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Passenger-car registrations in Ireland

Ireland ยท April 2026

Ireland registered 19 662 passenger cars in April 2026: 11 930 new cars (60.7% of the total) and 7 732 used imports. That is down 14.8% on March 2026 and up 5.9% on April 2025. Year to date the market stands at 95 320 registrations, up 10.8% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 2 947 registrations and a 15.0% share, ahead of TOYOTA (2 410) and BMW (1 518). Together the top three brands took 35.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+45.4%) while KIA fell furthest (โˆ’0.1%). The best-selling model was the TOYOTA C-HR with 340 registrations, followed by the SKODA OCTAVIA (336) and the KIA SPORTAGE (332).

Battery-electric cars took 20.9% of all registrations, compared with 10.9% in April 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 25.9%. Plug-in hybrids took 15.2%, other hybrids 20.0%, diesel 15.9% and petrol 27.9%. The leading electric brand was HYUNDAI with 391 battery-electric registrations, ahead of KIA (311). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TOYOTA C-HR with 214 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ENYAQ (165).

April 2026 was the 11th-highest of the 32 months on this page, which average 15 565 registrations a month; the peak was January 2026 with 31 259 and the low December 2024 with 4 750.

19 662
vs previous month โˆ’14.8% ยท vs same month last year +5.9%
11 930
New share 60.7%
7 732
Used share 39.3%
20.9%
4 115 BEV ยท 2 981 PHEV (15.2%)
25.9%
3 089 BEV
20.0%
3 942 Hybrid

Fuel mix

Petrol5 494 (27.9%)Diesel3 129 (15.9%)Hybrid3 942 (20.0%)Plug-in hybrid2 981 (15.2%)Battery electric4 115 (20.9%)Other1 (0.0%)

