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Passenger-car registrations in Ireland

Ireland ยท May 2025

Ireland registered 14 547 passenger cars in May 2025: 8 403 new cars (57.8% of the total) and 6 144 used imports. That is down 21.7% on April 2025 and down 7.0% on May 2024. Year to date the market stands at 100 581 registrations, up 2.5% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 2 627 registrations and a 18.1% share, ahead of TOYOTA (1 614) and BMW (1 166). Together the top three brands took 37.2% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+28.2%) while VOLKSWAGEN fell furthest (โˆ’13.5%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN with 257 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN T-ROC (229) and the HYUNDAI TUCSON (220).

Battery-electric cars took 11.4% of all registrations, compared with 8.8% in May 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 16.4%. Plug-in hybrids took 15.7%, other hybrids 18.2%, diesel 21.4% and petrol 33.4%. The leading electric brand was HYUNDAI with 215 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (160). The best-selling battery-electric model was the HYUNDAI INSTER with 104 registrations, ahead of the VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 (92).

May 2025 was the 12th-highest of the 21 months on this page, which average 14 807 registrations a month; the peak was January 2025 with 27 311 and the low December 2024 with 4 750.

14 547
vs previous month โˆ’21.7% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’7.0%
8 403
New share 57.8%
6 144
Used share 42.2%
11.4%
1 655 BEV ยท 2 279 PHEV (15.7%)
16.4%
1 382 BEV
18.2%
2 647 Hybrid

Fuel mix

Petrol4 859 (33.4%)Diesel3 107 (21.4%)Hybrid2 647 (18.2%)Plug-in hybrid2 279 (15.7%)Battery electric1 655 (11.4%)Other0 (0.0%)

