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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) reported today that official figures show that 12,379 new cars were licensed in Ireland in March, a jump of 68.5% from the same month last year.
The figures are consistent with with those from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, which have been showing big rises in recent months following the introduction of a publicly subsides scrappage scheme in last December's Budget. The Central Statistics Office said the number of new goods vehicles also rose strongly - up 45.6% from March last year to 1,331.
1) In March 2010, the total number of all vehicles licensed was 20,711 compared with 17,331 in the corresponding month last year - an increase of 19.5%. See Table 1 below. 2) The total number of all new vehicles licensed during March 2010 was 14,665 compared with 9,306 during the same month in 2009 - an increase of 57.6%.
3) In March 2010, of the 12,379 new private cars licensed, 4,228 (34.2%) were petrol and 7,682 (62.1%) were diesel. See Table 2 below. 4) The highest number of new private cars licensed in March 2010, classified by make, was Ford (1,584) followed by Toyota (1,409), Volkswagen (1,379) and Nissan (1,255). See Table 3 below.
The licensing figures refer to vehicles taxed for road use only and classified by taxation class. Complementary figures for vehicle registrations are available separately (Vehicle Registrations).
Table 1: Number of vehicles licensed for the first time classified by taxation class
Taxation Class
March
January-March
2008
2009
2010
2008
2009
2010
New Vehicles
New Private Cars
20,190
7,345
12,379
77,441
27,134
34,555
New Goods Vehicles
3,858
914
1,331
13,305
2,987
3,841
New Tractors
437
208
154
1,486
646
392
New Motor Cycles
294
224
167
880
611
355
New Exempt Vehicles
680
491
538
2,168
1,388
1,410
New Other
385
124
96
1,238
546
235
Total New Vehicles
25,844
9,306
14,665
96,518
33,312
40,788
Used (imported) Vehicles
Used Private Cars
4,678
5,453
4,109
14,217
15454
10,398
Used Goods Vehicles
987
1,352
955
3,183
3532
2,399
Used Tractors
266
243
210
860
690
541
Used Motorcycles
303
368
298
764
843
608
Used Other Vehicles
511
609
474
1,389
1,445
1,068
Total Used vehicles
6,745
8,025
6,046
20,413
21,964
15,014
Total All Vehicles
32,589
17,331
20,711
116,931
55,276
55,802
Footnotes:
Note: The information in this table is available in much greater detail in Databank Direct (see Release Links above)
Table 2: Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by CO2 emission band and fuel type, March 2010
Band
Fuel Type
Total
Petrol
Diesel
Petrol & Electric
Petrol & Ethanol
Other
A
960
2,897
85
0
0
3,942
B
2,146
3,203
13
359
0
5,721
C
456
906
5
0
0
1,367
D
553
286
0
3
0
842
E
83
256
0
2
0
341
F
21
72
0
2
0
95
G
8
36
0
0
0
44
Not available1
1
26
0
0
0
27
Total
4,228
7,682
103
366
0
12,379
Footnotes:
Note: The information in this table is available in much greater detail in Databank Direct (see Release Links above)
1: Emission bands are only available for vehicles registered as category A (see Background Notes for more information).
Table 3: Number of new and used (imported) private cars licensed for the first time by make, March 2010
