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There was a total of 2,624,958 vehicles under current licence in 2016, of which 2,026,977 (77.2%) were private cars.
Of the 2,026,977 private cars under licence, 141,931 were new cars licensed for the first time in 2016.
Almost two thirds (65.3%) of new private cars licensed for the first time in 2016 had an engine capacity of between 1401 and 2000cc, while 96.2% were in either the A or B CO₂ emission bands.

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Table 1.1 Number of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence by taxation class on 31 December, 1997-2016
					Public service vehicles
Year	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors¹, excavators, dumpers, etc	Small	Large	Exempt vehicles	Others¹	Total
1997	1,134,429	24,424	158,158	78,405	10,340	5,845	10,336	10,393	1,432,330
1998	1,196,901	24,398	170,866	78,047	11,249	6,096	11,748	11,548	1,510,853
1999	1,269,245	26,677	188,814	75,591	13,076	6,564	12,248	15,941	1,608,156
2000	1,319,250	30,638	205,575	73,806	13,637	6,957	13,864	18,494	1,682,221
2001	1,384,704	32,913	219,510	73,719	16,547	7,084	14,965	20,242	1,769,684
2002	1,447,908	33,147	233,069	73,956	18,252	7,090	16,186	20,438	1,850,046
2003	1,507,106	35,094	251,130	76,425	19,856	7,392	17,185	23,241	1,937,429
2004	1,582,833	34,854	268,082	76,697	20,744	7,430	18,847	26,820	2,036,307
2005	1,662,157	34,300	286,548	76,307	21,888	7,625	20,321	29,534	2,138,680
2006	1,778,861	34,927	318,604	78,520	23,284	7,997	22,117	32,083	2,296,393
2007	1,882,901	37,178	345,874	80,239	26,654	8,451	24,761	35,506	2,441,564
2008	1,924,281	39,409	351,307	79,613	29,053	8,911	26,441	38,553	2,497,568
2009	1,902,429	39,552	343,940	75,318	28,284	8,556	26,954	42,627	2,467,660
2010	1,872,715	38,145	327,096	71,457	26,680	8,245	27,092	44,957	2,416,387
2011	1,887,810	36,582	320,966	71,677	25,129	8,276	27,769	46,947	2,425,156
2012	1,882,550	35,106	309,219	69,961	24,180	8,266	27,455	46,486	2,403,223
2013	1,910,165	36,623	317,849	99,122	22,964	8,488	27,682	59,664	2,482,557
2014	1,943,868	36,573	317,378	94,669	22,373	8,802	28,033	63,626	2,515,322
2015	1,985,130	36,974	330,541	91,882	21,977	9,259	28,936	65,595	2,570,294
2016	2,026,977	38,023	342,259	89,482	21,675	9,841	30,112	66,589	2,624,958
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
¹ 2013 data for these categories were inflated by the three month transition period for motor tax gapping provided for in the Non-use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013.

