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There was a total of 2,717,722 vehicles under current licence in 2018, of which 2,106,369 (77.5%) were private cars.
Of the 2,106,369 private cars under licence, 121,157 were new cars licensed for the first time in 2018.
Of the new private cars licensed for the first time in 2018, 58.9% had an engine capacity of between 1401 and 2000cc, and 94.6% 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, 1998-2018
					Public service vehicles
Year	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors¹, excavators, dumpers, etc	Small	Large	Exempt vehicles	Others¹	Total
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
2018	2,106,369	40,198	355,273	84,402	21,433	10,944	31,106	67,997	2,717,722
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 2018
Licensing authority	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors	PSV vehicles	Exempt vehicles	Other classes	Total
Carlow	28,782	595	5,997	1,646	315	296	1,566	39,197
Cavan	32,019	431	8,483	2,679	349	411	1,556	45,928
Clare	56,835	962	9,357	3,096	574	814	2,585	74,223
Cork	256,928	5,494	42,021	10,035	2,654	3,857	10,445	331,434
Donegal	64,957	749	14,878	3,175	1,000	997	4,202	89,958
Dublin	535,468	12,705	72,660	1,333	14,702	10,280	8,627	655,775
Galway	113,608	1,449	20,346	5,057	1,556	2,113	5,237	149,366
Kerry	70,497	1,059	11,808	3,866	1,007	894	4,051	93,182
Kildare	104,013	2,179	16,612	2,157	1,295	937	3,120	130,313
Kilkenny	44,281	871	8,194	3,417	567	496	2,098	59,924
Laois	34,906	496	6,070	2,697	407	376	1,427	46,379
Leitrim	14,504	177	3,352	953	174	276	934	20,370
Limerick	89,044	1,479	14,687	3,421	1,011	1,288	3,482	114,412
Longford	17,259	220	4,030	1,230	196	230	964	24,129
Louth	52,339	869	8,183	1,010	801	741	1,214	65,157
Mayo	59,744	618	13,013	4,740	607	1,213	2,424	82,359
Meath	88,610	1,736	14,711	2,649	1,343	826	2,536	112,411
Monaghan	25,944	304	8,073	1,724	288	314	1,164	37,811
Offaly	33,961	678	6,563	2,313	394	341	2,096	46,346
Roscommon	33,688	296	6,610	2,403	259	499	1,897	45,652
Sligo	28,962	407	5,988	1,575	293	537	1,569	39,331
Tipperary	78,268	1,437	13,957	5,147	591	975	3,503	103,878
Waterford	57,234	1,291	7,973	2,006	444	643	2,010	71,601
Westmeath	40,903	596	8,017	2,145	405	359	1,519	53,944
Wexford	75,448	1,515	13,974	3,889	557	752	3,657	99,792
Wicklow	68,167	1,585	9,716	1,587	588	641	2,566	84,850
Total	2,106,369	40,198	355,273	75,950	32,377	31,106	76,449	2,717,722
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 1.3 All vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class, 2009 - 2018
												Number
Taxation class			2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
New vehicles
	Private cars		54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157
	Goods vehicles		10,051	10,510	11,188	10,855	11,024	16,254	22,939	28,051	24,101	25,459
	Tractors		1,883	1,359	1,731	1,996	4,403	2,186	1,986	1,934	1,810	2,043
	Motor cycles		1,879	1,321	1,102	955	878	960	1,244	1,546	1,431	1,556
	Exempt vehicles		3,690	4,207	4,014	3,930	3,955	4,762	5,234	6,207	5,854	5,910
	Public service vehicles		493	306	297	531	378	517	761	957	942	976
		of which
		Small	190	193	195	275	160	237	343	500	505	418
		Large	303	113	102	256	218	280	418	457	437	558
	Machines or contrivances		409	222	294	409	606	399	409	444	424	472
	Other classes		288	244	203	161	295	213	167	223	233	292