New-car models 196

#ยฑMakeModelNewBEVPHEVShare of newMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+9VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2570803.1%+9.8%โˆ’23.7%1 431+6.5%
2+18VOLKSWAGENT-ROC229002.7%+17.4%โˆ’24.4%1 119+1.0%
3+3HYUNDAITUCSON22001292.6%โˆ’31.5%โˆ’3.1%2 976โˆ’4.2%
4โˆ’2TOYOTARAV42100532.5%โˆ’42.0%+6.6%2 147+3.9%
50KIASPORTAGE2080282.5%โˆ’38.1%โˆ’1.9%2 053โˆ’9.7%
6+20RENAULTCLIO198002.4%+29.4%+130.2%640+110.5%
7+7VOLKSWAGENPOLO193002.3%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’30.3%801โˆ’21.9%
8+3VOLKSWAGENGOLF190052.3%โˆ’17.7%โˆ’15.2%1 375+0.7%
9โˆ’5TOYOTAYARIS CROSS188002.2%โˆ’45.2%โˆ’1.1%2 243+14.4%
10+20VOLKSWAGENTAYRON1710342.0%+23.0%โ€“352โ€“
11โˆ’10SKODAKODIAQ1630121.9%โˆ’55.0%+270.5%1 589+37.6%
12โˆ’3TOYOTACOROLLA162001.9%โˆ’35.7%โˆ’55.9%1 718โˆ’43.9%
130TOYOTAYARIS157001.9%โˆ’28.3%โˆ’6.5%1 326โˆ’15.1%
14โˆ’7SKODAOCTAVIA155001.8%โˆ’47.1%โˆ’56.9%1 861โˆ’35.1%
15โˆ’12HYUNDAIKONA1535201.8%โˆ’56.8%โˆ’36.3%1 613+5.7%
160TOYOTACOROLLA CROSS129001.5%โˆ’37.4%โ€“1 248โ€“
17+15FORDKUGA12501241.5%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’23.3%578โˆ’28.6%
18+9BYDSEAL11227851.3%โˆ’25.8%+239.4%924+107.6%
19โˆ’1NISSANJUKE111001.3%โˆ’44.2%โˆ’35.5%1 025โˆ’29.6%
20+1DACIADUSTER110001.3%โˆ’38.5%โˆ’24.7%883+3.5%
21โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS105001.3%โˆ’48.0%โˆ’53.9%576+21.5%
22โ€“HYUNDAIINSTER10410401.2%โ€“โ€“275โ€“
23โˆ’1TOYOTAC-HR960351.1%โˆ’45.1%โˆ’8.6%1 288โˆ’4.7%
24โˆ’5SKODAKAROQ93001.1%โˆ’53.0%+102.2%747โˆ’16.3%
25โˆ’13VOLKSWAGENID.4929201.1%โˆ’59.3%โˆ’64.1%1 111+44.7%
26+15RENAULTCAPTUR86001.0%โˆ’18.1%+7.5%443+11.9%
27โˆ’4SUZUKISWIFT86001.0%โˆ’50.3%โ€“475+109.3%
28+9BMW5 SERIES840711.0%โˆ’25.0%โˆ’15.2%603+1.9%
29+7KIASORENTO840541.0%โˆ’28.2%+35.5%550+78.0%
30+8FORDPUMA792100.9%โˆ’29.5%โˆ’26.9%847โˆ’15.6%
31+41KIASTONIC78000.9%+52.9%+21.9%428โˆ’0.2%
32โˆ’1KIANIRO7515260.9%โˆ’45.3%โˆ’3.8%611โˆ’8.7%
33+20VOLKSWAGENTAIGO70000.8%โˆ’9.1%โ€“310+35.4%
34+31SKODASUPERB69040.8%+15.0%+81.6%491โˆ’12.9%
35โˆ’20NISSANQASHQAI68000.8%โˆ’67.5%โˆ’62.8%1 113โˆ’24.7%
36โ€“HYUNDAII1067000.8%โ€“โˆ’21.2%274+3.4%
37โˆ’8PEUGEOT3008671900.8%โˆ’52.1%+34.0%1 075+51.8%
38+46AUDIA566000.8%+57.1%โ€“391+109.1%
39โˆ’5DACIASANDERO66000.8%โˆ’48.0%โˆ’77.2%922โˆ’23.8%
40+22AUDIA365030.8%+6.6%+30.0%521+7.9%
41+22KIACEED64000.8%+4.9%+36.2%398โˆ’11.2%
42+22SKODAELROQ646400.8%+4.9%โ€“173โ€“
43+9KIAEV3616100.7%โˆ’21.8%โ€“717โ€“
44โˆ’9RENAULTSYMBIOZ60000.7%โˆ’52.8%โ€“517โ€“
45+3FORDFOCUS58000.7%โˆ’32.6%โˆ’40.2%585โˆ’25.8%
460AUDIA656720.7%โˆ’34.9%โˆ’1.8%425+2.4%
47โˆ’8BMWX5560550.7%โˆ’48.1%โˆ’22.2%631+138.1%
48+2KIAEV6555500.7%โˆ’32.1%โ€“591+186.9%
49โˆ’21RENAULTARKANA52000.6%โˆ’65.3%โˆ’49.5%373โˆ’50.1%
50โˆ’1BMWX3500400.6%โˆ’39.0%โˆ’2.0%344+30.8%

Electric models (new cars) 68

#ยฑMakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1โ€“HYUNDAIINSTER1047.5%โ€“โ€“275
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.4926.7%โˆ’59.3%โˆ’64.1%1 111
3+4SKODAELROQ644.6%+4.9%โ€“173
40KIAEV3614.4%โˆ’21.8%โ€“717
5โˆ’2KIAEV6554.0%โˆ’32.1%+223.5%591
6+5HYUNDAIKONA523.8%+8.3%+108.0%489
7+3BMWIX1493.6%+2.1%โ€“124
8+6BYDSEALION 7463.3%+12.2%โ€“93
90SKODAENYAQ463.3%โˆ’6.1%+39.4%360
10+14HYUNDAIIONIQ443.2%+83.3%+83.3%240
11โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.3443.2%โˆ’25.4%+33.3%329
12+7TESLAMODEL Y413.0%+28.1%โˆ’76.2%298
13+5RENAULT5352.5%+9.4%โ€“85
14โˆ’8MGMG4332.4%โˆ’46.8%+3.1%366
15+1BYDATTO 3272.0%โˆ’27.0%โˆ’32.5%180
16โˆ’3BYDSEAL272.0%โˆ’37.2%โˆ’18.2%274
17+20AUDIE-TRON261.9%+116.7%โˆ’43.5%128
18+2FORDEXPLORER241.7%โˆ’14.3%โ€“254
19+14CUPRABORN211.5%+40.0%โˆ’41.7%169
20โ€“FORDPUMA211.5%โ€“โ€“26

