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Transport Omnibus 2020

Vehicle Licensing and Registrations

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There was a total of 2,860,984 vehicles under current licence in 2020, of which 2,215,127 (77.4%) were private cars.
The number of new cars licensed for the first time in 2020 fell by 28,996 vehicles compared with 2019.
Of the new private cars licensed for the first time in 2020, 58.3% had an engine capacity of between 1401 and 2000cc, and 94.4% were in either the A or B CO2 emission bands.
In 2020, 5% of new private cars licensed were electric (3,940) compared with 3% in 2019.

For further information on vehicle make and models, please check out the CSO's interactive tool for Ireland's Top Motors.

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Table 1.1 Number of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence by taxation class on 31 December, 2000-2020
					Public service vehicles
Year	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors¹, excavators, dumpers, etc	Small	Large	Exempt vehicles	Others¹	Total
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
2019	2,174,779	42,492	366,760	85,345	21,769	11,424	31,808	71,462	2,805,839
2020	2,215,127	44,819	377,890	87,592	19,269	10,372	31,940	73,975	2,860,984
Source: Department of Transport
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 2020
Licensing authority	Private cars	Motor cycles	Goods vehicles	Tractors	PSV vehicles	Exempt vehicles	Other classes	Total
Carlow	29,798	647	6,301	1,761	288	302	1,715	40,812
Cavan	34,360	532	9,168	2,835	326	420	1,544	49,185
Clare	59,942	1,119	9,545	3,110	555	843	2,735	77,849
Cork	269,602	5,977	43,585	10,339	2,403	3,901	11,379	347,186
Donegal	69,372	837	16,175	3,276	915	968	4,287	95,830
Dublin	554,470	13,166	78,226	1,351	13,177	10,875	9,273	680,538
Galway	120,142	1,730	21,208	5,204	1,525	2,176	5,602	157,587
Kerry	74,357	1,227	12,437	4,048	822	877	4,393	98,161
Kildare	111,983	2,551	18,084	2,222	1,148	931	3,456	140,375
Kilkenny	46,801	1,026	8,629	3,545	532	507	2,223	63,263
Laois	37,242	574	6,606	2,869	401	390	1,499	49,581
Leitrim	15,472	201	3,654	979	177	269	946	21,698
Limerick	92,331	1,797	15,098	3,574	964	1,315	3,829	118,908
Longford	18,270	261	4,352	1,304	188	252	1,033	25,660
Louth	55,879	1,013	8,543	1,055	764	723	1,353	69,330
Mayo	62,874	755	13,613	4,835	553	1,228	2,665	86,523
Meath	96,999	2,044	16,664	2,878	1,274	828	2,980	123,667
Monaghan	27,725	367	8,766	1,735	299	313	1,198	40,403
Offaly	36,064	737	6,965	2,406	388	331	2,232	49,123
Roscommon	33,106	349	6,527	2,496	230	489	1,927	45,124
Sligo	30,364	455	6,445	1,634	262	546	1,649	41,355
Tipperary	82,711	1,679	14,925	5,399	595	971	3,827	110,107
Waterford	59,698	1,539	8,252	2,076	405	602	2,236	74,808
Westmeath	43,316	726	8,659	2,146	354	386	1,674	57,261
Wexford	79,800	1,721	14,883	4,182	557	816	4,134	106,093
Wicklow	72,449	1,789	10,580	1,586	539	681	2,933	90,557
Total	2,215,127	44,819	377,890	78,845	29,641	31,940	82,722	2,860,984
Source: Department of Transport

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Table 1.3 All vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class, 2011- 2020
												Number
Taxation class			2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
New vehicles
	Private cars		86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157	113,305	84,309
	Goods vehicles		11,188	10,855	11,024	16,254	22,939	28,051	24,101	25,459	24,645	21,495
	Tractors		1,731	1,996	4,403	2,186	1,986	1,934	1,810	2,043	2,137	2,190
	Motor cycles		1,102	955	878	960	1,244	1,546	1,431	1,556	1,848	1,709
	Exempt vehicles		4,014	3,930	3,955	4,762	5,234	6,207	5,854	5,910	5,976	5,692
	Public service vehicles		297	531	378	517	761	957	942	976	944	379
		of which
		Small	195	275	160	237	343	500	505	418	435	212
		Large	102	256	218	280	418	457	437	558	509	167
	Machines or contrivances		294	409	606	399	409	444	424	472	547	415
	Other classes		203	161	295	213	167	223	233	292	346	325
Total new vehicles			105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840	157,865	149,748	116,514

Used (Imported) vehicles
	Private cars		41,149	38,469	49,762	52,863	47,217	70,138	92,508	99,456	108,895	78,541
	Goods vehicles		5,227	4,731	7,533	9,074	8,352	10,925	14,168	14,859	15,152	11,753
	Tractors		2,537	1,781	6,598	2,357	1,787	1,908	2,453	2,198	2,595	2,648
	Other classes		6,103	4,959	7,263	5,974	5,317	6,632	8,889	9,361	10,554	5,146
Total used (imported) vehicles			55,016	49,940	71,156	70,268	62,673	89,603	118,018	125,874	137,196	101,472

