Moldova February 2026: Geely EX5 storms into pole position

Surprise in Moldova: the Geely EX5 is the best-selling vehicle in February.

Based on data by our local partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market surges 25.9% year-on-year in February to 826 sales. The year-to-date tally is now up 14.4% to 1,424 units. We have a big surprise atop the models charts: for its very first Top 10 finish the Geely EX5 is the overall best-seller with 6.5% share. It even climbs to 2nd place in the YTD charts. This is the first time a Chinese model is #1 in Moldova. The EX5 knocks down traditional leader the Toyota RAV4 (+55.2%) despite the latter sporting a significant YoY gain. In third place, the BYD Song Plus (+113.3%) hits its highest ranking since January 2025 (#2). The BAIC X7 scores its first ever Top 10 finish at #8. Along with the Geely Coolray and Cityray there are five Chinese nameplates in this month’s Top 10.

Previous month: Moldova January 2026: BAIC X55 up to third place

One year ago: Moldova February 2025: Dacia Duster back to #1, Jetour T2 in Top 10

Full February 2026 Top 10 models ranking below.

Moldova February 2026 – models:

Pos Model Feb-26 % /25 Jan 2026 % /25 Pos FY25
1 Geely EX5 54 6.5% n/a n/a 56 3.9% n/a 2 n/a
2 Toyota RAV4 45 5.4% + 55.2% 1 92 6.5% + 76.9% 1 1
3 BYD Song Plus 32 3.9% + 113.3% n/a 43 3.0% – 2.3% 6 6
4 Toyota Corolla Cross 27 3.3% n/a 5 49 3.4% n/a 4 7
5 Skoda Kodiaq 26 3.1% – 29.7% 4 49 3.4% – 26.9% 4 4
6 Kia Sportage 24 2.9% + 9.1% 2 51 3.6% + 0.0% 3 2
7 Geely Coolray 23 2.8% n/a n/a 32 2.2% n/a 8 n/a
8 BAIC X7 22 2.7% n/a n/a 30 2.1% n/a 12 n/a
8 Dacia Duster 22 2.7% – 55.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3
10 Geely Cityray 21 2.5% #DIV/0! n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a Hyundai Tucson 16 1.9% + 45.5% 8 32 2.2% + 28.0% 7 5
n/a Suzuki Vitara 13 1.6% – 7.1% 6 31 2.2% – 6.1% 10 8
n/a BAIC X55 7 0.8% #DIV/0! 3 32 2.2% n/a 8 n/a

Source: CE Auto



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