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Nearly 4,000 New Car Registrations In Co. Kildare

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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:

  1. Toyota
  2. Hyundai
  3. Volkswagen
  4. Kia
  5. Skoda

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

  1. Hyundai Tucson
  2. Toyota Corolla
  3. Toyota C-HR
  4. Kia Sportage
  5. Toyota Rav 4

 

 

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