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Table 1.2 Number of mechanically propelled vehicles by taxation class and licensing authority on 31 December 2016
Licensing authority	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors	PSV vehicles	Exempt vehicles	Other classes	Total
Carlow	27,280	537	6,122	1,770	296	284	1,615	37,904
Cavan	30,199	385	7,634	2,859	336	398	1,504	43,315
Clare	54,715	908	9,361	3,230	584	796	2,520	72,114
Cork	247,697	5,153	41,220	10,303	2,722	3,704	10,254	321,053
Donegal	62,628	740	14,470	3,566	997	972	4,332	87,705
Dublin	524,733	12,048	66,621	1,346	14,127	10,103	8,319	637,297
Galway	109,271	1,385	20,756	5,669	1,478	2,008	5,270	145,837
Kerry	68,326	1,046	12,068	4,083	949	853	4,057	91,382
Kildare	98,132	2,022	15,332	2,226	1,321	920	2,932	122,885
Kilkenny	42,559	847	8,071	3,513	543	535	2,065	58,133
Laois	32,740	503	5,950	2,802	380	358	1,450	44,183
Leitrim	13,740	161	3,310	1,047	165	259	984	19,666
Limerick	86,462	1,416	13,953	3,532	983	1,143	3,445	110,934
Longford	16,467	230	3,804	1,349	183	236	996	23,265
Louth	49,879	797	8,083	1,145	773	733	1,212	62,622
Mayo	56,541	580	12,940	5,142	601	1,178	2,304	79,286
Meath	82,000	1,530	14,382	2,768	1,312	807	2,394	105,193
Monaghan	24,590	292	7,527	1,933	301	316	1,200	36,159
Offaly	32,471	648	6,374	2,511	354	318	2,083	44,759
Roscommon	31,677	288	6,324	2,610	246	477	1,908	43,530
Sligo	27,840	397	5,702	1,731	286	487	1,567	38,010
Tipperary	75,200	1,365	13,748	5,395	609	992	3,413	100,722
Waterford	54,738	1,227	7,805	2,174	431	588	1,983	68,946
Westmeath	39,656	597	7,835	2,279	388	335	1,519	52,609
Wexford	71,560	1,428	13,666	4,049	566	689	3,583	95,541
Wicklow	65,876	1,493	9,201	1,663	585	623	2,467	81,908
Total	2,026,977	38,023	342,259	80,695	31,516	30,112	75,376	2,624,958
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 1.3 All vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class, 2007 - 2016
												Number
Taxation class			2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
New vehicles
	Private cars		180,754	146,470	54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931
	Goods vehicles		46,043	31,459	10,051	10,510	11,188	10,855	11,024	16,254	22,939	28,051
	Tractors		4,442	4,154	1,883	1,359	1,731	1,996	4,403	2,186	1,986	1,934
	Motor cycles		3,522	3,194	1,879	1,321	1,102	955	878	960	1,244	1,546
	Exempt vehicles		7,422	6,286	3,690	4,207	4,014	3,930	3,955	4,762	5,234	6,207
	Public service vehicles		1,956	1,614	493	306	297	531	378	517	761	957
		of which
		Small	1,283	893	190	193	195	275	160	237	343	500
		Large	673	721	303	113	102	256	218	280	418	457
	Machines or contrivances		1,445	906	409	222	294	409	606	399	409	444
	Other classes		862	734	288	244	203	161	295	213	167	223
Total new vehicles			246,446	194,817	73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293

Used (Imported) vehicles
	Private cars		58,719	60,091	49,464	39,103	41,149	38,469	49,762	52,863	47,217	70,138
	Goods vehicles		14,785	13,133	13,761	8,207	5,227	4,731	7,533	9,074	8,352	10,925
	Tractors		3,492	3,412	2,845	2,194	2,537	1,781	6,598	2,357	1,787	1,908
	Other classes		10,554	11,104	10,194	7,838	6,103	4,959	7,263	5,974	5,317	6,632
Total used (imported) vehicles			87,550	87,740	76,264	57,342	55,016	49,940	71,156	70,268	62,673	89,603

Total all classes			333,996	282,557	149,389	160,418	160,777	145,033	164,043	187,920	216,523	270,896
Source: CSO

