The BYD Song Plus is the 2nd best-selling car in Moldova in January.

CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market up 16.2% year-on-year in January to 589 sales. The Skoda Kodiaq (+100%) snaps the top spot for the first time since June 2023, but the big event is in 2nd place where we find the BYD Song Plus, up from #8 in December, its only other Top 10 month. The Song Plus is also known as the Seal U or Sealion 6. The Kia Sportage (-12.1%) is equal #2 ahead of last year’s and last month’s leader the Dacia Duster (-44%) in complete freefall. The Dacia Logan rounds out the Top 5. Notice also the Geely Atlas and Toyota Prado at equal #10.

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Full January 2025 Top 10 models ranking below.

Moldova January 2025 – models:

PosModelJan-25%/24DecFY241Skoda Kodiaq305.1%+ 100.0%542BYD Song Plus294.9%n/a8n/a2Kia Sportage294.9%– 12.1%334Dacia Duster284.8%– 44.0%115Dacia Logan244.1%n/a266Toyota RAV4233.9%– 39.5%427Skoda Octavia203.4%n/an/a88Suzuki Vitara193.2%+ 0.0%659Hyundai Tucson142.4%– 6.7%n/a910Geely Atlas132.2%n/an/an/a10Renault Express132.2%– 40.9%n/an/a10Suzuki SX4 S-Cross132.2%– 31.6%n/an/a10Toyota Prado132.2%n/an/an/a

Source: CE Auto