCAPTUR54137191025+11.7%โˆ’5.9%969โˆ’5.6%
50+4PEUGEOT3084214318504+3.9%โˆ’12.7%871โˆ’12.7%

Electric models 141

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL 35112317412.2%+4.8%+33.8%815
20TESLAMODEL Y93411349.4%+17.5%+197.8%686
30BYDSEALION 7858936.5%+32.9%โ€“272
40BYDDOLPHIN SURF570574.0%0.0%โ€“383
50HYUNDAIKONA1046563.9%โˆ’1.8%+229.4%242
6+1FORDPUMA450453.1%+18.4%โ€“263
7+2RENAULTZOE039392.7%+44.4%+69.6%124
80BYDATTO 2330332.3%+22.2%โ€“138
9+1VOLKSWAGENID.41516312.2%+29.2%โˆ’31.1%159
10โˆ’4DACIASPRING1614302.1%โˆ’46.4%โˆ’70.3%301
11+17MAZDA6E290292.0%+163.6%โ€“75
120RENAULT5290292.0%+31.8%+163.6%139
13+1FORDEXPLORER261271.9%+42.1%โ€“136
14โ€“KIAEV6216271.9%โ€“โ€“37
15+1BMWIX3215261.8%+52.9%โ€“57
16+5MERCEDES-BENZEQE1511261.8%+85.7%+100.0%57
170KIANIRO022221.5%+29.4%โˆ’29.0%61
18โˆ’5MGMG4147211.5%+5.0%+61.5%157
19โ€“FORDMUSTANG MACH-E614201.4%โ€“โ€“55
20โ€“VOLVOEX30181191.3%โ€“โ€“85

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
10VOLKSWAGEN8284 4345 2625839115.1%14.0%โˆ’7.4%โˆ’23.4%28 430โˆ’18.6%
2+1DACIA2 1321 8774 0093089228.9%10.7%+12.0%โˆ’12.2%18 466โˆ’22.6%
3โˆ’1BMW3383 1343 472579209.2%9.2%โˆ’3.0%โˆ’23.2%19 517โˆ’12.7%
40AUDI3712 2882 659396199.2%7.1%โˆ’9.7%โˆ’16.9%14 747โˆ’13.1%
50RENAULT3891 9212 3107928640.6%6.2%โˆ’5.6%โˆ’20.2%12 427โˆ’10.7%
60MERCEDES-BENZ4401 8372 277877558.4%6.1%โˆ’5.9%โˆ’19.0%12 143โˆ’13.8%
70SKODA9101 3312 2411325821.1%6.0%+2.3%โˆ’16.7%11 563โˆ’13.0%
80TOYOTA1 1476031 75091 57742.6%4.7%โˆ’2.2%+5.2%8 157โˆ’2.4%
90FORD4791 2511 73010732932.8%4.6%+4.0%โˆ’19.7%8 815โˆ’17.7%
10+1HYUNDAI4357111 1468935464.6%3.1%+1.3%โˆ’7.4%5 673โˆ’8.6%
11โˆ’1OPEL839791 06266212.0%2.8%โˆ’19.6%โˆ’31.1%5 925โˆ’14.9%
120PEUGEOT2508111 06182879.2%2.8%โˆ’1.3%+4.1%5 404+5.4%
130NISSAN31964995217538.7%2.7%โˆ’6.4%โˆ’10.0%5 797+11.7%
14+1KIA3444147586624834.0%2.0%+10.3%+13.6%3 324+0.8%
15โˆ’1VOLVO1166147303127718.1%1.9%+1.5%โˆ’27.6%3 912โˆ’25.6%
160SEAT3654658202922.2%1.6%+4.1%โˆ’17.8%2 986โˆ’16.1%
17+1MAZDA3102365463729665.5%1.5%+4.0%+0.6%2 468โˆ’11.1%
18+2MG477465234946553.5%1.4%+41.7%+79.7%1 498+17.6%
19โˆ’2SUZUKI262258520027164.1%1.4%โˆ’2.1%โˆ’16.1%2 695โˆ’19.4%
20+1BYD4595451321629735.3%1.4%+40.2%โ€“1 796โ€“
21โˆ’2CITROEN1243094339903.2%1.2%โˆ’7.3%โˆ’19.8%2 018โˆ’14.3%
220CHERY3810381036947.2%1.0%+6.7%โ€“1 608โ€“
230TESLA149186335335034.9%0.9%+11.3%+70.9%1 624+66.4%
240LAND ROVER461732190752.2%0.6%โˆ’8.0%โˆ’8.4%1 198โˆ’8.8%
25+1FIAT818519341237.5%0.5%โˆ’2.5%โˆ’21.9%1 088โˆ’12.5%
26โˆ’1MITSUBISHI1817319114033.3%0.5%โˆ’19.1%โˆ’31.0%1 180โˆ’15.3%
27+1HONDA808016009260.0%0.4%โˆ’3.0%+9.6%700โˆ’2.4%
28โˆ’1PORSCHE3812216010325.3%0.4%โˆ’11.1%โˆ’24.2%908โˆ’10.7%
29+2GEELY142014225059.2%0.4%+32.7%+273.7%471+151.9%
30โˆ’1CUPRA933813108244.1%0.4%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’19.6%693+3.9%

Electric brands 44

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA14918633523.3%+11.3%+70.9%1 624
20BYD2001621615.1%+22.0%โ€“906
3+1FORD92151077.5%+40.8%+81.4%534
4โˆ’1HYUNDAI2366896.2%+6.0%+122.5%415
5+4MERCEDES-BENZ5631876.1%+77.6%+81.3%267
6โˆ’1RENAULT3643795.5%+14.5%+83.7%344
7+5KIA3333664.6%+120.0%+29.4%154
80VOLKSWAGEN2434584.0%+5.5%โˆ’1.7%290
9โˆ’3BMW3423574.0%โˆ’8.1%+42.5%237
100MG2326493.4%+11.4%+104.2%262

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.