Passenger-car registrations in Ireland

Ireland · December 2025 Month

Ireland registered 6 346 passenger cars in December 2025: 838 new cars (13.2% of the total) and 5 508 used imports. That is down 23.7% on November 2025 and up 33.6% on December 2024. Year to date the market stands at 192 401 registrations, up 7.8% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 1 254 registrations and a 19.8% share, ahead of BMW (762) and AUDI (749). Together the top three brands took 43.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+82.5%) while TESLA fell furthest (−26.2%). The best-selling model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 92 registrations, followed by the TESLA MODEL Y (83) and the VOLKSWAGEN T-ROC (28).

Battery-electric cars took 10.0% of all registrations, compared with 11.0% in December 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 31.5%. Plug-in hybrids took 16.2%, other hybrids 14.3%, diesel 23.1% and petrol 36.4%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 175 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BYD (11). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL 3 with 92 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (83).

December 2025 was the 26th-highest of the 28 months on this page, which average 14 385 registrations a month; the peak was January 2025 with 27 311 and the low December 2024 with 4 750.

6 346

Registrations ?

vs previous month −23.7% · vs same month last year +33.6%

838

New cars ?

New share 13.2%

5 508

Used imports ?

Used share 86.8%

10.0%

BEV share ?

633 BEV · 1 027 PHEV (16.2%)

31.5%

New-car BEV share ?

264 BEV

14.3%

Hybrid share ?

