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There was a total of 2,675,879 vehicles under current licence in 2017, of which 2,066,112 (77.2%) were private cars.
Of the 2,066,112 private cars under licence, 127,045 were new cars licensed for the first time in 2017.
Of the new private cars licensed for the first time in 2017, 63.8% had an engine capacity of between 1401 and 2000cc, and 95.7% were in either the A or B CO₂ emission bands.

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Vehicle licensing and registrations

Table 1.1 Number of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence by taxation class on 31 December, 1997-2017
					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
2017	2,066,112	39,873	349,143	89,366	21,345	10,371	30,843	68,826	2,675,879
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 2017
Licensing authority	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors	PSV vehicles	Exempt vehicles	Other classes	Total
Carlow	27,871	566	6,086	1,784	309	285	1,626	38,527
Cavan	31,098	423	7,970	2,793	340	396	1,515	44,535
Clare	55,644	932	9,301	3,256	585	805	2,683	73,206
Cork	252,074	5,445	41,920	10,407	2,616	3,806	10,538	326,806
Donegal	63,535	764	14,589	3,410	986	979	4,331	88,594
Dublin	530,305	12,633	69,724	1,466	14,249	10,324	8,624	647,325
Galway	111,267	1,476	20,567	5,397	1,497	2,068	5,476	147,748
Kerry	69,462	1,067	11,903	4,104	973	886	4,170	92,565
Kildare	100,771	2,144	15,923	2,244	1,318	924	3,080	126,404
Kilkenny	43,344	873	8,093	3,530	539	516	2,126	59,021
Laois	33,713	506	5,971	2,842	389	369	1,495	45,285
Leitrim	14,041	157	3,348	1,015	177	276	980	19,994
Limerick	87,806	1,498	14,336	3,569	988	1,234	3,540	112,971
Longford	16,765	215	3,874	1,311	189	243	1,019	23,616
Louth	50,876	867	8,080	1,103	796	743	1,236	63,701
Mayo	57,880	612	12,940	5,095	598	1,202	2,378	80,705
Meath	85,745	1,669	14,671	2,754	1,336	826	2,548	109,549
Monaghan	25,352	303	7,980	1,933	292	326	1,196	37,382
Offaly	33,435	685	6,482	2,493	379	316	2,142	45,932
Roscommon	32,916	302	6,481	2,596	248	489	1,951	44,983
Sligo	28,310	404	5,891	1,673	295	526	1,619	38,718
Tipperary	76,651	1,399	13,836	5,439	598	989	3,517	102,429
Waterford	56,346	1,271	7,963	2,175	433	608	2,065	70,861
Westmeath	40,071	597	7,842	2,269	416	340	1,530	53,065
Wexford	73,492	1,501	13,887	4,128	576	725	3,743	98,052
Wicklow	67,342	1,564	9,485	1,688	594	642	2,590	83,905
Total	2,066,112	39,873	349,143	80,474	31,716	30,843	77,718	2,675,879
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 1.3 All vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class, 2008 - 2017
												Number
Taxation class			2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
New vehicles
	Private cars		146,470	54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045
	Goods vehicles		31,459	10,051	10,510	11,188	10,855	11,024	16,254	22,939	28,051	24,101
	Tractors		4,154	1,883	1,359	1,731	1,996	4,403	2,186	1,986	1,934	1,810
	Motor cycles		3,194	1,879	1,321	1,102	955	878	960	1,244	1,546	1,431
	Exempt vehicles		6,286	3,690	4,207	4,014	3,930	3,955	4,762	5,234	6,207	5,854
	Public service vehicles		1,614	493	306	297	531	378	517	761	957	942
		of which
		Small	893	190	193	195	275	160	237	343	500	505
		Large	721	303	113	102	256	218	280	418	457	437
	Machines or contrivances		906	409	222	294	409	606	399	409	444	424
	Other classes		734	288	244	203	161	295	213	167	223	233
Total new vehicles			194,817	73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840

