Passenger-car registrations in Ireland

Ireland · December 2024 Month

Ireland registered 4 750 passenger cars in December 2024: 1 044 new cars (22.0% of the total) and 3 706 used imports. That is down 33.5% on November 2024 and down 2.6% on December 2023. Year to date the market stands at 178 521 registrations, up 6.4% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 789 registrations and a 16.6% share, ahead of AUDI (544) and BMW (482). Together the top three brands took 38.2% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TESLA grew fastest year on year (+85.4%) while NISSAN fell furthest (−32.2%). The best-selling model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 202 registrations, followed by the TESLA MODEL Y (57) and the TOYOTA YARIS (30).

Battery-electric cars took 11.0% of all registrations, compared with 7.9% in December 2023. Among new cars alone the electric share was 38.8%. Plug-in hybrids took 13.3%, other hybrids 12.6%, diesel 25.4% and petrol 37.7%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 259 battery-electric registrations, ahead of MERCEDES-BENZ (17). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 202 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (57).

December 2024 was the weakest of the 16 months on this page, which average 13 148 registrations a month; the strongest was January 2024 with 25 461.

4 750

Registrations ?

vs previous month −33.5% · vs same month last year −2.6%

1 044

New cars ?

New share 22.0%

3 706

Used imports ?

Used share 78.0%

11.0%

BEV share ?

521 BEV · 634 PHEV (13.3%)

38.8%

New-car BEV share ?

405 BEV

12.6%

Hybrid share ?