910 Hybrid

Trends

Registrations per month

Electrified share of registrations

New cars as a share of registrations

Fuel mix

New-car models 134

#	±	Make	Model	New	BEV	PHEV	Share of new	MoM	YoY	YTD	YTD YoY
1	+4	TESLA	MODEL 3	92	92	0	11.0%	+109.1%	−54.5%	1 602	+2.2%
2	−1	TESLA	MODEL Y	83	83	0	9.9%	+10.7%	+45.6%	1 189	−5.6%
3	−1	VOLKSWAGEN	T-ROC	28	0	0	3.3%	−46.2%	–	1 925	+1.3%
4	+7	DACIA	SANDERO	18	0	0	2.2%	−43.8%	–	1 613	−20.2%
5	−2	SKODA	OCTAVIA	17	0	0	2.0%	−63.0%	–	3 405	−19.1%
6	0	SKODA	KODIAQ	16	0	1	1.9%	−61.9%	–	2 495	+11.6%
7	−3	VOLKSWAGEN	TIGUAN	16	0	9	1.9%	−65.2%	–	2 440	−10.3%
8	–	TOYOTA	COROLLA CROSS	15	0	0	1.8%	–	–	2 075	–
9	–	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	13	0	0	1.6%	–	–	2 385	+4.7%
10	−1	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	13	0	0	1.6%	−63.9%	–	1 469	−9.1%
11	–	AUDI	A6	12	0	3	1.4%	–	–	719	+9.6%
12	–	AUDI	Q3	12	0	1	1.4%	–	–	841	−26.2%
13	–	HYUNDAI	I10	12	0	0	1.4%	–	–	531	+6.6%
14	–	TOYOTA	C-HR	11	0	4	1.3%	–	–	2 064	0.0%
15	−1	KIA	SPORTAGE	10	0	2	1.2%	−68.8%	–	3 141	−11.3%
16	–	KIA	STONIC	10	0	0	1.2%	–	–	772	−1.2%
17	–	NISSAN	JUKE	10	0	0	1.2%	–	–	1 338	−25.0%
18	–	RENAULT	SYMBIOZ	10	0	0	1.2%	–	–	752	–
19	−4	VOLKSWAGEN	TAYRON	10	0	7	1.2%	−68.8%	–	935	–
20	–	AUDI	A3	9	0	0	1.1%	–	–	872	+8.1%
21	–	RENAULT	ARKANA	9	0	0	1.1%	–	–	678	−37.1%
22	–	TOYOTA	COROLLA	9	0	0	1.1%	–	–	2 717	−39.3%
23	–	TOYOTA	YARIS CROSS	8	0	0	1.0%	–	–	3 414	+5.3%
24	–	DACIA	BIGSTER	7	0	0	0.8%	–	–	417	–
25	–	DACIA	DUSTER	7	0	0	0.8%	–	–	1 471	+9.9%
26	–	SKODA	KAROQ	7	0	0	0.8%	–	–	1 350	+2.7%
27	–	AUDI	E-TRON	6	6	0	0.7%	–	–	269	−47.0%
28	–	BYD	SEALION 7	6	6	0	0.7%	–	–	505	–
29	–	NISSAN	X-TRAIL	6	0	0	0.7%	–	–	396	−6.6%
30	–	TOYOTA	YARIS	6	0	0	0.7%	–	−80.0%	1 911	−16.4%
31	–	AUDI	A5	5	0	3	0.6%	–	–	670	+169.1%
32	–	BMW	3 SERIES	5	0	5	0.6%	–	–	329	−42.5%
33	–	CITROEN	C5 AIRCROSS	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	277	+39.2%
34	–	CUPRA	LEON	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	366	−1.1%
35	−23	HYUNDAI	TUCSON	5	0	3	0.6%	−84.4%	–	4 313	−11.0%
36	−23	KIA	EV4	5	5	0	0.6%	−84.4%	–	88	–
37	–	KIA	PICANTO	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	446	−4.1%
38	–	LAND ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	5	0	5	0.6%	–	–	349	−15.3%
39	–	NISSAN	QASHQAI	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	1 451	−19.8%
40	–	SUZUKI	SWIFT	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	729	+34.5%
41	–	VOLKSWAGEN	T-CROSS	5	0	0	0.6%	–	–	835	+1.6%
42	–	AUDI	Q7	4	0	3	0.5%	–	–	218	+122.4%
43	–	BMW	1 SERIES	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	267	+42.8%
44	–	BMW	X3	4	0	3	0.5%	–	–	639	+49.6%
45	–	BMW	X5	4	0	4	0.5%	–	–	885	+61.2%
46	−36	BYD	SEAL	4	2	2	0.5%	−87.5%	–	1 647	+120.8%
47	–	FORD	PUMA	4	1	0	0.5%	–	–	1 246	−21.0%
48	–	HYUNDAI	KONA	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	2 465	+2.2%
49	–	KIA	NIRO	4	1	3	0.5%	–	–	854	−21.1%
50	–	MG	MG4	4	4	0	0.5%	–	–	500	−15.7%
51	–	OPEL	CORSA	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	568	−28.4%
52	–	PEUGEOT	3008	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	1 566	+25.1%
53	–	PEUGEOT	5008	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	1 036	+33.2%
54	–	RENAULT	AUSTRAL	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	303	−43.2%
55	−39	SEAT	ARONA	4	0	0	0.5%	−87.1%	–	790	−20.0%
56	–	SKODA	ELROQ	4	4	0	0.5%	–	–	733	–
57	–	SUZUKI	VITARA	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	599	−2.8%
58	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.4	4	4	0	0.5%	–	–	2 010	+33.6%
59	–	VOLKSWAGEN	TAIGO	4	0	0	0.5%	–	–	519	+49.1%
60	–	BMW	2 SERIES	3	0	1	0.4%	–	–	228	−16.2%
61	–	BMW	IX1	3	3	0	0.4%	–	–	297	–
62	–	BYD	DOLPHIN	3	3	0	0.4%	–	–	166	−43.9%
63	–	CITROEN	C3	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	265	+112.0%
64	–	CITROEN	C4	3	1	0	0.4%	–	–	343	+4.6%
65	–	FIAT	PANDA	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	279	+12.0%
66	–	FORD	KUGA	3	0	3	0.4%	–	–	856	−27.3%
67	–	KIA	SORENTO	3	0	2	0.4%	–	–	950	+28.6%
68	–	LEXUS	NX	3	0	2	0.4%	–	–	446	+38.5%
69	–	MAZDA	2	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	153	−62.1%
70	–	MAZDA	CX-30	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	229	+1.3%
71	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	E	3	0	1	0.4%	–	–	502	+2.4%
72	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	GLC	3	0	1	0.4%	–	–	428	+18.2%
73	–	OPEL	MOKKA	3	1	0	0.4%	–	–	594	−10.5%
74	–	PEUGEOT	2008	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	864	−14.1%