Used (Imported) vehicles
	Private cars		60,091	49,464	39,103	41,149	38,469	49,762	52,863	47,217	70,138	92,508
	Goods vehicles		13,133	13,761	8,207	5,227	4,731	7,533	9,074	8,352	10,925	14,168
	Tractors		3,412	2,845	2,194	2,537	1,781	6,598	2,357	1,787	1,908	2,453
	Other classes		11,104	10,194	7,838	6,103	4,959	7,263	5,974	5,317	6,632	8,889
Total used (imported) vehicles			87,740	76,264	57,342	55,016	49,940	71,156	70,268	62,673	89,603	118,018

Total all classes			282,557	149,389	160,418	160,777	145,033	164,043	187,920	216,523	270,896	279,858
Source: CSO

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Table 1.4 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and body type, 2017
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	1,719	0	0	0	0	16	1	1,736
Ambulance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	0	93
Articulated tractor unit	0	997	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	997
Box van	1	340	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	342
Bus	13	1	0	0	0	410	0	20	17	461
Chassis cab	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
Convertible (inc. sports cover)	175	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	175
Crew cab	188	1,556	0	0	0	0	0	79	0	1,823
Estate	12,652	2	0	0	60	0	0	515	0	13,229
Excavator/digger/trench digger	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	71
Fire Engine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Fork lift	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	0	52
Hatchback	38,297	1	0	0	20	0	0	769	1	39,088
Jeep	5,452	4	0	0	6	0	0	263	0	5,725
Loading shovel	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	0	0	114
MPV	32,316	11	0	0	226	0	0	2,066	2	34,621
Minibus	10	0	0	0	0	27	0	3	5	45
Moped	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	44
Motor caravan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	124	129
Motorcycle	0	0	0	1,266	0	0	0	15	0	1,281
Pick up	37	968	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1,021
Recovery vehicle	0	8	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	20
Refuse collector	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	61
Rigid	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
Saloon	25,184	0	0	0	170	0	0	958	0	26,312
Scooter	0	0	0	116	0	0	0	0	0	116
Sports/coupe (non convertible)	783	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	800
Station wagon/jeep	10,755	1	0	0	20	0	0	719	0	11,495
Telescopic handler	0	4	34	0	0	0	95	0	0	133
Van	1,142	18,887	0	0	0	0	3	153	0	20,185
Other	38	1,236	57	5	3	0	77	135	83	1,634
Total	127,045	24,101	1,810	1,431	505	437	424	5,854	233	161,840
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, 2017
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		39,391	82,492	623	4,279	1	259	0	127,045
Goods vehicles		11	24,055	32	1	0	0	2	24,101
Tractors		10	1,800	0	0	0	0	0	1,810
Motor cycles		1,413	2	4	11	0	0	1	1,431
Exempt vehicles		1,121	4,551	1	179	0	2	0	5,854
Public service vehicles		15	910	2	15	0	0	0	942
	of which
	Small	15	473	2	15	0	0	0	505
	Large	0	437	0	0	0	0	0	437
Machines or contrivances		0	422	2	0	0	0	0	424
Other classes		3	229	0	1	0	0	0	233
Total new vehicles		41,964	114,461	664	4,486	1	261	3	161,840
Source: CSO

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Table 1.6 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by type of fuel, 2012 - 2017
Type of fuel	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Petrol	17,788	18,964	23,417	32,963	39,472	39,391
Diesel	56,520	51,772	67,740	86,103	99,306	82,492
Electric	163	51	222	476	392	623
Petrol and electric hybrid	591	555	953	1,354	2,474	4,279
Diesel and electric hybrid	0	0	1	86	4	1
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	0	0	0	119	283	259
Petrol and Ethanol	1,194	6	2	0	0	0
Other	0	0	26	9	0	0
Total	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045
Source: CSO