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Table 1.4 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and body type, 2016
Body type	Taxation class									Total
	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Tractors	Motor cycles	Public service vehicles		Machines or contrivances	Exempt vehicles	Other classes
	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Tractors	Motor cycles	Small	Large	Machines or contrivances	Exempt vehicles	Other classes
Agricultural tractor	0	0	1,845	0	0	0	0	4	0	1,849
Ambulance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	134
Articulated tractor unit	0	1,238	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,241
Box van	1	440	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	442
Bus	15	0	0	0	0	421	0	21	35	492
Chassis cab	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
Convertible (inc. sports cover)	178	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	180
Crew cab	123	1,795	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	1,969
Estate	16,694	2	0	0	39	0	0	758	0	17,493
Excavator/digger/trench digger	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	2	0	70
Fork lift	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	1	0	53
Hatchback	39,846	0	0	0	23	0	0	795	0	40,664
Jeep	6,923	10	0	0	0	0	0	235	0	7,168
Loading shovel	0	1	0	0	0	0	108	0	0	109
MPV	35,197	5	0	0	179	0	0	2,053	0	37,434
Minibus	24	0	0	0	1	36	0	6	13	80
Moped	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	81
Motor caravan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	95	99
Motorcycle	0	0	0	1,290	0	0	0	65	0	1,355
Pick up	15	266	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	287
Recovery vehicle	0	7	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	26
Refuse collector	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
Rigid	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Saloon	30,452	0	0	0	230	0	0	1,133	0	31,815
Scooter	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	154
Sports/coupe (non convertible)	826	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	840
Station wagon/jeep	10,122	2	0	0	24	0	0	557	0	10,705
Telescopic handler	0	1	30	0	0	0	127	0	0	158
Van	1,414	23,061	0	0	1	0	0	260	2	24,738
Other	97	1,124	56	21	3	0	70	108	78	1,557
Total	141,931	28,051	1,934	1,546	500	457	444	6,207	223	181,293
Source: CSO

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Table 1.5 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and type of fuel, 2016
Taxation class		Type of fuel							Total
Taxation class		Petrol	Diesel	Electric	Petrol and electric hybrid	Diesel and electric hybrid	Petrol or Diesel plug-in hybrid electric	Other	Total
Private cars		39,472	99,306	392	2,474	4	283	0	141,931
Goods vehicles		4	28,035	10	0	0	2	0	28,051
Tractors		7	1,927	0	0	0	0	0	1,934
Motor cycles		1,539	1	5	1	0	0	0	1,546
Exempt vehicles		1,079	5,035	3	89	0	1	0	6,207
Public service vehicles		21	929	0	7	0	0	0	957
	of which
	Small	21	472	0	7	0	0	0	500
	Large	0	457	0	0	0	0	0	457
Machines or contrivances		0	442	1	0	0	0	1	444
Other classes		6	217	0	0	0	0	0	223
Total new vehicles		42,128	135,892	411	2,571	4	286	1	181,293
Source: CSO

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Table 1.6 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by type of fuel, 2011 - 2016
Type of fuel	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Petrol	23,246	17,788	18,964	23,417	32,963	39,472
Diesel	61,730	56,520	51,772	67,740	86,103	99,306
Electric	48	163	51	222	476	392
Petrol and electric hybrid	538	591	555	953	1,354	2,474
Diesel and electric hybrid	0	0	0	1	86	4
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	0	0	0	0	119	283
Petrol and Ethanol	1,370	1,194	6	2	0	0
Other	0	0	0	26	9	0
Total	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931
Source: CSO

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Table 1.7 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc), 2007 - 2016
Engine cubic capacity	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Up to 900 cc	114	103	26	34	82	188	170	462	726	678
901-1000 cc	6,296	4,594	2,096	3,435	3,277	3,132	4,024	5,628	8,978	11,750
1001-1300 cc	21,941	16,921	7,911	17,390	16,615	12,311	11,823	14,463	17,270	18,244
1301-1400 cc	48,525	39,512	10,102	10,600	9,582	8,289	7,385	8,715	11,159	11,606
1401-1500 cc	7,591	8,624	5,482	10,801	9,648	6,321	6,477	9,946	16,145	24,981
1501-1600 cc	37,054	28,045	7,475	19,086	22,515	21,066	18,883	23,199	30,839	29,599
1601-2000 cc	42,878	38,020	18,838	19,371	20,828	20,229	18,193	23,805	28,954	38,167
2001-2400 cc	6,060	4,272	1,741	2,995	3,202	3,492	3,311	4,567	5,118	4,479
Over 2400 cc	10,295	6,379	761	1,195	1,183	1,228	1,082	1,576	1,921	2,427
Total	180,754	146,470	54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931
Source: CSO

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Table 1.8 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by type of fuel and CO₂ emission band, 2016
Type of fuel	CO₂ emission band								Total
Type of fuel	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	Not available¹	Total
Petrol	25,510	12,887	692	209	78	68	26	2	39,472
Diesel	82,420	12,577	2,770	578	592	313	20	36	99,306
Electric	392	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	392
Petrol and electric hybrid	2,214	250	10	0	0	0	0	0	2,474
Diesel and electric hybrid	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	283	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	283
Total	110,822	25,714	3,472	788	670	381	46	38	141,931
Source: CSO
¹ CO₂ emission bands are only available for vehicles registered under VAT category A.