75	–	SEAT	ATECA	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	541	−0.7%
76	–	SEAT	LEON	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	312	+48.6%
77	–	SKODA	ENYAQ	3	3	0	0.4%	–	–	724	+44.5%
78	–	SKODA	KAMIQ	3	0	0	0.4%	–	–	639	−36.2%
79	–	TOYOTA	PRIUS	3	0	2	0.4%	–	–	128	−14.7%
80	–	TOYOTA	RAV4	3	0	2	0.4%	–	–	2 886	−11.0%
81	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.7	3	3	0	0.4%	–	–	374	+884.2%
82	–	VOLVO	XC90	3	0	3	0.4%	–	–	397	−1.5%
83	–	XPENG	G6	3	3	0	0.4%	–	–	144	–
84	–	AUDI	Q2	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	241	+3.0%
85	–	AUDI	Q5	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	371	−7.5%
86	–	BMW	5 SERIES	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	912	+7.4%
87	–	CUPRA	FORMENTOR	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	615	−3.1%
88	–	CUPRA	TAVASCAN	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	369	–
89	–	DACIA	SPRING	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	141	–
90	–	FORD	FOCUS	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	882	−25.9%
91	–	HYUNDAI	I20	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	1 108	−22.5%
92	–	JEEP	AVENGER	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	165	–
93	–	KIA	EV9	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	226	−19.0%
94	–	LAND ROVER	DISCOVERY SPORT	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	79	−16.8%
95	–	MAZDA	CX-80	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	108	–
96	–	MG	HS	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	256	–
97	–	POLESTAR	POLESTAR 4	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	96	–
98	–	RENAULT	5	2	2	0	0.2%	–	–	335	–
99	–	RENAULT	CAPTUR	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	652	−16.3%
100	−93	SEAT	IBIZA	2	0	0	0.2%	−94.7%	–	610	+2.7%
101	–	SKODA	FABIA	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	811	+0.6%
102	–	TOYOTA	AYGO X	2	0	0	0.2%	–	–	323	−20.8%
103	–	VOLVO	XC60	2	0	2	0.2%	–	–	630	+4.0%
104	–	ALFA ROMEO	GIULIA	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	12	–
105	–	AUDI	A1	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	208	+8.9%
106	–	CITROEN	DS3	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	8	–
107	–	CUPRA	BORN	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	339	+18.5%
108	–	DACIA	JOGGER	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	439	−18.9%
109	–	FIAT	500	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	167	−3.5%
110	–	FIAT	TIPO	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	17	–
111	−103	FORD	EXPLORER	1	1	0	0.1%	−97.2%	–	423	+763.3%
112	–	HONDA	JAZZ	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	118	+49.4%
113	–	HYUNDAI	BAYON	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	319	−20.1%
114	–	HYUNDAI	INSTER	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	1 001	–
115	–	HYUNDAI	IONIQ	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	493	+7.6%
116	–	HYUNDAI	IONIQ 6	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	143	−37.6%
117	–	KIA	CEED	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	561	−19.2%
118	–	KIA	EV3	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	1 259	–
119	–	KIA	EV6	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	971	+73.7%
120	–	LAND ROVER	RANGE ROVER	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	153	+2.7%
121	–	LEXUS	LBX	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	440	+53.8%
122	–	MAZDA	CX-5	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	175	−41.1%
123	–	MERCEDES-BENZ	A	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	153	–
124	–	MINI	COUNTRYMAN	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	206	–
125	–	MINI	MINI	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	487	−9.3%
126	–	OPEL	ASTRA	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	319	−18.2%
127	–	OPEL	GRANDLAND	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	514	+91.1%
128	–	PORSCHE	CAYENNE	1	0	1	0.1%	–	–	178	−15.6%
129	–	RENAULT	CLIO	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	878	+43.9%
130	–	RENAULT	SCENIC	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	249	+315.0%
131	–	SUZUKI	IGNIS	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	113	−63.4%
132	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.3	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	606	+11.4%
133	–	VOLVO	EX30	1	1	0	0.1%	–	–	283	–
134	–	VOLVO	XC40	1	0	0	0.1%	–	–	138	−49.1%