New-car models 200

#ยฑMakeModelNewBEVPHEVShare of newMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+15TOYOTAC-HR340214192.9%+42.9%+94.3%1 252+5.0%
2+7SKODAOCTAVIA336002.8%+13.5%+14.7%1 361โˆ’20.2%
3+5KIASPORTAGE3320392.8%+8.1%โˆ’1.2%1 985+7.6%
4+9BYDSEAL297462512.5%+8.4%+96.7%1 180+45.3%
5+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN27701082.3%โˆ’14.5%+18.4%1 247+6.2%
6+5TOYOTACOROLLA254002.1%โˆ’11.2%+0.8%1 542โˆ’0.9%
7โˆ’4TOYOTAYARIS CROSS242002.0%โˆ’40.5%โˆ’29.4%2 106+2.5%
8โˆ’7SKODAKODIAQ2370122.0%โˆ’45.6%โˆ’34.5%1 375โˆ’3.6%
9โ€“TOYOTARAV4237002.0%โ€“โˆ’34.5%260โˆ’86.6%
10+7HYUNDAIKONA23610402.0%+2.6%โˆ’33.3%1 521+4.2%
11+32PEUGEOT30082341702.0%+108.9%+67.1%738โˆ’26.8%
12+9OPELFRONTERA2024001.7%+0.5%โ€“874โ€“
13โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENGOLF199071.7%โˆ’46.2%โˆ’13.9%1 012โˆ’14.6%
14+10TOYOTAYARIS188001.6%+6.2%โˆ’14.2%1 191+1.9%
15โˆ’3HYUNDAITUCSON18501431.6%โˆ’33.2%โˆ’42.4%2 060โˆ’25.3%
16+25SKODAENYAQ16516501.4%+46.0%+236.7%490+56.1%
17+13SKODAKAROQ156001.3%+5.4%โˆ’21.2%612โˆ’6.4%
18+39PEUGEOT50081472901.2%+79.3%+56.4%507โˆ’18.8%
19+7VOLKSWAGENTAYRON1450541.2%โˆ’14.2%+4.3%578+219.3%
20+5VOLKSWAGENT-ROC132001.1%โˆ’25.4%โˆ’32.3%754โˆ’15.3%
21โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.413013001.1%โˆ’43.5%โˆ’42.5%1 097+7.7%
22+14SKODAELROQ12812801.1%+2.4%+109.8%489+348.6%
23+9FORDPUMA1235001.0%โˆ’12.1%+9.8%877+14.2%
24โ€“HYUNDAIIONIQ 612112101.0%โ€“โ€“311+214.1%
25โˆ’10TOYOTACOROLLA CROSS120001.0%โˆ’49.8%โˆ’41.7%1 535+37.2%
26โˆ’16VOLKSWAGENPOLO119001.0%โˆ’58.5%โˆ’43.3%637+4.8%
27+7KIAEV511511501.0%โˆ’13.5%โ€“477โ€“
28+3KIAEV310910900.9%โˆ’24.8%+39.7%627โˆ’4.4%
29+23VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS109000.9%+22.5%โˆ’46.0%348โˆ’26.1%
30+7DACIASANDERO107000.9%โˆ’7.8%โˆ’15.7%601โˆ’29.8%
31+15SKODAFABIA105000.9%+1.0%+118.8%455+7.3%
32โˆ’4AUDIQ31030540.9%โˆ’35.2%+51.5%581+18.8%
33โˆ’19TESLAMODEL Y10310300.9%โˆ’58.6%+221.9%504+96.1%
34+6FORDKUGA990990.8%โˆ’12.4%โˆ’25.6%547+20.8%
35+12BMWX5980980.8%โˆ’4.9%โˆ’9.3%378โˆ’34.3%
36+6HYUNDAII2097000.8%โˆ’13.4%โˆ’9.3%547โˆ’21.1%
37+11TOYOTABZ4X979700.8%โˆ’4.0%+6.6%528+103.9%
38+7VOLKSWAGENID.3969600.8%โˆ’12.7%+62.7%368+29.1%
39โˆ’4DACIADUSTER93000.8%โˆ’28.5%โˆ’48.0%627โˆ’18.9%
40+4HYUNDAIINSTER939300.8%โˆ’16.2%โ€“580+239.2%
41โˆ’3BYDSEALION 7909000.8%โˆ’21.7%+119.5%479+919.1%
42+20VOLKSWAGENTAIGO88000.7%+12.8%+14.3%245+2.1%
43+11BMWX1820610.7%โˆ’6.8%โˆ’4.7%361โˆ’7.4%
44+7SKODAKAMIQ82000.7%โˆ’10.9%+46.4%377+6.5%
45โˆ’26TESLAMODEL 3828200.7%โˆ’62.2%+24.2%402โˆ’42.4%
46+10SKODASUPERB80050.7%โˆ’4.8%+33.3%361โˆ’14.5%
47+3KIASTONIC78000.7%โˆ’16.1%+52.9%482+37.7%
48+36MERCEDES-BENZE780490.7%+47.2%โ€“316+3.3%
49+25AUDIA376020.6%+28.8%+24.6%381โˆ’16.4%
50โˆ’27RENAULTCAPTUR76000.6%โˆ’57.5%โˆ’27.6%452+26.6%

Electric models (new cars) 78

#ยฑMakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+11TOYOTAC-HR2146.9%+111.9%โ€“315
2+6SKODAENYAQ1655.3%+46.0%+236.7%490
3โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.41304.2%โˆ’43.5%โˆ’42.5%1 097
4+2SKODAELROQ1284.1%+2.4%+109.8%489
5+40HYUNDAIIONIQ 61213.9%+611.8%โ€“311
6โˆ’1KIAEV51153.7%โˆ’13.5%โ€“477
7โˆ’3KIAEV31093.5%โˆ’24.8%+39.7%627
8+7HYUNDAIKONA1043.4%+55.2%+116.7%525
9โˆ’8TESLAMODEL Y1033.3%โˆ’58.6%+221.9%504
10+1TOYOTABZ4X973.1%โˆ’4.0%+6.6%528
11โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.3963.1%โˆ’12.7%+62.7%368
12โˆ’3HYUNDAIINSTER933.0%โˆ’16.2%โ€“580
13โˆ’6BYDSEALION 7902.9%โˆ’21.7%+119.5%479
14โˆ’11TESLAMODEL 3822.7%โˆ’62.2%+24.2%402
15โˆ’1FORDEXPLORER742.4%+7.2%+164.3%366
160HYUNDAIIONIQ692.2%+15.0%+187.5%383
17+8RENAULT5581.9%+52.6%+81.3%262
18+2MGMGS5561.8%+3.7%โ€“342
19+16FORDPUMA501.6%+61.3%โ€“186
20โˆ’1BYDSEAL461.5%โˆ’14.8%+7.0%233