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Table 1.7 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc), 2008 - 2017
Engine cubic capacity	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Up to 900 cc	103	26	34	82	188	170	462	726	678	1,240
901-1000 cc	4,594	2,096	3,435	3,277	3,132	4,024	5,628	8,978	11,750	13,666
1001-1300 cc	16,921	7,911	17,390	16,615	12,311	11,823	14,463	17,270	18,244	16,115
1301-1400 cc	39,512	10,102	10,600	9,582	8,289	7,385	8,715	11,159	11,606	8,820
1401-1500 cc	8,624	5,482	10,801	9,648	6,321	6,477	9,946	16,145	24,981	22,750
1501-1600 cc	28,045	7,475	19,086	22,515	21,066	18,883	23,199	30,839	29,599	24,231
1601-2000 cc	38,020	18,838	19,371	20,828	20,229	18,193	23,805	28,954	38,167	34,057
2001-2400 cc	4,272	1,741	2,995	3,202	3,492	3,311	4,567	5,118	4,479	4,183
Over 2400 cc	6,379	761	1,195	1,183	1,228	1,082	1,576	1,921	2,427	1,983
Total	146,470	54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045
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, 2017
Type of fuel	CO₂ emission band								Total
Type of fuel	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	Not available¹	Total
Petrol	26,390	11,830	808	208	81	57	17	0	39,391
Diesel	66,150	12,044	2,607	739	808	100	11	33	82,492
Electric	623	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	623
Petrol and electric hybrid	4,084	188	7	0	0	0	0	0	4,279
Diesel and electric hybrid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	259	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	259
Total	97,507	24,062	3,422	947	889	157	28	33	127,045
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 new private cars licensed for the first time by most popular make, 2017
Ranking	New		Used (imported)
Ranking	Make	Number	Make	Number
1	Volkswagen	13,609	Ford	12,531
2	Toyota	12,207	Volkswagen	12,398
3	Ford	11,660	Audi	7,995
4	Hyundai	11,127	Toyota	6,999
5	Nissan	9,954	Vauxhall	5,901
6	Skoda	8,613	Hyundai	5,818
7	Renault	8,382	BMW	5,742
8	Kia	6,812	Nissan	5,043
9	Opel	6,474	Mercedes Benz	4,165
10	Audi	5,351	Peugeot	3,414
11	Mercedes Benz	4,619	Kia	2,861
12	BMW	4,487	Citroen	2,468
13	Peugeot	3,797	Skoda	2,375
14	Dacia	3,464	Honda	2,259
15	Seat	3,345	Renault	2,102
16	Mazda	2,585	Volvo	1,938
17	Volvo	1,785	Mazda	1,508
18	Citroen	1,429	Seat	1,153
19	Suzuki	1,303	Lexus	1,031
20	Honda	1,244	Mini	977
	Other makes	4,798	Other makes	3,830
	Total	127,045	Total	92,508
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, 2017
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BMW	2	0	0	11	4	86	135	238
Ducati	0	0	0	1	0	20	14	35
Gilera	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	13	23	44	80
Honda	19	95	21	50	55	54	4	298
Hyosung	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4
Kawasaki	0	4	5	7	15	7	17	55
Keeway	16	32	6	0	0	0	0	54
KTM	0	1	2	3	4	0	15	25
Peugeot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Piaggio	16	3	1	4	0	0	0	24
Suzuki	1	99	8	3	26	14	15	166
Triumph	0	0	0	0	2	34	28	64
Yamaha	35	45	7	28	43	42	10	210
All other makes	68	52	6	29	6	3	12	177
Total	157	332	58	137	170	283	294	1,431
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, 2017
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	6	13	0	1	14	21	3	58
BMW	2	0	1	1	21	68	221	314
Ducati	0	0	0	1	12	21	33	67
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	1	9	85	95
Honda	35	114	44	59	257	215	138	862
Kawasaki	0	4	31	28	123	52	94	332
KTM	0	1	2	14	18	18	18	71
Moto Guzzi	0	0	0	0	3	2	9	14
Peugeot	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	9
Piaggio	28	17	5	19	0	0	0	69
Suzuki	1	16	13	31	278	82	77	498
Triumph	0	0	0	0	22	46	71	139
Vespa	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	11
Yamaha	4	41	9	19	184	112	102	471
All other makes	31	44	29	32	11	14	16	177
Total	114	261	136	205	944	660	867	3,187
Source: CSO