599 Hybrid

Trends

Registrations per month

Electrified share of registrations

New cars as a share of registrations

Fuel mix

New-car models 124

#	±	Make	Model	New	BEV	PHEV	Share of new	MoM	YoY	YTD	YTD YoY
1	0	TESLA	MODEL 3	202	202	0	19.4%	+110.4%	–	1 567	+30.3%
2	+2	TESLA	MODEL Y	57	57	0	5.5%	+14.0%	−47.7%	1 260	−40.5%
3	–	TOYOTA	YARIS	30	0	0	2.9%	–	–	2 285	−40.0%
4	−1	TOYOTA	COROLLA	26	0	0	2.5%	−53.6%	–	4 474	+5.3%
5	+1	TOYOTA	YARIS CROSS	24	0	0	2.3%	−48.9%	–	3 241	+80.4%
6	+2	HYUNDAI	TUCSON	22	0	3	2.1%	−43.6%	–	4 844	+1.8%
7	–	RENAULT	ARKANA	22	0	0	2.1%	–	–	1 078	−11.9%
8	+7	TOYOTA	C-HR	22	0	1	2.1%	−31.3%	–	2 064	−17.0%
9	+2	KIA	SPORTAGE	20	0	3	1.9%	−44.4%	–	3 540	+5.3%
10	+3	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	18	0	0	1.7%	−48.6%	−64.0%	1 616	+28.8%
11	−1	DACIA	DUSTER	17	0	0	1.6%	−54.1%	–	1 338	−21.2%
12	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	EQE	17	17	0	1.6%	–	–	284	–
13	+4	POLESTAR	POLESTAR 2	16	16	0	1.5%	−48.4%	–	247	–
14	−2	SKODA	KODIAQ	13	0	0	1.3%	−63.9%	–	2 236	+33.4%
15	–	KIA	EV6	12	12	0	1.2%	–	–	559	–
16	–	BMW	X5	11	0	11	1.1%	–	–	549	−21.7%
17	–	FORD	KUGA	11	0	10	1.1%	–	−84.3%	1 178	−19.8%
18	−16	SKODA	OCTAVIA	11	0	0	1.1%	−82.3%	–	4 207	+74.7%
19	−14	TOYOTA	RAV4	11	0	0	1.1%	−77.6%	–	3 241	+78.2%
20	–	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	11	0	0	1.1%	–	–	2 279	+71.7%
21	–	CUPRA	FORMENTOR	10	0	7	1.0%	–	–	635	−5.1%
22	−4	VOLKSWAGEN	T-ROC	10	0	0	1.0%	−67.7%	−89.7%	1 901	−20.2%
23	–	AUDI	Q3	9	0	1	0.9%	–	–	1 140	+58.6%
24	−17	VOLKSWAGEN	TIGUAN	9	0	0	0.9%	−77.5%	−70.0%	2 720	+56.8%
25	–	AUDI	A6	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	656	−0.9%
26	–	BMW	5 SERIES	8	0	6	0.8%	–	–	849	+18.2%
27	–	HYUNDAI	I10	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	498	−23.0%
28	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	A	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	28	−73.6%
29	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	E	8	0	2	0.8%	–	–	490	+137.9%
30	–	MINI	MINI	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	537	−22.3%
31	–	RENAULT	CAPTUR	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	779	−13.0%
32	–	SEAT	LEON	8	0	0	0.8%	–	–	210	−31.6%
33	–	AUDI	A3	7	0	0	0.7%	–	–	807	+13.2%
34	–	HYUNDAI	KONA	7	2	0	0.7%	–	–	2 413	+14.7%
35	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	GLB	7	0	0	0.7%	–	–	173	−31.6%
36	−27	NISSAN	LEAF	7	7	0	0.7%	−82.1%	–	427	−1.8%
37	–	SKODA	KAROQ	7	0	0	0.7%	–	–	1 314	+16.3%
38	–	BYD	SEAL	6	0	6	0.6%	–	–	746	–
39	–	CUPRA	LEON	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	370	–
40	–	FORD	FOCUS	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	1 190	−21.5%
41	–	HYUNDAI	SANTA FE	6	0	6	0.6%	–	–	230	−31.8%
42	–	KIA	PICANTO	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	465	−10.4%
43	–	KIA	STONIC	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	781	+44.4%
44	–	SEAT	IBIZA	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	594	+75.7%
45	–	SKODA	KAMIQ	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	1 002	+13.5%
46	–	SKODA	SUPERB	6	0	0	0.6%	–	–	850	−30.4%
47	–	NISSAN	QASHQAI	5	0	0	0.5%	–	–	1 809	−23.2%
48	–	RENAULT	CLIO	5	0	0	0.5%	–	–	610	−39.0%
49	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.4	5	5	0	0.5%	–	–	1 504	−47.9%
50	–	BMW	3 SERIES	4	0	2	0.4%	–	–	572	+26.8%
51	–	BMW	X3	4	0	3	0.4%	–	–	427	+17.3%
52	–	CUPRA	BORN	4	4	0	0.4%	–	–	286	−54.6%
53	–	DACIA	JOGGER	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	541	−47.5%
54	–	FORD	PUMA	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	1 578	−3.0%
55	–	MG	ZS	4	3	0	0.4%	–	–	213	−20.5%
56	–	OPEL	CORSA	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	793	+7.7%
57	–	SEAT	ATECA	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	545	−29.2%
58	–	SEAT	TARRACO	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	482	+2.6%
59	–	TOYOTA	AYGO X	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	408	−8.7%
60	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ARTEON	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	761	+7.0%
61	–	VOLKSWAGEN	T-CROSS	4	0	0	0.4%	–	–	822	−10.2%
62	–	AUDI	E-TRON	3	3	0	0.3%	–	–	508	−30.8%
63	–	BMW	1 SERIES	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	187	+61.2%
64	–	BMW	X1	3	1	2	0.3%	–	–	490	+61.7%
65	–	HYUNDAI	BAYON	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	399	+21.6%
66	–	HYUNDAI	I20	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	1 429	+43.5%
67	–	HYUNDAI	I30	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	219	−25.8%
