Clare sees major increase in new car purchases
NEW CAR registrations are down, nationally, by over 16%, new statistics have revealed.
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) released their official 232 new vehicle registrations statistics, which shows a decrease of 16.8% in October, compared to that of October 2022.
In Clare, an increase of new cars have been bought from January to October this year compared to last. 2,372 new cars have been registered - an increase of 13,38%, compared to the same period of 2022.
Nationally, registrations this year, to date, are up 15.6% (120,495) on the same period last year (104,204).
Imported used cars saw an 23.66% increase in October 2023, when compared to October 2022. Year to date imports are up 4.2% on 2022.
For the month of October, 607 new electric vehicles were registered compared to 737 in October 2022 (-17.6%).
So far this year 22,280 new electric cars have been registered in comparison to 15,247 (46.1%) in the same period 2022.
“Electric Vehicles (EVs) now represent 18.5% of the new car market” said Brian Cooke, SIMI Director General.
“Private consumer sales, with the support of SEAI grants, are the largest contributor of new electric vehicle registrations, accounting for nearly three quarters of EV sales.”
In October, the new car market share grew, with petrol retaining the largest share at 30.28%, diesel accounting for 22.15%, hybrid 18.57%, electric 18.49%, and plug-in electric hybrid 8.26%.