Total new vehicles			73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840	157,865

Used (Imported) vehicles
	Private cars		49,464	39,103	41,149	38,469	49,762	52,863	47,217	70,138	92,508	99,456
	Goods vehicles		13,761	8,207	5,227	4,731	7,533	9,074	8,352	10,925	14,168	14,859
	Tractors		2,845	2,194	2,537	1,781	6,598	2,357	1,787	1,908	2,453	2,198
	Other classes		10,194	7,838	6,103	4,959	7,263	5,974	5,317	6,632	8,889	9,361
Total used (imported) vehicles			76,264	57,342	55,016	49,940	71,156	70,268	62,673	89,603	118,018	125,874

Total all classes			149,389	160,418	160,777	145,033	164,043	187,920	216,523	270,896	279,858	283,739
Source: CSO

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Table 1.4 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and body type, 2018
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	1,949	0	0	0	0	20	0	1,969
Ambulance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	0	102
Articulated tractor unit	0	978	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	979
Box van	0	473	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	473
Bus	12	0	0	0	0	523	0	24	17	576
Chassis cab	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Convertible (inc. sports cover)	163	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	166
Crew cab	185	2,608	0	0	0	0	0	53	0	2,846
Estate	10,674	1	0	0	51	0	0	376	0	11,102
Excavator/digger/trench digger	1	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	0	83
Fire Engine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Fork lift	0	1	0	0	0	0	52	0	0	53
Hatchback	36,191	0	0	0	24	0	0	763	0	36,978
Jeep	5,095	5	0	0	9	0	0	253	0	5,362
Loading shovel	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	0	0	146
MPV	33,842	4	0	0	193	0	0	2,270	21	36,330
Minibus	35	0	0	0	0	35	0	3	13	86
Moped	0	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	49
Motor caravan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	159	164
Motorcycle	0	0	0	1,339	0	0	0	5	0	1,344
Pick up	45	1,020	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1,080
Recovery vehicle	0	6	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	22
Refuse collector	0	93	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	100
Rigid	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Saloon	18,600	0	0	0	114	0	0	757	0	19,471
Scooter	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	157
Security van/truck	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sports/coupe (non convertible)	642	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	653
Station wagon/jeep	14,675	3	0	0	22	0	0	924	1	15,625
Telescopic handler	0	0	43	0	0	0	124	0	0	167
Van	953	19,053	0	0	0	0	2	120	1	20,129
Other	41	1,201	51	11	5	0	50	191	80	1,630
Total	121,157	25,459	2,043	1,556	418	558	472	5,910	292	157,865
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, 2018
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		46,776	65,814	1,222	6,629	1	715	0	121,157
Goods vehicles		8	25,372	67	0	0	2	10	25,459
Tractors		5	2,038	0	0	0	0	0	2,043
Motor cycles		1,549	0	7	0	0	0	0	1,556
Exempt vehicles		1,416	4,197	11	276	0	10	0	5,910
Public service vehicles		20	922	20	14	0	0	0	976
	of which
	Small	20	364	20	14	0	0	0	418
	Large	0	558	0	0	0	0	0	558
Machines or contrivances		0	471	1	0	0	0	0	472
Other classes		4	286	0	2	0	0	0	292