68	–	KIA	CEED	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	694	+25.3%
69	–	KIA	SORENTO	3	0	1	0.3%	–	–	739	−2.2%
70	–	LAND ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	3	0	3	0.3%	–	–	412	+70.2%
71	–	NISSAN	X-TRAIL	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	424	+40.4%
72	–	OPEL	MOKKA	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	664	−32.4%
73	–	PEUGEOT	2008	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	1 006	−12.1%
74	–	PORSCHE	TAYCAN	3	3	0	0.3%	–	–	85	–
75	–	SKODA	ENYAQ	3	3	0	0.3%	–	–	501	−55.8%
76	–	VOLKSWAGEN	TAIGO	3	0	0	0.3%	–	–	348	−35.4%
77	–	AUDI	Q5	2	0	1	0.2%	–	–	401	+13.9%
78	–	CITROEN	C4	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	328	+39.0%
79	−65	DACIA	SANDERO	2	0	0	0.2%	−93.8%	–	2 022	+3.6%
80	–	FIAT	500	2	1	0	0.2%	–	–	173	−49.9%
81	–	FIAT	PANDA	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	249	+50.0%
82	–	KIA	EV	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	140	−84.2%
83	–	LEXUS	LBX	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	286	–
84	–	MAZDA	2	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	404	+80.4%
85	–	MAZDA	CX-5	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	297	−3.9%
86	–	MAZDA	MX-5	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	35	−16.7%
87	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	GLC	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	362	+11.0%
88	–	NISSAN	JUKE	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	1 784	+141.1%
89	–	SEAT	ARONA	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	987	+0.1%
90	–	SUZUKI	SWIFT	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	542	+66.3%
91	–	SUZUKI	VITARA	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	616	−24.0%
92	–	TOYOTA	BZ4X	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	379	−40.0%
93	–	AUDI	A4	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	616	−23.8%
94	–	AUDI	Q2	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	234	−8.9%
95	−79	BMW	2 SERIES	1	0	0	0.1%	−96.8%	–	272	−36.7%
96	–	BMW	7 SERIES	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	20	–
97	–	BMW	I4	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	224	−58.4%
98	–	BMW	IX	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	593	+0.7%
99	–	BYD	ATTO 3	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	410	+73.0%
100	–	BYD	DOLPHIN	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	296	–
101	–	CITROEN	C3 AIRCROSS	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	84	−12.5%
102	–	CITROEN	C5 AIRCROSS	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	199	−58.1%
103	–	FORD	EXPLORER	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	49	–
104	–	KIA	NIRO	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	1 083	−14.9%
105	–	KIA	XCEED	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	221	−14.7%
106	–	LEXUS	NX	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	322	+42.5%
107	–	LEXUS	UX	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	60	0.0%
108	–	MAZDA	CX-30	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	226	−26.6%
109	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	CLA	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	339	−25.2%
110	–	MG	MG5	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	146	−23.6%
111	–	OPEL	CROSSLAND	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	281	−29.2%
112	–	PEUGEOT	208	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	404	−34.1%
113	–	PEUGEOT	308	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	169	−22.8%
114	–	PEUGEOT	5008	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	778	+8.4%
115	–	PORSCHE	CAYENNE	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	211	+17.9%
116	–	PORSCHE	MACAN	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	32	–
117	–	PORSCHE	PANAMERA	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	63	+46.5%
118	–	RENAULT	AUSTRAL	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	533	–
119	–	SKODA	FABIA	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	806	+45.5%
120	–	SKODA	SCALA	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	469	+5.4%
121	–	SUBARU	FORESTER	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	6	–
122	–	SUZUKI	S-CROSS	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	466	+2.6%
123	–	VOLVO	C40	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	100	–
124	–	VOLVO	XC60	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	606	−33.8%