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 41

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 4081 5392 94715.0%โˆ’17.2%+4.6%13 112+19.5%
20TOYOTA1 5458652 41012.3%+0.9%+11.7%12 161+7.1%
30BMW5041 0141 5187.7%โˆ’4.2%+14.7%6 222+16.4%
40SKODA1 3301501 4807.5%โˆ’4.8%+14.9%6 186+2.5%
50AUDI4339391 3727.0%โˆ’7.5%+16.0%6 204+14.3%
6+2HYUNDAI8591741 0335.3%0.0%+2.8%6 572+0.1%
70KIA928911 0195.2%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’0.1%5 681+5.7%
8+1MERCEDES-BENZ3405598994.6%+3.3%+33.8%3 625+14.9%
9+3PEUGEOT5522498014.1%+28.0%+45.4%3 178โˆ’1.0%
10+1FORD4242686923.5%โˆ’7.1%+1.0%3 558+8.4%
11+6BYD466144802.4%+3.0%+98.3%2 063+92.3%
12โˆ’6NISSAN2112324432.3%โˆ’62.0%โˆ’35.4%3 377โˆ’5.6%
130VOLVO1702554252.2%โˆ’26.5%+19.0%2 171+34.1%
14โˆ’4RENAULT323693922.0%โˆ’52.5%โˆ’51.1%2 610+5.8%
15+4HONDA313553862.0%โˆ’9.0%+16.6%1 722+17.4%
16โˆ’2OPEL35203521.8%โˆ’38.5%+13.5%1 847+40.7%
17+1DACIA321103311.7%โˆ’22.1%โˆ’18.1%2 066+5.5%
18+4CITROEN233683011.5%+2.0%+44.7%1 323+76.4%
19+1SEAT244422861.5%โˆ’31.4%โˆ’46.4%1 184โˆ’20.1%
20โˆ’5TESLA185682531.3%โˆ’53.3%+132.1%1 110+11.4%
21+2LAND ROVER1191302491.3%โˆ’2.7%+33.2%942โˆ’0.6%
22โˆ’1CUPRA199192181.1%โˆ’26.6%+22.5%1 330+38.1%
23โˆ’7SUZUKI125922171.1%โˆ’58.4%โˆ’48.9%1 503โˆ’11.5%
24+2MAZDA89651540.8%โˆ’6.1%โˆ’5.5%803โˆ’6.4%
25โˆ’1MG14101410.7%โˆ’33.8%โˆ’4.7%1 021+31.6%
26โˆ’1MINI70691390.7%โˆ’22.3%+47.9%590+5.9%
270LEXUS77551320.7%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’10.8%825โˆ’2.7%
280FIAT3145760.4%โˆ’7.3%โˆ’69.0%283โˆ’48.5%
29+2MITSUBISHI072720.4%+16.1%+60.0%278+46.3%
300VAUXHALL060600.3%โˆ’4.8%+30.4%246+1.2%

'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 29

#ยฑMakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+3HYUNDAI39113.7%+51.6%+360.0%1 860
2+1KIA31110.9%โˆ’21.5%+46.7%1 723
3+4TOYOTA31110.9%+54.0%+241.8%843
4+1SKODA29310.2%+23.1%+166.4%979
5โˆ’3VOLKSWAGEN2749.6%โˆ’35.2%โˆ’15.4%1 787
6โˆ’5TESLA1856.5%โˆ’60.3%+88.8%906
7โˆ’1BYD1776.2%โˆ’16.5%+32.1%970
80FORD1475.1%+11.4%+267.5%674
90RENAULT1164.1%+3.6%+27.5%719
100MG873.0%โˆ’1.1%+17.6%513

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.