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SIMI: Decline In New Car Registrations In Kildare.

Friday, 1 October 2021 at 13:00

By Ciara Plunkett X @plunkettciara

Stock image: Pixabay

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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