Electric models (new cars) 28

#	±	Make	Model	BEV	BEV share	MoM	YoY	YTD
1	0	TESLA	MODEL 3	202	49.9%	+110.4%	–	1 567
2	0	TESLA	MODEL Y	57	14.1%	+14.0%	–	1 260
3	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	EQE	17	4.2%	–	–	284
4	0	POLESTAR	POLESTAR 2	16	4.0%	−48.4%	–	247
5	0	KIA	EV6	12	3.0%	−55.6%	–	559
6	−3	NISSAN	LEAF	7	1.7%	−82.1%	–	427
7	0	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.4	5	1.2%	−78.3%	–	1 504
8	–	CUPRA	BORN	4	1.0%	–	–	286
9	+1	AUDI	E-TRON	3	0.7%	−76.9%	–	508
10	+6	MG	ZS	3	0.7%	−70.0%	–	212
11	–	PORSCHE	TAYCAN	3	0.7%	–	–	85
12	−6	SKODA	ENYAQ	3	0.7%	−88.5%	–	501
13	–	CITROEN	C4	2	0.5%	–	–	129
14	–	HYUNDAI	KONA	2	0.5%	–	–	732
15	–	KIA	EV	2	0.5%	–	–	140
16	−8	TOYOTA	BZ4X	2	0.5%	−90.9%	–	379
17	–	BMW	I4	1	0.3%	–	–	224
18	−9	BMW	IX	1	0.3%	−94.4%	–	593
19	–	BMW	X1	1	0.3%	–	–	5
20	−5	BYD	ATTO 3	1	0.3%	−90.0%	–	410
21	–	BYD	DOLPHIN	1	0.3%	–	–	296
22	–	FIAT	500	1	0.3%	–	–	26
23	−10	FORD	EXPLORER	1	0.3%	−90.9%	–	49
24	–	MG	MG5	1	0.3%	–	–	146
25	–	PEUGEOT	208	1	0.3%	–	–	41
26	–	PEUGEOT	5008	1	0.3%	–	–	4
27	−13	PORSCHE	MACAN	1	0.3%	−90.9%	–	27
28	–	VOLVO	C40	1	0.3%	–	–	100

New battery-electric cars only (no plug-in hybrids, no used imports). Share is of all new BEV licensings in the month. Fuel per model is published from January 2024. Because monthly counts are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 39