Total new vehicles		49,778	99,100	1,328	6,921	1	727	10	157,865
Source: CSO

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Table 1.6 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by type of fuel, 2013 - 2018
Type of fuel	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Petrol	18,964	23,417	32,963	39,472	39,391	46,776
Diesel	51,772	67,740	86,103	99,306	82,492	65,814
Electric	51	222	476	392	623	1,222
Petrol and electric hybrid	555	953	1,354	2,474	4,279	6,629
Diesel and electric hybrid	0	1	86	4	1	1
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	0	0	122	283	259	715
Petrol and Ethanol	6	2	0	0	0	0
Other	0	26	6	0	0	0
Total	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157
Source: CSO

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Table 1.7 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc), 2009 - 2018
Engine cubic capacity	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Up to 900 cc	26	34	82	188	170	462	726	678	1,240	2,439
901-1000 cc	2,096	3,435	3,277	3,132	4,024	5,628	8,978	11,750	13,666	20,545
1001-1300 cc	7,911	17,390	16,615	12,311	11,823	14,463	17,270	18,244	16,115	13,872
1301-1400 cc	10,102	10,600	9,582	8,289	7,385	8,715	11,159	11,606	8,820	7,002
1401-1500 cc	5,482	10,801	9,648	6,321	6,477	9,946	16,145	24,981	22,750	20,335
1501-1600 cc	7,475	19,086	22,515	21,066	18,883	23,199	30,839	29,599	24,231	20,414
1601-2000 cc	18,838	19,371	20,828	20,229	18,193	23,805	28,954	38,167	34,057	30,556
2001-2400 cc	1,741	2,995	3,202	3,492	3,311	4,567	5,118	4,479	4,183	3,420
Over 2400 cc	761	1,195	1,183	1,228	1,082	1,576	1,921	2,427	1,983	2,574
Total	54,432	84,907	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157
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, 2018
Type of fuel	CO₂ emission band								Total
Type of fuel	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	Not available¹	Total
Petrol	31,014	13,838	1,526	219	81	60	35	3	46,776
Diesel	49,806	11,417	2,827	943	602	149	12	58	65,814
Electric	1,222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,222
Petrol and electric hybrid	6,354	242	31	2	0	0	0	0	6,629
Diesel and electric hybrid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	714	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	715
Total	89,111	25,497	4,385	1,164	683	209	47	61	121,157
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, 2018
Ranking	New		Used (imported)
Ranking	Make	Number	Make	Number
1	Volkswagen	13,496	Volkswagen	12,424
2	Toyota	11,484	Ford	11,686
3	Hyundai	10,950	Audi	8,604
4	Ford	10,746	BMW	7,596
5	Nissan	9,277	Hyundai	6,970
6	Skoda	8,668	Toyota	6,856
7	Renault	7,075	Nissan	6,006
8	Kia	7,005	Mercedes Benz	5,735
9	Peugeot	5,374	Vauxhall	4,855
10	Opel	4,893	Kia	3,331
11	Audi	4,806	Peugeot	2,911
12	BMW	4,128	Skoda	2,867
13	Mercedes Benz	3,953	Honda	2,658
14	Seat	3,600	Volvo	2,325
15	Dacia	3,411	Citroen	2,297
16	Mazda	2,162	Renault	2,021
17	Volvo	1,690	Mazda	1,562
18	Honda	1,260	Lexus	1,553
19	Suzuki	1,229	Seat	1,212
20	Citroen	1,186	Mitsubishi	1,132
	Other makes	4,764	Other makes	4,855
	Total	121,157	Total	99,456
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, 2018
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	2	2	5
BMW	0	0	0	13	3	47	98	161
Ducati	0	0	0	1	0	17	19	37
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	3	14	58	75
Honda	44	113	15	68	57	39	12	348