Electric models (new cars) 36

#	±	Make	Model	BEV	BEV share	MoM	YoY	YTD
1	+1	TESLA	MODEL 3	92	34.9%	+109.1%	−54.5%	1 602
2	−1	TESLA	MODEL Y	83	31.4%	+10.7%	+45.6%	1 189
3	–	AUDI	E-TRON	6	2.3%	–	–	269
4	+1	BYD	SEALION 7	6	2.3%	−77.8%	–	505
5	−1	KIA	EV4	5	1.9%	−84.4%	–	88
6	–	MG	MG4	4	1.5%	–	–	500
7	+1	SKODA	ELROQ	4	1.5%	−77.8%	–	733
8	+1	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.4	4	1.5%	−75.0%	–	2 010
9	–	BMW	IX1	3	1.1%	–	–	297
10	+1	BYD	DOLPHIN	3	1.1%	−70.0%	–	166
11	−4	SKODA	ENYAQ	3	1.1%	−87.5%	–	724
12	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.7	3	1.1%	–	–	374
13	–	XPENG	G6	3	1.1%	–	–	144
14	–	BYD	SEAL	2	0.8%	–	–	426
15	–	CUPRA	TAVASCAN	2	0.8%	–	–	369
16	–	DACIA	SPRING	2	0.8%	–	–	141
17	–	KIA	EV9	2	0.8%	–	–	226
18	–	POLESTAR	POLESTAR 4	2	0.8%	–	–	96
19	–	RENAULT	5	2	0.8%	–	–	335
20	–	CITROEN	C4	1	0.4%	–	–	130
21	–	CITROEN	DS3	1	0.4%	–	–	2
22	–	CUPRA	BORN	1	0.4%	–	–	339
23	−20	FORD	EXPLORER	1	0.4%	−97.2%	–	423
24	–	FORD	PUMA	1	0.4%	–	–	67
25	−19	HYUNDAI	INSTER	1	0.4%	−95.8%	–	1 001
26	–	HYUNDAI	IONIQ	1	0.4%	–	–	493
27	–	HYUNDAI	IONIQ 6	1	0.4%	–	–	143
28	−18	KIA	EV3	1	0.4%	−92.3%	–	1 259
29	–	KIA	EV6	1	0.4%	–	−91.7%	971
30	–	KIA	NIRO	1	0.4%	–	–	236
31	–	LEXUS	LBX	1	0.4%	–	–	23
32	–	MINI	COUNTRYMAN	1	0.4%	–	–	104
33	–	OPEL	MOKKA	1	0.4%	–	–	101
34	–	RENAULT	SCENIC	1	0.4%	–	–	249
35	–	VOLKSWAGEN	ID.3	1	0.4%	–	–	606
36	–	VOLVO	EX30	1	0.4%	–	–	283