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Table 1.9 Number of private cars licensed for the first time by most popular make, 2016
Ranking	New		Used (imported)
Ranking	Make	Number	Make	Number
1	Volkswagen	15,094	Ford	9,894
2	Toyota	14,728	Volkswagen	9,503
3	Hyundai	14,630	Audi	5,871
4	Ford	14,092	Vauxhall	5,712
5	Nissan	11,503	Toyota	5,629
6	Skoda	9,067	BMW	4,042
7	Renault	8,371	Nissan	3,359
8	Opel	7,883	Hyundai	3,309
9	Kia	6,425	Peugeot	3,303
10	Audi	5,841	Mercedes Benz	2,608
11	BMW	5,280	Citroen	2,359
12	Dacia	4,326	Honda	2,071
13	Peugeot	4,053	Kia	1,824
14	Mercedes Benz	3,622	Renault	1,708
15	Mazda	2,911	Skoda	1,596
16	Seat	2,622	Volvo	1,276
17	Volvo	1,921	Mazda	1,128
18	Honda	1,496	Seat	850
19	Citroen	1,437	Lexus	536
20	Land Rover	1,276	Fiat	504
	Other makes	5,353	Other makes	3,056
	Total	141,931	Total	70,138
Source: CSO

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Table 1.10 Number of new motor cycles licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc) and make, 2016
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
BMW	0	0	0	0	12	111	172	295
CPI	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	22
Ducati	0	0	0	1	0	19	28	48
Gilera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	3	10	52	65
Honda	35	87	15	29	36	31	10	243
Hyosung	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	5
Kawasaki	0	1	2	16	19	12	31	81
Keeway	16	33	7	0	0	0	0	56
KTM	0	0	1	6	2	0	13	22
Lexmoto	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	24
Neco	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	20
Peugeot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Piaggio	21	6	4	7	0	0	0	38
Suzuki	0	111	13	3	33	16	12	188
Triumph	0	0	0	0	3	17	17	37
Xingyue	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	12
Yamaha	70	51	9	21	41	60	30	282
All other makes	46	30	6	10	5	0	7	104
Total	231	345	71	93	156	276	374	1,546
Source: CSO

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Table 1.11 Number of used (imported) motor cycles licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc) and make, 2016
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	3	5	3	2	4	16	4	37
BMW	0	0	1	1	16	50	144	212
Ducati	0	0	0	0	14	21	19	54
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	1	0	11	93	105
Honda	6	46	24	31	187	190	83	567
Kawasaki	0	3	8	18	100	40	63	232
KTM	0	1	3	8	16	17	10	55
Moto Guzzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Peugeot	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	7
Piaggio	23	12	4	7	0	0	0	46
Suzuki	3	6	7	31	197	45	68	357
Triumph	0	0	0	0	18	32	35	85
Vespa	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	6
Yamaha	3	22	10	8	143	74	75	335
All other makes	19	29	6	7	11	12	13	97
Total	60	132	68	114	706	508	616	2,204
Source: CSO