Hyosung	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
Kawasaki	0	1	4	14	40	12	14	85
Keeway	28	29	2	0	0	0	0	59
KTM	0	6	0	0	0	3	17	26
Piaggio	5	5	1	6	0	0	0	17
Suzuki	0	115	16	2	33	8	16	190
Triumph	0	0	0	0	0	32	30	62
Vespa	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Yamaha	32	45	6	29	49	67	13	241
All other makes	89	72	9	38	8	7	15	238
Total	205	386	59	171	193	248	294	1,556
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, 2018
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	2	5	2	1	9	15	10	44
BMW	0	2	1	1	23	87	188	302
Ducati	0	0	0	0	3	34	26	63
Gilera	3	7	12	3	0	0	0	25
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	3	7	109	119
Honda	46	138	49	85	287	215	129	949
Kawasaki	0	4	31	21	135	50	126	367
KTM	0	6	3	27	14	24	45	119
Moto Guzzi	0	0	0	0	5	3	13	21
Peugeot	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	10
Piaggio	34	13	4	18	0	0	0	69
Suzuki	7	18	17	49	263	69	66	489
Triumph	0	0	0	0	18	58	79	155
Vespa	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	9
Yamaha	9	43	15	12	181	122	98	480
All other makes	17	31	16	19	15	7	22	127
Total	127	270	155	238	956	691	911	3,348
Source: CSO

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Table 1.12 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time in each licensing authority, 2009 - 2018
Licensing authority	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	959	1,371	1,357	1,149	1,152	1,461	1,828	2,212	1,925	2,011
Cavan	929	1,285	1,315	1,153	1,112	1,405	1,927	2,296	2,407	1,881
Clare	1,451	2,356	2,377	1,869	1,795	2,431	3,305	3,730	3,298	3,302
Cork	10,031	14,544	14,385	11,141	10,706	13,794	18,964	22,571	19,509	19,006
Donegal	1,828	2,909	2,515	2,193	2,051	2,723	3,643	4,282	3,499	3,249
Dublin	24,070	30,997	34,501	34,268	33,668	42,048	54,021	62,870	58,265	57,418
Galway	2,940	4,560	4,571	3,701	3,670	4,493	6,481	7,298	6,273	6,117
Kerry	1,694	2,705	2,508	2,193	1,953	2,554	3,420	4,218	3,651	3,536
Kildare	2,902	4,152	4,267	3,693	3,767	4,927	6,503	7,807	6,860	6,974
Kilkenny	1,417	2,072	2,143	1,864	1,825	2,213	2,923	3,495	2,869	2,931
Laois	974	1,408	1,416	1,131	1,192	1,399	1,826	2,193	2,009	1,950
Leitrim	355	529	542	450	445	521	740	893	729	701
Limerick	3,457	4,495	4,873	3,713	3,371	4,496	5,663	6,944	5,927	5,555
Longford	519	677	723	602	552	655	858	1,031	908	837
Louth	1,818	2,562	2,469	2,067	1,824	2,568	3,393	3,932	3,368	3,441
Mayo	1,586	2,293	2,195	1,961	1,929	2,311	3,085	3,659	3,106	2,943
Meath	2,553	3,584	3,398	2,933	2,854	3,682	5,006	6,290	5,239	5,157
Monaghan	719	1,138	1,110	979	947	1,116	1,525	1,838	1,549	1,479
Offaly	952	1,417	1,303	1,223	1,227	1,485	1,939	2,400	2,007	2,055
Roscommon	1,449	2,142	2,369	3,203	3,717	4,253	4,877	5,039	5,100	4,420
Sligo	907	1,280	1,246	1,063	984	1,220	1,572	1,825	1,581	1,556
Tipperary	2,276	3,388	3,334	3,003	2,782	3,481	4,407	5,217	4,495	4,432
Waterford	1,925	2,985	3,029	2,801	2,530	3,636	4,457	5,231	5,283	4,650
Westmeath	1,140	2,041	1,842	1,689	1,729	2,084	2,595	3,771	2,654	2,551
Wexford	2,481	3,636	3,657	3,031	3,172	4,133	5,379	6,130	5,706	6,100
Wicklow	1,793	2,550	2,316	2,020	1,933	2,563	3,513	4,121	3,623	3,613
Total	73,125	103,076	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840	157,865
Source:CSO

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Table 1.13 Number of new tractors licensed for the first time by licensing authority and make, 2017¹