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	101	1 153	1 254	19.8%	−20.2%	+58.9%	29 011	+10.9%
2	+1	BMW	25	737	762	12.0%	−15.3%	+58.1%	14 027	+22.5%
3	−1	AUDI	55	694	749	11.8%	−17.9%	+37.7%	14 152	+8.8%
4	0	TOYOTA	60	619	679	10.7%	−22.8%	+82.5%	23 026	+7.7%
5	0	MERCEDES-BENZ	8	374	382	6.0%	−16.6%	+16.5%	7 545	+9.0%
6	+1	HONDA	1	264	265	4.2%	−18.2%	+35.9%	4 349	+14.6%
7	−1	FORD	27	193	220	3.5%	−34.3%	−1.8%	7 165	−2.8%
8	+3	VOLVO	7	192	199	3.1%	−10.4%	+74.6%	3 925	+20.6%
9	+6	TESLA	175	22	197	3.1%	+35.9%	−26.2%	3 013	+3.2%
10	−1	NISSAN	24	153	177	2.8%	−21.3%	+9.3%	6 452	−15.4%
11	−1	PEUGEOT	16	149	165	2.6%	−26.7%	+28.9%	6 346	+4.6%
12	−4	SKODA	52	80	132	2.1%	−53.2%	+9.1%	12 724	+0.7%
13	−1	HYUNDAI	27	98	125	2.0%	−43.2%	−3.1%	12 296	+3.1%
14	+3	LAND ROVER	8	111	119	1.9%	+3.5%	−5.6%	2 331	−6.5%
15	−2	KIA	47	60	107	1.7%	−49.0%	+16.3%	10 117	+8.6%
16	−2	RENAULT	32	72	104	1.6%	−34.2%	−1.9%	5 311	+16.6%
17	+4	CITROEN	22	63	85	1.3%	+2.4%	+63.5%	1 927	+10.7%
18	0	SUZUKI	10	65	75	1.2%	−34.2%	+27.1%	3 251	+16.1%
19	0	MAZDA	9	60	69	1.1%	−24.2%	+35.3%	1 795	−13.2%
20	+8	MITSUBISHI	0	50	50	0.8%	+19.0%	–	555	−8.0%
21	+4	LEXUS	4	44	48	0.8%	−20.0%	–	1 724	+16.9%
22	+1	VAUXHALL	0	48	48	0.8%	−31.4%	+4.3%	739	−11.0%
23	−3	DACIA	35	11	46	0.7%	−47.7%	–	4 228	+5.0%
24	0	MINI	2	44	46	0.7%	−28.1%	+15.0%	1 317	+32.1%
25	+2	FIAT	9	32	41	0.7%	−14.6%	+7.9%	1 130	+3.8%
26	−10	SEAT	12	26	38	0.6%	−68.9%	−11.6%	2 719	−16.4%
27	−1	OPEL	18	2	20	0.3%	−61.5%	–	2 267	−11.9%
28	−6	BYD	14	4	18	0.3%	−76.3%	–	2 604	+79.3%
29	0	PORSCHE	1	17	18	0.3%	−52.6%	–	685	+9.8%
30	0	CUPRA	10	3	13	0.2%	−59.4%	–	2 129	+54.1%
31	–	JAGUAR	0	12	12	0.2%	–	–	174	−27.8%
32	–	ALFA ROMEO	4	6	10	0.2%	–	–	164	+32.3%
33	–	MG	6	0	6	0.1%	–	–	1 451	+52.4%
34	–	SUBARU	0	4	4	0.1%	–	–	68	−15.0%
35	–	JEEP	2	1	3	0.1%	–	–	229	+49.7%
36	–	XPENG	3	0	3	0.1%	–	–	144	–
37	–	POLESTAR	2	0	2	0.0%	–	–	161	−34.8%
38	–	SSANGYONG	1	0	1	0.0%	–	–	79	+41.1%
		Other	9	45	54	0.9%	−15.6%	+17.4%	840	+2.8%

'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	175	70.6%	+47.1%	−32.4%	2 791
2	+1	BYD	11	4.4%	−77.1%	–	1 356
3	−1	KIA	10	4.0%	−81.5%	−28.6%	2 791
4	+3	VOLKSWAGEN	8	3.2%	−75.8%	–	3 135
5	−1	SKODA	7	2.8%	−83.3%	–	1 457
6	–	AUDI	6	2.4%	–	–	329
7	–	MG	4	1.6%	–	–	723
8	+1	BMW	3	1.2%	−78.6%	–	714
9	–	CUPRA	3	1.2%	–	–	708
10	−4	HYUNDAI	3	1.2%	−91.7%	–	2 477
11	−3	RENAULT	3	1.2%	−83.3%	–	827
12	–	XPENG	3	1.2%	–	–	144
13	–	CITROEN	2	0.8%	–	–	199
14	–	DACIA	2	0.8%	–	–	141
15	−10	FORD	2	0.8%	−95.0%	–	609
16	−6	POLESTAR	2	0.8%	−81.8%	−87.5%	161
17	–	LEXUS	1	0.4%	–	–	23
18	–	MINI	1	0.4%	–	–	321
19	–	OPEL	1	0.4%	–	–	264
20	–	VOLVO	1	0.4%	–	–	648

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.