The Toyota Yaris is the most successful model in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market shoots up 40.7% year-on-year in March to 12,933 units, its first YoY uptick of the year. The year-to-date total now stands at 49,926, up 3.8% over the First Quarter of 2021. Toyota shoots…
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is up to 5th place in Ireland in February. Picture carzone.ie New car sales in Ireland drop -12.5% year-on-year in February to 11,990 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -4.7% to 37,013. Hyundai (+21.6%) defies the market slump to sign its first monthly win in…
The Toyota RAV4 is up 36.1% year-on-year in January. The bi-annual license plate system in place in Ireland which indicates the year of registration on the plate means January is traditionally the biggest month of the year in Ireland, accounting for roughly 30% of annual sales. This year starts with…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland for the 4th time in the past 6 years. Discover almost 50 years of Irish Historical Data here. The Irish new car market is up a fantastic 18.5% year-on-year in 2021 to 104,669 units, with only January (-18%), September (-21.2%) and…
The Toyota Yaris Cross ranks #2 in Ireland in November. The Irish new car market usually dies down as the year ends, in anticipation of the new licence plates delivered in January, and 2021 is no exception, with just 1,124 registrations in November. That's a 23.1% year-on-year surge leading the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross hits its highest ranking in the world so far in Ireland. After dropping -22% in September, Irish new car sales go against the general European trend and return into positive territory in October at +16.8% to 2.681 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.1% at…
The Renault Arkana ranks inside the Irish Top 10 in September. In September, the Irish new car market endures its first year-on-year decline since January at -22% to 4.409 registrations, suffering from a high year-ago comparison base when the market was up 66.3% and leading to a year-to-date tally up…
The Hyundai Tucson remains the best-selling vehicle in Ireland. New car sales in Ireland gain 24.9% year-on-year in August, exactly the same growth rate as July, to 6.007 units, leading to a year-to-date tall up 22.1% to 96.298. Volkswagen (+16.8%) is up two spots on July to snap the brands…
The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in July and YTD. Picture completecar.ie Swinging the opposite way of the rest of the European markets we have covered so far, Irish new car sales are up a strong 25% year-on-year to 26.471 units in the all-important July month marking…
The VW Polo is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in June. New car sales in Ireland shoot up 174.7% year-on-year in June to 2.764 units, logically the weakest month of the year so far as car buyers wait for the July licence plate change to register their car. The year-to-date…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in May. New car sales in Ireland bounce back up 241.6% year-on-year in May to 5.947 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 17.8% to 61.132. However May sales are down -6.1% on two years ago in May 2019 (6.331) while the…
The Hyundai Tucson is back to #1 in Ireland. The Irish new car market is up a surreal 1988.3% year-on-year in April to 7.163 units as sales all but stopped a year ago due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.1% to 55.204 units. A more…
The VW ID.4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in March. Picture carsireland.ie New car sales in Ireland bounce back 53.6% year-on-year in March to 9.229 units on weak, Covid-19 impacted year-ago volumes. The year-to-date tally remains in negative for now though at -3.4% to 48.089. Note March 2020 volumes…
The Hyundai Tucson remains the best-selling vehicle in Ireland. Picture thesun.ie The Irish new car market bounces back up 4.9% year-on-year in February to 13.785 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.1% to 38.935. Toyota (+43%) scores a very healthy gain to remain atop the brands ranking with 12.8%…
The Hyundai Tucson is the most popular new vehicle in Ireland in January. Picture completecar.ie Because of a bi-annual license plate system indicating the year of registration, January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Ireland, accounting for roughly 30% of annual sales. The market starts in a…