Total all classes			160,777	145,033	164,043	187,920	216,523	270,896	279,858	283,739	286,944	217,986
Source: CSO

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Table 1.4 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and body type, 2020
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	1,995	0	0	0	0	9	0	2,004
Ambulance	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	0	111
Articulated tractor unit	0	993	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	995
Box van	14	451	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	465
Bus	2	0	0	0	0	157	0	19	8	186
Chassis cab	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Convertible (inc. sports cover)	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	58
Crew cab	9	261	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	277
Estate	6,148	1	0	0	14	0	0	290	0	6,453
Excavator/digger/trench digger	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	0	58
Fire Engine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Fork lift	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	21
Hatchback	24,809	1	0	0	3	0	0	756	0	25,569
Jeep	3,122	5	0	0	6	0	0	213	0	3,346
Loading shovel	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	2	0	157
MPV	20,479	15	0	0	88	0	0	2,091	8	22,681
Minibus	6	1	0	0	0	10	0	6	4	27
Moped	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	44
Motor caravan	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	201	215
Motorcycle	0	0	0	1,550	0	0	0	30	1	1,581
Pick up	75	1,101	0	0	0	0	0	112	0	1,288
Recovery vehicle	0	5	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	23
Refuse collector	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	65
Saloon	11,708	0	0	0	73	0	0	508	1	12,290
Scooter	0	0	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	95
Sports/coupe (non convertible)	220	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	225
Station wagon/jeep	16,595	4	0	0	28	0	0	1,224	0	17,851
Telescopic handler	0	0	69	0	0	0	110	0	0	179
Van	927	17,451	0	0	0	0	3	77	0	18,458
Other	123	1,141	126	20	0	0	50	218	102	1,780
Total	84,309	21,495	2,190	1,709	212	167	415	5,692	325	116,514
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, 2020
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		31,507	36,208	3,940	9,787	465	2,402	0	84,309
Goods vehicles		21	20,977	443	1	20	14	19	21,495
Tractors		89	2,101	0	0	0	0	0	2,190
Motor cycles		1,674	0	34	0	0	1	0	1,709
Exempt vehicles		1,288	3,671	22	589	44	78	0	5,692
Public service vehicles		3	316	3	56	0	1	0	379
	of which
	Small	3	149	3	56	0	1	0	212
	Large	0	167	0	0	0	0	0	167
Machines or contrivances		1	413	1	0	0	0	0	415
Other classes		3	322	0	0	0	0	0	325
Total new vehicles		34,586	64,008	4,443	10,433	529	2,496	19	116,514
Source: CSO

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Table 1.6 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by type of fuel, 2015 - 2020
Type of fuel	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Petrol	32,963	39,472	39,391	46,776	45,761	31,507
Diesel	86,103	99,306	82,492	65,814	53,201	36,208
Electric	476	392	623	1,222	3,443	3,940
Petrol and electric hybrid	1,354	2,474	4,279	6,629	9,578	9,787
Diesel and electric hybrid	86	4	1	1	1	465
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	122	283	259	715	1,321	2,402
Other	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157	113,305	84,309
Source: CSO

