“Autotyrimai”: what is happening in the Lithuanian used car market this year | Business

The most popular are BMW

Last month, registered personal (M1) cars amounted to 13,309 units, and light commercial vehicles (N1) – 843 units. In March, the largest number of cars registered in the country were BMW (1,928 units), Volkswagen (1,761) and Audi (1,056).

Among the models, the 3-series BMW (459 units), the 5-series BMW (407) and the Volkswagen Passat (382) were the leaders. The average age of used cars registered for the first time in Lithuania was 10.0 years.

The share of diesel cars was 67.1 percent. (March 2023 – 68.0%).

Last month, 17,218 used cars were sold in Lithuania
operations of change of owners, ie 2.6 percent. more than in 2023 March (16,774). There were 16,543 transactions of passenger cars (M1) and 675 of light commercial vehicles (N1).

Volkswagen often changed owners

Volkswagen (2,895 units), Toyota mostly changed owners in March
(1,878) and BMW (1,842) cars. The most common were Volkswagen Passat (881 units), Volkswagen Golf (686), BMW 3 Series (664) model owner replacement operations.

The average age of used cars that changed hands was 14.4
years.

This year’s statistics and trends

in 2024 In January-March, 36,894 used passenger cars were registered for the first time in Lithuania, ie 1.2 percent. more than in the corresponding period in 2023. (36,463 units).

Their average age was 10.1 years. The share of diesel cars was 68.0 percent. (67.3 percent in 2023).

in 2024 in the first three months, 48,426 used cars were sold in the country
passenger car owner change operations, ie 7.4 percent. more than in the corresponding period in 2023. (45,102). The average age of cars that changed hands this year was 14.3 years.