#	±	Make	New	Used	Total	Share	MoM	YoY	YTD	YTD YoY
1	0	VOLKSWAGEN	69	720	789	16.6%	−38.1%	−19.7%	26 165	+13.8%
2	0	AUDI	32	512	544	11.5%	−32.2%	+28.0%	13 002	+25.8%
3	0	BMW	39	443	482	10.2%	−30.2%	+0.6%	11 447	+20.7%
4	0	TOYOTA	121	251	372	7.8%	−44.3%	−12.1%	21 382	+4.2%
5	0	MERCEDES-BENZ	65	263	328	6.9%	−9.6%	+9.3%	6 920	+27.5%
6	+8	TESLA	259	8	267	5.6%	+76.8%	+85.4%	2 919	−14.3%
7	−1	FORD	25	199	224	4.7%	−31.3%	−22.2%	7 369	−14.4%
8	−1	HONDA	0	195	195	4.1%	−33.0%	−27.0%	3 794	+8.7%
9	−1	NISSAN	17	145	162	3.4%	−41.1%	−32.2%	7 629	−1.9%
10	+1	HYUNDAI	52	77	129	2.7%	−33.5%	+26.5%	11 931	−2.5%
11	−1	PEUGEOT	12	116	128	2.7%	−36.9%	−9.9%	6 066	+3.8%
12	+4	LAND ROVER	3	123	126	2.7%	−4.5%	+63.6%	2 492	+67.4%
13	−4	SKODA	48	73	121	2.6%	−55.2%	+14.2%	12 637	+21.3%
14	−1	VOLVO	3	111	114	2.4%	−27.4%	+22.6%	3 255	+6.2%
15	0	RENAULT	45	61	106	2.2%	−29.3%	−7.8%	4 554	−9.0%
16	−4	KIA	55	37	92	1.9%	−50.5%	−4.2%	9 318	+1.0%
17	0	SUZUKI	8	51	59	1.2%	−37.9%	+1.7%	2 801	−1.9%
18	0	CITROEN	10	42	52	1.1%	−38.1%	0.0%	1 740	−10.0%
19	+2	MAZDA	9	42	51	1.1%	−32.9%	−13.6%	2 067	−3.6%
20	0	VAUXHALL	0	46	46	1.0%	−41.0%	−27.0%	830	−13.1%
21	+1	SEAT	24	19	43	0.9%	−40.3%	−17.3%	3 252	+6.6%
22	+1	MINI	8	32	40	0.8%	−37.5%	−4.8%	997	−4.9%
23	+1	FIAT	6	32	38	0.8%	−24.0%	–	1 089	+6.2%
24	+3	LEXUS	4	25	29	0.6%	−34.1%	−19.4%	1 475	+51.7%
25	−6	DACIA	24	1	25	0.5%	−70.2%	−41.9%	4 028	−16.2%
26	−1	MITSUBISHI	0	23	23	0.5%	−52.1%	−30.3%	603	+0.8%
27	–	OPEL	21	1	22	0.5%	–	–	2 573	−9.6%
28	+1	CUPRA	20	0	20	0.4%	−48.7%	–	1 382	+6.1%
29	−3	PORSCHE	6	12	18	0.4%	−60.0%	–	624	−8.8%
30	0	POLESTAR	16	0	16	0.3%	−48.4%	–	247	–
31	–	JAGUAR	0	13	13	0.3%	–	–	241	−24.2%
32	−4	BYD	8	0	8	0.2%	−79.5%	–	1 452	+507.5%
33	–	JEEP	1	6	7	0.2%	–	–	153	+86.6%
34	–	ALFA ROMEO	0	5	5	0.1%	–	–	124	−2.4%
35	–	MG	5	0	5	0.1%	–	–	952	−40.6%
36	–	SMART	1	1	2	0.0%	–	–	58	–
37	–	SUBARU	1	1	2	0.0%	–	–	80	−19.2%
38	–	SSANGYONG	0	1	1	0.0%	–	–	56	−25.3%
		Other	27	19	46	1.0%	−27.0%	–	817	−51.7%

'Other makes' is the CSO's residual after its listed makes; brands the CSO lists at model level only (MG, Polestar, Xpeng, Leapmotor) are shown from their model rows.

Electric brands 20

#	±	Make	BEV	BEV share	MoM	YoY	YTD
1	0	TESLA	259	73.6%	+77.4%	–	2 828
2	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	17	4.8%	–	–	285
3	+2	POLESTAR	16	4.6%	−48.4%	–	247
4	−1	KIA	14	4.0%	−61.1%	–	1 391
5	−3	NISSAN	7	2.0%	−82.1%	–	427
6	−2	VOLKSWAGEN	5	1.4%	−86.1%	–	2 291
7	–	CUPRA	4	1.1%	–	–	286
8	−2	MG	4	1.1%	−85.2%	–	951
9	+2	PORSCHE	4	1.1%	−77.8%	–	112
10	+2	AUDI	3	0.9%	−81.3%	–	618
11	−1	BMW	3	0.9%	−85.7%	–	823
12	−5	SKODA	3	0.9%	−88.5%	–	501
13	−5	BYD	2	0.6%	−91.7%	–	1 398
14	–	CITROEN	2	0.6%	–	–	147
15	–	HYUNDAI	2	0.6%	–	–	1 419
16	−2	PEUGEOT	2	0.6%	−80.0%	–	337
17	−8	TOYOTA	2	0.6%	−90.9%	–	379
18	–	FIAT	1	0.3%	–	–	26
19	−6	FORD	1	0.3%	−90.9%	–	73
20	–	VOLVO	1	0.3%	–	–	371

Counts are the CSO's official first licensings of private cars: new cars and second-hand imports. Model rows are the CSO's make-and-model categories; about 3–4 % of new cars fall into its 'Other' category and appear in no model row. Used imports are published by make only. BEV and PHEV columns are blank before January 2024, when the CSO began publishing fuel by model. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.