Nearly 4,000 New Car Registrations In Co. Kildare

Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:25

Between January & July 2022

3,864 new cars were registered in Co. Kildare in the first 7 months of this year, an increase of 3.12% compared to 2021.

The figures were released by the Society of Irish Motors Industry, regarding new car registrations for the month of July 2022.

Nationally, year-to-date figures decreased from 90,330 to 87,075 - a fall of 3.6%.

Ireland's new car registrations for July 2022 decreased by 17.3% to 21,902, compared to July 2021 when the figure was 26,477.

The country's top selling car last month, was the Hyundai Tucson.

The top 5 car brands, year-to-date:

Toyota
Hyundai
Volkswagen
Kia
Skoda

The top 5 car models, year-to-date:

Hyundai Tucson
Toyota Corolla
Toyota C-HR
Kia Sportage
Toyota Rav 4

Year to date (87,075) new car registrations by county #SIMIstats #localbusiness #newcars pic.twitter.com/8FfJSyFUQo
— SIMI_IE (@SIMI_IE) August 2, 2022

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