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 40

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 4051 2222 62718.1%โˆ’6.8%โˆ’13.5%13 600+4.3%
20TOYOTA1 0205941 61411.1%โˆ’25.2%+1.0%12 967+0.3%
30BMW4067601 1668.0%โˆ’11.9%+5.6%6 513+13.2%
4+1AUDI3458011 1467.9%โˆ’3.1%+4.7%6 574+4.4%
5+2HYUNDAI701998005.5%โˆ’20.4%+2.6%7 366+3.4%
6โˆ’2SKODA6741237975.5%โˆ’38.1%โˆ’3.3%6 832โˆ’13.9%
7โˆ’1KIA675547295.0%โˆ’28.5%+18.5%6 103+14.1%
8+2FORD4302446744.6%โˆ’1.6%+2.6%3 956โˆ’1.4%
9โˆ’1RENAULT490785683.9%โˆ’29.2%+28.2%3 036+20.8%
10+1MERCEDES-BENZ1883755633.9%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’4.7%3 718+4.1%
11โˆ’2NISSAN1972424393.0%โˆ’36.0%โˆ’35.1%4 015โˆ’18.7%
12+5HONDA253984232.9%+27.8%+41.5%1 890+18.4%
13โˆ’1PEUGEOT1741763502.4%โˆ’36.5%โˆ’14.2%3 561+4.7%
14+2VOLVO1611573182.2%โˆ’10.9%โˆ’3.9%1 937+18.0%
15โˆ’1SUZUKI162832451.7%โˆ’42.4%+22.5%1 943+15.7%
16โˆ’1DACIA232122441.7%โˆ’39.6%โˆ’56.1%2 203โˆ’11.1%
17+5LAND ROVER841402241.5%+19.8%+0.9%1 172โˆ’1.3%
18+2BYD19421961.4%โˆ’19.0%+127.9%1 269+45.4%
19+5MAZDA63771401.0%โˆ’14.1%โˆ’29.3%998โˆ’13.8%
20โˆ’2OPEL13701370.9%โˆ’55.8%โˆ’22.2%1 450โˆ’10.1%
210CITROEN70621320.9%โˆ’36.5%+0.8%882โˆ’8.8%
22+1CUPRA12021220.8%โˆ’31.5%โˆ’20.3%1 085+24.9%
23+2LEXUS76401160.8%โˆ’21.6%โˆ’7.9%964+25.2%
24โˆ’11SEAT66401060.7%โˆ’80.1%โˆ’79.8%1 587โˆ’17.7%
25+3MINI3960990.7%+5.3%+67.8%656+61.2%
260MG800800.6%โˆ’45.9%+37.9%856+31.3%
270TESLA5921800.6%โˆ’26.6%โˆ’59.4%1 076โˆ’0.4%
28โˆ’9FIAT1857750.5%โˆ’69.4%โˆ’55.6%624+19.8%
290VAUXHALL065650.5%+41.3%โˆ’13.3%308โˆ’18.1%
30+1PORSCHE3422560.4%+33.3%+9.8%358+14.4%

'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 28

#ยฑMakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+7HYUNDAI21516.4%+152.9%+246.8%1 118
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN16012.2%โˆ’50.6%โˆ’48.1%1 723
3โˆ’1KIA15211.6%โˆ’28.3%+149.2%1 652
40SKODA1108.4%0.0%+233.3%533
5โˆ’2BYD1098.3%โˆ’18.7%+26.7%616
6+5BMW765.8%+15.2%โˆ’11.6%343
7โˆ’2TESLA594.5%โˆ’39.8%โˆ’68.3%1 014
8+6FORD544.1%+35.0%โ€“352
9โˆ’3RENAULT524.0%โˆ’42.9%+173.7%361
10+2PEUGEOT483.7%โˆ’18.6%+380.0%496

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 3โ€“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.