The Dacia Duster is the most popular vehicle in Moldova in May.
Data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up 17.7% to 819 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally up 23.2% to 3,163 units. The Dacia Duster (+140%) reclaims the top spot and now also ranks #1 year-to-date, dethroning the Kia Sportage (+2.9%) down to #4 for the month. The Skoda Kodiaq (+200%) and Toyota RAV4 (-25.8%) complete the podium. The Dacia Logan (#5) and Sandero (#7) are the only passenger cars in the Top 10 with the rest being entirely composed of SUVs, notably the Geely Coolray at equal #9.
Previous month: Moldova April 2023: Podium unchanged again, sales up 8.7%
One year ago: Moldova May 2022: Toyota RAV4 runaway leader at 13.4% share, market up 33.6%
Full May 2023 Top 10 models ranking below.
Moldova May 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-23 | % | /22 | Apr | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Dacia Duster | 84 | 10.3% | 140.0% | 2 | 285 | 9.0% | 96.6% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda Kodiaq | 81 | 9.9% | 200.0% | 3 | 195 | 6.2% | 80.6% | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Toyota RAV4 | 69 | 8.4% | -25.8% | 3 | 132 | 4.2% | -8.3% | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Kia Sportage | 36 | 4.4% | 2.9% | 1 | 265 | 8.4% | 253.3% | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Dacia Logan | 29 | 3.5% | 0.0% | n/a | 80 | 2.5% | -59.4% | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | Suzuki Vitara | 29 | 3.5% | 70.6% | 5 | 124 | 3.9% | 17.0% | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Dacia Sandero | 25 | 3.1% | n/a | 8 | 88 | 2.8% | n/a | 7 | n/a |
| 8 | Hyundai Tucson | 20 | 2.4% | 17.6% | 8 | 81 | 2.6% | 12.5% | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Geely Coolray | 19 | 2.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 9 | Peugeot 3008 | 19 | 2.3% | 5.6% | 6 | 92 | 2.9% | n/a | 6 | n/a |
| n/a | Skoda Karoq | 10 | 1.2% | n/a | 11 | 73 | 2.3% | n/a | 10 | n/a |
Source: CE Auto
