Czechia registered a record number of LPG vehicles last year, led by Dacia Jogger

A record number of new cars running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were registered in Czechia last year. Authorities registered 4,589, up 31 percent year on year. Vehicles using this type of fuel accounted for two percent of all newly registered cars. The website cistadoprava.cz, operated by the Transport Research Centre, said in a press release, citing data from the Ministry of Transport and the Association of Automobile Importers.

Dacia was the most frequently registered LPG vehicle brand last year, with 3,859 cars. The Romanian automaker accounted for an 84 percent share of this segment in the Czech market. Renault came second with 687 LPG vehicles. American brand Dodge was third with 22 registered cars, narrowly ahead of Fiat with 20 vehicles.

The best-selling LPG passenger car model in Czechia last year was the Dacia Jogger, with 1,452 new registrations. “Dacia also took second and third place. The Duster recorded 1,336 registrations, followed by the Sandero with 1,071,” said Lukáš Kadula of the Transport Research Centre. LPG vehicles accounted for 41 percent of Dacia’s total sales.

Last year saw a record number not only of newly registered LPG passenger cars but also of commercial vehicles using this type of fuel. Their number rose by 103, almost 54 percent more year on year. The American brand RAM had the most registrations, with 53. It was followed by Italy’s Piaggio with 36. Dodge and Russian automaker UAZ shared third place, with six registered vehicles each.

New car sales in Czechia rose by 4.6 percent last year to 231,600 vehicles. Škoda retained first place, with sales up 0.8 percent to 78,097 vehicles. Hyundai was bought by 20,309 customers, an increase of 1.2 percent, while Toyota moved up to third place, with sales rising nine percent to 18,994 vehicles. The figures come from the Association of Automobile Importers.