{"id":27131,"date":"2024-01-02T16:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/?p=27131"},"modified":"2024-01-03T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:56:02","slug":"121850-new-car-registrations-in-2023-evs-up-45pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/index.php\/121850-new-car-registrations-in-2023-evs-up-45pc\/27131","title":{"rendered":"121,850 new car registrations in 2023, EVs up 45pc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Total new car registrations for 2023 finished at 121,850, a 16 per cent rise on 2022 (105,398) and up four per cent on pre-pandemic 2019 (117,109), according to figures released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).<\/p>\n<p>A total of 22,789 new electric cars were registered in 2023, an increase on the 15,678 registrations seen in 2022 (+45.4%) and 3,444 in 2019 (+561.7%).<\/p>\n<p>Imported used cars saw 50,716 registrations in 2023, an increase of 9.09 per cent on 2022 (46,490) and a decrease of 55.48 per cent on 2019 (113,926).<\/p>\n<p>Market share for 2023 seen petrol account for 30.07 per cent, diesel 22.16 per cent, electric 18.7 per cent, hybrid 18.54 per cent and plug-in hybrid 8.28 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Petrol continues to remain the most popular engine type for 2023 (36,639), while electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid account for 45.5 per cent of the market.<\/p>\n<p>Automatic transmissions now account for 64.54 per cent of the market share, while manual transmissions have declined by 5.01 per cent to 35.35 per cent of the market share.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota ended the year as Ireland&#8217;s best selling car brand for the third year running, with 16,532 units sold and four models featuring in the top 10 best-sellers. The brand sold 3,164 more units than the next best-seller (Volkswagen), with a market leading share of 13.57 per cent. However, the Hyundai Tucson was the best selling car in Ireland in 2023 (5,238 sold).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the hatchback continues to remain Ireland\u2019s top selling car body type of 2023 (37,356). While grey retains the top selling colour title for the eight year running (45,362).<\/p>\n<h4>2023 total new vehicle stats:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Top selling car brands:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Toyota; 2. Volkswagen; 3. Hyundai; 4. Skoda; 5. Kia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top car models:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Hyundai Tuscon; 2. Kia Sportage; 3. Toyota Corolla; 4. Toyota Yaris Cross; 5. Volkswagen ID.4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 selling EV brands:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. VW; 2. Tesla; 3. Hyundai; 4. Kia; 5. MG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 selling EVs:<\/strong><br \/>\n1.VW ID.4; 2. Tesla Model Y; 3. Skoda Enyaq; 4. Hyundai Ioniq 5; 5. 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