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Table 1.12 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time in each licensing authority, 2008 - 2017
Licensing authority	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	2,619	959	1,371	1,357	1,149	1,152	1,461	1,828	2,212	1,925
Cavan	2,676	929	1,285	1,315	1,153	1,112	1,405	1,927	2,296	2,407
Clare	4,470	1,451	2,356	2,377	1,869	1,795	2,431	3,305	3,730	3,298
Cork	25,026	10,031	14,544	14,385	11,141	10,706	13,794	18,964	22,571	19,509
Donegal	4,465	1,828	2,909	2,515	2,193	2,051	2,723	3,643	4,282	3,499
Dublin	60,159	24,070	30,997	34,501	34,268	33,668	42,048	54,021	62,870	58,265
Galway	8,403	2,940	4,560	4,571	3,701	3,670	4,493	6,481	7,298	6,273
Kerry	4,513	1,694	2,705	2,508	2,193	1,953	2,554	3,420	4,218	3,651
Kildare	8,697	2,902	4,152	4,267	3,693	3,767	4,927	6,503	7,807	6,860
Kilkenny	3,910	1,417	2,072	2,143	1,864	1,825	2,213	2,923	3,495	2,869
Laois	3,034	974	1,408	1,416	1,131	1,192	1,399	1,826	2,193	2,009
Leitrim	940	355	529	542	450	445	521	740	893	729
Limerick	8,577	3,457	4,495	4,873	3,713	3,371	4,496	5,663	6,944	5,927
Longford	1,381	519	677	723	602	552	655	858	1,031	908
Louth	4,725	1,818	2,562	2,469	2,067	1,824	2,568	3,393	3,932	3,368
Mayo	4,314	1,586	2,293	2,195	1,961	1,929	2,311	3,085	3,659	3,106
Meath	7,641	2,553	3,584	3,398	2,933	2,854	3,682	5,006	6,290	5,239
Monaghan	2,071	719	1,138	1,110	979	947	1,116	1,525	1,838	1,549
Offaly	3,038	952	1,417	1,303	1,223	1,227	1,485	1,939	2,400	2,007
Roscommon	3,277	1,449	2,142	2,369	3,203	3,717	4,253	4,877	5,039	5,100
Sligo	2,359	907	1,280	1,246	1,063	984	1,220	1,572	1,825	1,581
Tipperary	6,566	2,276	3,388	3,334	3,003	2,782	3,481	4,407	5,217	4,495
Waterford	6,404	1,925	2,985	3,029	2,801	2,530	3,636	4,457	5,231	5,283
Westmeath	3,147	1,140	2,041	1,842	1,689	1,729	2,084	2,595	3,771	2,654
Wexford	7,121	2,481	3,636	3,657	3,031	3,172	4,133	5,379	6,130	5,706
Wicklow	5,284	1,793	2,550	2,316	2,020	1,933	2,563	3,513	4,121	3,623
Total	194,817	73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840
Source:CSO