Licensing authority	Make														Total
Licensing authority	CLAAS	Case/IH	Deutz	Fendt	John Deere	Kubota	Landini	Massey- Ferguson	New Holland	SDF	Tumosan	Valtra	Zetor	Other	Total
Carlow	8	2	6	3	15	2	0	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	48
Cavan	2	3	0	0	6	3	0	16	4	1	0	5	0	2	42
Clare	6	2	1	1	21	4	4	31	10	0	2	0	3	1	86
Cork	14	17	3	8	51	5	3	44	57	0	4	11	2	22	241
Donegal	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	3	16	3	2	10	1	1	45
Dublin	3	2	3	2	13	5	3	17	6	0	0	3	0	3	60
Galway	8	5	9	4	21	1	3	19	25	0	2	4	5	6	112
Kerry	3	7	0	2	17	4	1	17	5	1	1	9	4	5	76
Kildare	5	4	1	4	14	1	0	13	14	0	0	2	0	4	62
Kilkenny	5	12	2	2	22	3	0	18	17	0	0	4	0	5	90
Laois	5	2	1	0	12	2	2	20	9	1	0	0	2	3	59
Leitrim	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	14
Limerick	6	3	0	2	28	4	3	13	9	0	0	3	2	6	79
Longford	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	13
Louth	2	5	0	0	8	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	2	3	33
Mayo	0	20	6	2	7	9	5	12	17	1	0	3	7	1	90
Meath	12	5	3	3	23	2	3	12	9	0	0	5	0	13	90
Monaghan	0	1	0	0	9	0	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	23
Offaly	4	8	2	1	12	1	3	5	25	0	2	1	2	4	70
Roscommon	6	2	2	2	7	1	1	8	8	1	4	2	4	2	50
Sligo	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	2	3	1	19
Tipperary	17	15	0	3	38	0	6	16	34	2	4	3	0	11	149
Waterford	2	17	2	0	13	1	3	11	6	0	1	1	0	7	64
Westmeath	9	1	2	1	8	3	1	10	6	0	1	0	0	1	43
Wexford	4	8	7	6	25	2	6	26	22	0	0	3	0	10	119
Wicklow	2	2	1	2	5	0	0	9	3	0	3	0	1	5	33
Total	124	144	53	49	386	53	54	359	315	12	26	76	39	120	1,810
Source: CSO
¹ Detailed information on agricultural vehicles is published for 2017 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, 2018
Value	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
€	Number	Number	Number	%
0-7000	0	0	0	0.0
7,001 - 8,000	1	1	0	0.0
8,001 - 13,000	2,859	17	2,842	2.3
13,001 - 14,000	1,897	15	1,882	1.6
14,001 - 15,000	2,521	38	2,483	2.1
15,001 - 20,000	20,364	405	19,959	16.5
20,001 - 25,000	25,218	866	24,352	20.1
25,001 - 30,000	30,837	1,337	29,500	24.4
30,001 - 40,000	27,048	1,708	25,340	20.9
40,001 - 50,000	8,337	562	7,775	6.4
50,001 - 60,000	4,017	172	3,845	3.2
60,001 - 70,000	1,078	36	1,042	0.9
70,001 - 80,000	892	20	872	0.7
80,001 - 90,000	419	5	414	0.3
90,001 - 100,000	237	1	236	0.2
100,001 - 150.000	460	4	456	0.4
150,001 - 200,000	72	0	72	0.1
200,001 - 250,000	14	0	14	0.0
Over 250,000	9	1	8	0.0
Total¹	126,280	5,188	121,092	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, 2018
Age	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
Years	Number	Number	Number	%
1	2,113	81	2,032	2.1
2	8,143	273	7,870	8.0
3	10,509	347	10,162	10.3
4	20,312	377	19,935	20.3
5	18,728	426	18,302	18.6
6	12,466	396	12,070	12.3
7	9,006	316	8,690	8.8
8	6,657	258	6,399	6.5
9	5,113	204	4,909	5.0
10	3,355	179	3,176	3.2
11	1,833	165	1,668	1.7
12	730	107	623	0.6
13 years and over	2,914	335	2,579	2.6
Total¹	101,879	3,464	98,415	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, 2017 - 2018
Country	Net registrations 2017		Net registrations 2018
	Number	%	Number	%
UK	88,493	97.2	94,495	96.0
Japan	2,262	2.5	3,644	3.7
USA	32	0.0	35	0.0
Germany	41	0.1	33	0.0
Others	205	0.2	208	0.2
Total¹	91,033	100.0	98,415	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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