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Table 1.12 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time in each licensing authority, 2007 - 2016
Licensing authority	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	3,268	2,619	959	1,371	1,357	1,149	1,152	1,461	1,828	2,212
Cavan	3,465	2,676	929	1,285	1,315	1,153	1,112	1,405	1,927	2,296
Clare	5,526	4,470	1,451	2,356	2,377	1,869	1,795	2,431	3,305	3,730
Cork	31,767	25,026	10,031	14,544	14,385	11,141	10,706	13,794	18,964	22,571
Donegal	6,014	4,465	1,828	2,909	2,515	2,193	2,051	2,723	3,643	4,282
Dublin	76,716	60,159	24,070	30,997	34,501	34,268	33,668	42,048	54,021	62,870
Galway	10,839	8,403	2,940	4,560	4,571	3,701	3,670	4,493	6,481	7,298
Kerry	5,651	4,513	1,694	2,705	2,508	2,193	1,953	2,554	3,420	4,218
Kildare	11,130	8,697	2,902	4,152	4,267	3,693	3,767	4,927	6,503	7,807
Kilkenny	4,996	3,910	1,417	2,072	2,143	1,864	1,825	2,213	2,923	3,495
Laois	3,509	3,034	974	1,408	1,416	1,131	1,192	1,399	1,826	2,193
Leitrim	1,223	940	355	529	542	450	445	521	740	893
Limerick	10,133	8,577	3,457	4,495	4,873	3,713	3,371	4,496	5,663	6,944
Longford	1,776	1,381	519	677	723	602	552	655	858	1,031
Louth	6,018	4,725	1,818	2,562	2,469	2,067	1,824	2,568	3,393	3,932
Mayo	5,780	4,314	1,586	2,293	2,195	1,961	1,929	2,311	3,085	3,659
Meath	9,996	7,641	2,553	3,584	3,398	2,933	2,854	3,682	5,006	6,290
Monaghan	2,705	2,071	719	1,138	1,110	979	947	1,116	1,525	1,838
Offaly	3,751	3,038	952	1,417	1,303	1,223	1,227	1,485	1,939	2,400
Roscommon	4,154	3,277	1,449	2,142	2,369	3,203	3,717	4,253	4,877	5,039
Sligo	2,918	2,359	907	1,280	1,246	1,063	984	1,220	1,572	1,825
Tipperary	8,048	6,566	2,276	3,388	3,334	3,003	2,782	3,481	4,407	5,217
Waterford	7,291	6,404	1,925	2,985	3,029	2,801	2,530	3,636	4,457	5,231
Westmeath	4,201	3,147	1,140	2,041	1,842	1,689	1,729	2,084	2,595	3,771
Wexford	8,789	7,121	2,481	3,636	3,657	3,031	3,172	4,133	5,379	6,130
Wicklow	6,782	5,284	1,793	2,550	2,316	2,020	1,933	2,563	3,513	4,121
Total	246,446	194,817	73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293
Source:CSO

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Table 1.13 New tractors licensed for the first time by licensing authority and make, 2015¹
												Number
Licensing authority	Make											Total
Licensing authority	CLAAS	Case/IH	Deutz	Fendt	John Deere	Landini	Massey- Ferguson	New Holland	SDF	Zetor	Other	Total
Carlow	7	0	2	2	11	0	5	8	0	0	10	45
Cavan	2	0	1	1	11	2	15	5	2	1	8	48
Clare	6	0	3	0	20	2	28	5	0	9	12	85
Cork	19	1	6	12	73	0	24	67	2	10	58	272
Donegal	0	1	0	2	7	2	4	14	3	1	19	53
Dublin	4	1	3	0	31	0	14	9	0	1	28	91
Galway	10	0	6	4	14	0	16	17	0	5	21	93
Kerry	3	0	0	1	13	1	9	16	5	1	13	62
Kildare	11	2	3	0	11	0	8	18	0	2	8	63
Kilkenny	6	0	5	6	21	0	17	11	0	3	46	115
Laois	9	0	1	1	7	3	15	15	0	0	6	57
Leitrim	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	14
Limerick	5	1	5	0	25	2	9	12	0	1	22	82
Longford	1	0	0	0	9	0	3	4	0	1	5	23
Louth	6	2	0	0	10	0	12	2	0	2	13	47
Mayo	1	1	3	0	2	8	11	8	2	7	28	71
Meath	15	1	4	3	25	0	14	6	0	2	17	87
Monaghan	0	0	0	2	6	0	12	8	0	3	11	42
Offaly	5	0	2	0	13	2	6	44	0	3	26	101
Roscommon	9	1	6	0	8	4	7	3	0	5	5	48
Sligo	0	0	3	1	5	3	5	10	4	2	9	42
Tipperary	14	0	6	3	43	5	23	42	2	1	28	167
Waterford	4	0	4	0	8	2	10	12	0	3	20	63
Westmeath	12	1	2	3	6	4	4	9	2	3	8	54
Wexford	8	1	13	11	22	5	24	15	1	1	26	127
Wicklow	2	0	2	2	3	0	9	4	0	4	8	34
Total	159	13	80	54	406	47	306	366	24	72	459	1,986
Source: CSO
¹ Detailed information on agricultural vehicles is published for 2015 in this publication in accordance with Commission Decision 92/157/EEC as upheld on 28 May 1998.