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Table 1.13 Number of new tractors licensed for the first time by licensing authority and make, 2016¹
Licensing authority	Make													Total
Licensing authority	CLAAS	Case/IH	Deutz	Fendt	John Deere	Kubota	Landini	Massey- Ferguson	New Holland	SDF	Valtra	Zetor	Other	Total
Carlow	4	0	6	2	9	0	0	4	10	0	4	2	3	44
Cavan	3	0	1	0	5	3	2	16	1	2	6	0	3	42
Clare	5	0	5	1	26	4	0	33	11	0	1	7	2	95
Cork	23	0	7	6	49	4	3	35	53	0	7	7	34	228
Donegal	0	1	0	2	8	1	3	12	15	1	15	1	6	65
Dublin	2	0	5	1	6	3	0	19	20	0	1	0	10	67
Galway	11	1	12	4	26	7	0	24	17	1	2	9	19	133
Kerry	5	0	2	0	17	0	0	20	13	4	6	1	11	79
Kildare	6	0	2	3	14	1	0	10	14	0	1	0	12	63
Kilkenny	7	0	4	3	27	4	0	15	19	1	1	2	17	100
Laois	5	0	8	1	15	0	2	19	10	0	0	1	10	71
Leitrim	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	1	0	5	1	0	16
Limerick	6	0	7	0	9	1	4	9	7	0	2	4	7	56
Longford	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	1	20
Louth	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	7	5	0	0	3	19	43
Mayo	3	1	8	1	9	5	6	12	20	2	1	8	20	96
Meath	13	0	4	1	33	1	3	14	19	2	2	0	13	105
Monaghan	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	9	6	0	0	0	1	26
Offaly	4	1	2	0	5	0	0	11	31	0	0	3	8	65
Roscommon	7	0	1	2	5	0	4	4	17	0	2	4	2	48
Sligo	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	9	5	4	4	4	1	33
Tipperary	14	1	5	0	33	7	6	24	34	4	2	3	22	155
Waterford	4	2	6	4	8	0	1	6	6	0	2	0	19	58
Westmeath	8	2	2	1	11	1	2	11	8	2	1	3	6	58
Wexford	8	0	6	11	27	2	9	18	21	0	5	1	10	118
Wicklow	2	0	5	2	9	0	0	11	10	0	0	2	9	50
Total	144	10	102	47	377	45	48	361	374	23	72	66	265	1,934
Source: CSO
¹ Detailed information on agricultural vehicles is published for 2016 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, 2017
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	2,903	15	2,888	2.3
13,001 - 14,000	2,126	14	2,112	1.7
14,001 - 15,000	3,861	52	3,809	3.0
15,001 - 20,000	22,152	503	21,649	17.1
20,001 - 25,000	29,545	976	28,569	22.6
25,001 - 30,000	31,101	1,322	29,779	23.5
30,001 - 40,000	24,651	1,480	23,171	18.3
40,001 - 50,000	8,821	508	8,313	6.6
50,001 - 60,000	3,855	123	3,732	2.9
60,001 - 70,000	1,013	38	975	0.8
70,001 - 80,000	684	13	671	0.5
80,001 - 90,000	322	4	318	0.3
90,001 - 100,000	292	3	289	0.2
100,001 - 150.000	313	3	310	0.2
150,001 - 200,000	33	0	33	0.0
200,001 - 250,000	8	0	8	0.0
Over 250,000	3	1	2	0.0
Total¹	131,683	5,055	126,628	100.0
Source: Revenue Commissioners
¹Licensing and registration are different processes. A vehicle is licensed when a valid motor tax disc is issued for the first time whereas 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, 2017
Age	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
Years	Number	Number	Number	%
1	1,907	78	1,829	2.0
2	6,638	252	6,386	7.0
3	9,164	306	8,858	9.7
4	19,176	347	18,829	20.7
5	15,699	424	15,275	16.8
6	11,515	340	11,175	12.3
7	8,636	328	8,308	9.1
8	7,352	266	7,086	7.8
9	5,171	230	4,941	5.4
10	3,976	187	3,789	4.2
11	1,274	180	1,094	1.2
12	905	126	779	0.9
13 years and over	3,043	359	2,684	2.9
Total¹	94,456	3,423	91,033	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, 2016 - 2017
Country	Net registrations 2016		Net registrations 2017
	Number	%	Number	%
UK	66,487	95.9	88,493	97.2
Japan	2,559	3.7	2,262	2.5
Germany	30	0.0	41	0.1
USA	34	0.1	32	0.0
Others	191	0.3	205	0.2
Total¹	69,301	100.0	91,033	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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