New cars registered each year ’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18 ’20 ’22 105,499 ’10 ’13 ’16 ’19 ’22 105,499 Year New cars Change Petrol Diesel Hybrid Electric CO₂ g/km 2022 105,499 +1.1% 48% 28% 8% 15% 101 2021 104,339 +16.8% 48% 36% 8% 8% 113 2020 89,295 −24.0% 49% 44% 3% 4% 130 2019 117,431 −6.8% 49% 47% 1% 3% 139 2018 125,943 −2.6% 44% 54% 1% 1% 113* 2017 129,311 −11.8% 35% 65% 0% 0% 115* 2016 146,639 +17.5% 29% 70% 0% 0% — 2015 124,819 +29.5% 28% 71% 0% 0% — 2014 96,387 +29.4% 26% 74% 0% 0% — 2013 74,509 +1.6% 27% 73% 0% 0% — 2012 73,315 −18.7% 22% 75% 0% 1% — 2011 90,167 +1.7% 27% 71% 0% 1% — 2010 88,637 — 36% 64% 0% 0% —
Hybrid: petrol or diesel with an electric motor, plug-in or not. CO₂ is the average type-approval value: WLTP, or NEDC where marked * (the two tests are not comparable).
Most registered models in Ireland, 2022 # Model New cars Share vs 2021 1 Hyundai Tucson 6,430 6.1% +17.4% 2 Toyota Yaris 4,921 4.7% +76.3% 3 Toyota Corolla 4,237 4.0% −2.8% 4 Kia Sportage 3,533 3.3% +67.9% 5 Toyota C-HR 3,104 2.9% +20.0% 6 Volkswagen ID.4 2,982 2.8% +105.5% 7 Toyota RAV4 2,908 2.8% +13.4% 8 Škoda Kodiaq 2,128 2.0% +12.1% 9 Hyundai Kona 2,125 2.0% +8.3% 10 Nissan Qashqai 1,748 1.7% +13.3% 11 Volkswagen T-Roc 1,636 1.6% +13.5% 12 Peugeot 3008 1,615 1.5% −18.2% 13 Škoda Octavia 1,594 1.5% −32.6% 14 Volkswagen Tiguan 1,544 1.5% −42.1% 15 Ford Puma 1,526 1.4% −14.1% 16 Dacia Duster 1,434 1.4% +28.8% 17 Ford Focus 1,371 1.3% −36.1% 18 Volkswagen Polo 1,327 1.3% −18.9% 19 Ford Kuga 1,326 1.3% −22.0% 20 Dacia Sandero 1,318 1.2% +30.9%
All models in 2022
Most registered makes in Ireland, 2022 Make New cars Share vs 2021 Toyota 16,051 15.2% +23.1% Hyundai 12,709 12.0% +18.3% Volkswagen 11,925 11.3% −5.7% Kia 7,948 7.5% +19.8% Škoda 7,615 7.2% −15.7% Ford 5,107 4.8% −31.9% Peugeot 4,620 4.4% −15.2% Audi 4,333 4.1% +2.1% Nissan 4,105 3.9% −11.2% BMW 4,088 3.9% −8.1%
European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars (monitoring of every new car registered) · re-use permitted with acknowledgement