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Table 1.14 Value profile of new cars registered, 2016
Value	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
€	Number	Number	Number	%
0-7000	0	0	0	0.0
7,001 - 8,000	0	0	0	0.0
8,001 - 13,000	3,992	21	3,971	2.8
13,001 - 14,000	1,435	10	1,425	1.0
14,001 - 15,000	5,025	72	4,953	3.5
15,001 - 20,000	25,813	540	25,273	17.8
20,001 - 25,000	36,749	1,072	35,677	25.2
25,001 - 30,000	37,251	1,515	35,736	25.2
30,001 - 40,000	21,827	1,314	20,513	14.5
40,001 - 50,000	8,732	437	8,295	5.9
50,001 - 60,000	3,298	114	3,184	2.2
60,001 - 70,000	924	27	897	0.6
70,001 - 80,000	692	10	682	0.5
80,001 - 90,000	312	6	306	0.2
90,001 - 100,000	299	1	298	0.2
100,001 - 150.000	415	6	409	0.3
150,001 - 200,000	31	0	31	0.0
200,001 - 250,000	3	0	3	0.0
Over 250,000	8	1	7	0.0
Total¹	146,806	5,146	141,660	100.0
Source: Revenue Commissioners
¹ Licensing differs from registration in that a vehicle is licensed when a valid motor tax disc is issued for the first time. Registration occurs when a vehicle gets its licence plate (registration number) for the first time.

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Table 1.15 Age profile of used (imported) cars registered, 2016
Age	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
Years	Number	Number	Number	%
1	1,605	63	1,542	2.2
2	3,875	216	3,659	5.3
3	5,713	278	5,435	7.8
4	12,882	340	12,542	18.1
5	12,657	353	12,304	17.8
6	9,065	390	8,675	12.5
7	7,248	334	6,914	10.0
8	6,108	272	5,836	8.4
9	5,698	272	5,426	7.8
10	2,055	217	1,838	2.7
11	1,467	170	1,297	1.9
12	1,231	147	1,084	1.6
13 years and over	3,114	365	2,749	4.0
Total¹	72,718	3,417	69,301	100.0
Source: Revenue Commissioners
¹ Licensing differs from registration in that a vehicle is licensed when a valid motor tax disc is issued for the first time. Registration occurs when a vehicle gets its licence plate (registration number) for the first time.

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Table 1.16 Country of last registration of used (imported) cars, 2015 - 2016
Country	Net registrations 2015		Net registrations 2016
	Number	%	Number	%
UK	42,826	94.3	66,487	95.9
Japan	2,311	5.1	2,559	3.7
Australia	19	0.0	37	0.1
USA	31	0.1	34	0.0
Others	239	0.5	184	0.3
Total¹	45,426	100.0	69,301	100.0
Source: Revenue Commissioners
¹ Licensing differs from registration in that a vehicle is licensed when a valid motor tax disc is issued for the first time. Registration occurs when a vehicle gets its licence plate (registration number) for the first time.

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