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SIMI: 15% Increase In New Car Sales In Kildare.

Monday, 1 November 2021 15:13

By Ciara Plunkett X @plunkettciara

Stock image: Pixabay

That's in line with the national figure.

There's been a 15% year on year increase in the number of new cars sold in Kildare.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has released data for the period January to October.

4,431 new cars have been registered in Kildare in that period, as against 3,852 in the same period in 2020.

Nationally, 103,253 new cars registered year to date compared, to 86,811 for the same period in 2020 (+18.9%) and 116,124 in 2019 (-11.1%).

522 new electric vehicles registered in October compared to 254 in October 2020

County

2021 Units

2020 Units

% Change

2021 % Share

2020 % Share

Carlow

1154

1014

13.81

1.12

1.17

Cavan

1121

992

13

1.09

1.14

Clare

2070

1958

5.72

2

2.26

Cork

12201

10972

11.2

11.82

12.64

Donegal

2374

2085

13.86

2.3

2.4

Dublin

43010

33275

29.26

41.65

38.33

Galway

4056

3590

12.98

3.93

4.14

Kerry

2172

1924

12.89

2.1

2.22

Kildare

4431

3852

15.03

4.29

4.44

Kilkenny

1841

1765

4.31

1.78

2.03

Laois

1225

1162

5.42

1.19

1.34

Leitrim

384

392

-2.04

0.37

0.45

Limerick

3438

3171

8.42

3.33

3.65

Longford

509

421

20.9

0.49

0.48

Louth

2337

2090

11.82

2.26

2.41

Mayo

1799

1624

10.78

1.74

1.87

Meath

3349

2805

19.39

3.24

3.23

Monaghan

872

762

14.44

0.84

0.88

Offaly

1149

1112

3.33

1.11

1.28

Roscommon

970

836

16.03

0.94

0.96

Sligo

1040

924

12.55

1.01

1.06

Tipperary

2650

2485

6.64

2.57

2.86

Waterford

2675

2089

28.05

2.59

2.41

Westmeath

1536

1273

20.66

1.49

1.47

Wexford

2563

2199

16.55

2.48

2.53

Wicklow

2327

2039

14.12

2.25

2.35

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