Overall, car imports grew by 17%
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, almost half a million cars were imported into Ukraine from abroad in 2025. This is 17% more than in 2024, but still a third less than before the start of the full-scale war. The average age of imported cars is 9 years. One in five imported vehicles was registered in Kyiv. And one in four cars that crossed the border was electric, which is even more than the number of imported diesel cars. Volkswagen retains its leading position, and the Tesla Model Y will remain the most popular car model.
444,860 vehicles were imported into Ukraine last year. This is 17% more than in 2024, but still a third less than in 2021.
Ukraine remains a market for used cars: more than 70% of imports last year were used cars. The average age of imported vehicles remained unchanged over the year at 9 years. By comparison, in 2021, the average age of newly imported cars was 11 years.
Against this backdrop, there were also some real automotive rarities: from a 1967 Honda Monkey moped to a classic 1971 Chevrolet Corvette. Even the electric segment has its “veterans”: the oldest electric car, the Peugeot iOn, is already 15 years old.
On the eve of the return of taxes on the import of electric cars, such cars were in high demand — every fourth car that crossed the border last year. Electric cars even surpassed diesel cars in popularity: 109,309 electric cars versus 94,014 diesel cars. However, gasoline cars still lead the way with 195,059 vehicles.
It is worth noting that of the 504 luxury cars subject to the luxury tax, half were also electric. Volkswagen was the most sought-after car brand, while the Tesla Model Y was the most popular imported car of the year.
However, it is worth noting that Volkswagen leads in 20 regions. The exceptions were the Odesa region, where BMW unexpectedly took the lead, Chernihiv and Donetsk regions, where Renault took the lead, and the Kherson region, where the Spark motorcycle brand became the leader.
If we look exclusively at electric cars, the picture is even clearer — Tesla became the No. 1 brand in 22 regions of the country, yielding only to Volkswagen in the Zakarpattia region and to the Chinese BYD in the Sumy region.
Almost one in five imported vehicles was registered in the capital: 80,425 cars. Lviv region ranks second with 51,730 cars. The top five also includes Kyiv region (28,179), Dnipropetrovsk region (26,311), and Rivne region (23,608).
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/import-cars-2025
