SIMI: Decline In New Car Registrations In Kildare.

Friday, 1 October 2021 13:00

4,310 new vehicles have been registered in the county in the first 9 months of the year.

There's been a decline in the pace of new car registrations in Kildare.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry says 4,310 new vehicles have been registered in the county in the first 9 months of the year.

That's 15.09% increase the same period in 2020, however, the increase reported between January and August was over 16%.

SIMI says, overall,nationally, there's been 22% decline in September in new car registrations, and an 18% increase in EV purchases

New Car Registrations by County (January-September) 2021
County	2021 Units	2020 Units	% Change	2021 % Share	2020 % Share
Carlow	1135	987	14.99	1.13	1.17
Cavan	1107	974	13.66	1.1	1.15
Clare	2031	1897	7.06	2.02	2.24
Cork	11885	10751	10.55	11.81	12.72
Donegal	2320	2044	13.5	2.31	2.42
Dublin	41805	32192	29.86	41.54	38.09
Galway	3955	3499	13.03	3.93	4.14
Kerry	2121	1867	13.6	2.11	2.21
Kildare	4310	3745	15.09	4.28	4.43
Kilkenny	1817	1732	4.91	1.81	2.05
Laois	1200	1141	5.17	1.19	1.35
Leitrim	374	382	-2.09	0.37	0.45
Limerick	3385	3103	9.09	3.36	3.67
Longford	497	409	21.52	0.49	0.48
Louth	2263	2046	10.61	2.25	2.42
Mayo	1751	1592	9.99	1.74	1.88
Meath	3273	2743	19.32	3.25	3.25
Monaghan	864	746	15.82	0.86	0.88
Offaly	1125	1093	2.93	1.12	1.29
Roscommon	948	819	15.75	0.94	0.97
Sligo	1020	907	12.46	1.01	1.07
Tipperary	2598	2423	7.22	2.58	2.87
Waterford	2615	2049	27.62	2.6	2.42
Westmeath	1496	1249	19.78	1.49	1.48
Wexford	2496	2147	16.26	2.48	2.54
Wicklow	2255	1978	14	2.24	2.34

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