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Table 1.7 Number of new private cars licensed for the first time by engine capacity (cc), 2011 - 2020
Engine cubic capacity	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Up to 900 cc	82	188	170	462	726	678	1,240	2,439	6,327	4,373
901-1000 cc	3,277	3,132	4,024	5,628	8,978	11,750	13,666	20,545	21,786	18,039
1001-1300 cc	16,615	12,311	11,823	14,463	17,270	18,244	16,115	13,872	8,766	5,313
1301-1400 cc	9,582	8,289	7,385	8,715	11,159	11,606	8,820	7,002	6,229	3,092
1401-1500 cc	9,648	6,321	6,477	9,946	16,145	24,981	22,750	20,335	18,660	15,155
1501-1600 cc	22,515	21,066	18,883	23,199	30,839	29,599	24,231	20,414	18,702	11,448
1601-2000 cc	20,828	20,229	18,193	23,805	28,954	38,167	34,057	30,556	26,810	22,526
2001-2400 cc	3,202	3,492	3,311	4,567	5,118	4,479	4,183	3,420	2,359	1,025
Over 2400 cc	1,183	1,228	1,082	1,576	1,921	2,427	1,983	2,574	3,666	3,338
Total	86,932	76,256	71,348	92,361	121,110	141,931	127,045	121,157	113,305	84,309
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, 2020
Type of fuel	CO₂ emission band								Total
Type of fuel	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	Not available¹	Total
Petrol	21,942	8,524	631	304	37	36	26	7	31,507
Diesel	22,321	10,227	1,961	928	348	381	26	16	36,208
Electric	3,940	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,940
Petrol and electric hybrid	9,434	312	25	4	1	11	0	0	9,787
Diesel and electric hybrid	465	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	465
Petrol or diesel plug-in hybrid electric	2,400	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2,402
Total	60,502	19,063	2,618	1,236	387	428	52	23	84,309
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, 2020
Ranking	New		Used (imported)
Ranking	Make	Number	Make	Number
1	Volkswagen	10,253	Volkswagen	8,905
2	Toyota	9,475	Audi	8,505
3	Hyundai	7,227	Ford	8,172
4	Skoda	6,887	BMW	7,981
5	Ford	6,493	Mercedes Benz	6,048
6	Kia	5,112	Hyundai	4,930
7	Nissan	5,096	Nissan	4,595
8	Peugeot	4,438	Toyota	4,467
9	Renault	4,155	Skoda	2,381
10	Audi	3,532	Vauxhall	2,346
11	Seat	3,100	Honda	2,320
12	BMW	3,022	Kia	2,295
13	Mercedes Benz	2,825	Volvo	1,939
14	Dacia	1,931	Peugeot	1,866
15	Opel	1,912	Renault	1,681
16	Mazda	1,223	Citroen	1,261
17	Volvo	1,126	Land Rover	1,154
18	Land Rover	1,057	Fiat	992
19	Citroen	981	Mitsubishi	985
20	Suzuki	892	Seat	935
	Other makes	3,572	Other makes	4,783
	Total	84,309	Total	78,541
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, 2020
Make	Engine capacity (cc)							Total
Make	Up to 50	51 - 125	126 - 250	251 - 500	501 - 750	751 - 1000	Over 1000	Total
Aprilia	3	0	0	0	1	5	0	9
BMW	0	0	0	10	72	117	0	199
Ducati	0	0	0	0	14	17	0	31
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	24	47	0	71
Honda	1	166	18	97	91	33	0	406
Hyosung	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kawasaki	0	3	0	28	41	11	0	83
Keeway	15	44	0	0	0	0	0	59
KTM	0	0	0	15	10	15	0	40
Piaggio	8	16	0	11	0	0	0	35
Suzuki	2	70	12	1	40	12	0	137
Triumph	0	0	0	0	17	30	0	47
Vespa	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Yamaha	25	61	1	49	142	10	0	288
All other makes	84	72	23	72	40	5	0	296
Total	144	432	56	283	492	302	0	1,709
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, 2020
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	2	1	21	9	0	34
BMW	1	0	0	7	119	212	0	339
Ducati	0	1	0	2	54	48	0	105
Gilera	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	9
Harley Davidson	0	0	0	0	10	134	0	144
Honda	40	108	46	248	348	130	0	920
Kawasaki	0	2	26	48	170	120	0	366
KTM	0	4	10	29	30	35	0	108
Moto Guzzi	0	0	0	0	8	9	0	17
Peugeot	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Piaggio	45	10	6	16	0	0	0	77
Suzuki	1	18	30	81	264	71	0	465
Triumph	0	0	0	1	101	68	0	170
Vespa	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	9
Yamaha	6	50	21	120	204	87	0	488
All other makes	17	26	16	28	21	21	0	129
Total	117	227	161	584	1,351	944	0	3,384
Source: CSO

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Table 1.12 Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time in each licensing authority, 2011 - 2020
Licensing authority	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	1,357	1,149	1,152	1,461	1,828	2,212	1,925	2,011	1,745	1,525
Cavan	1,315	1,153	1,112	1,405	1,927	2,296	2,407	1,881	1,671	1,662
Clare	2,377	1,869	1,795	2,431	3,305	3,730	3,298	3,302	2,787	2,589
Cork	14,385	11,141	10,706	13,794	18,964	22,571	19,509	19,006	17,314	14,522
Donegal	2,515	2,193	2,051	2,723	3,643	4,282	3,499	3,249	2,889	2,777
Dublin	34,501	34,268	33,668	42,048	54,021	62,870	58,265	57,418	59,003	40,608
Galway	4,571	3,701	3,670	4,493	6,481	7,298	6,273	6,117	5,292	4,746
Kerry	2,508	2,193	1,953	2,554	3,420	4,218	3,651	3,536	3,172	2,938
Kildare	4,267	3,693	3,767	4,927	6,503	7,807	6,860	6,974	5,937	5,380
Kilkenny	2,143	1,864	1,825	2,213	2,923	3,495	2,869	2,931	2,513	2,350
Laois	1,416	1,131	1,192	1,399	1,826	2,193	2,009	1,950	1,784	1,628
Leitrim	542	450	445	521	740	893	729	701	569	598
Limerick	4,873	3,713	3,371	4,496	5,663	6,944	5,927	5,555	5,106	4,640
Longford	723	602	552	655	858	1,031	908	837	746	695
Louth	2,469	2,067	1,824	2,568	3,393	3,932	3,368	3,441	3,237	2,831
Mayo	2,195	1,961	1,929	2,311	3,085	3,659	3,106	2,943	2,683	2,414
Meath	3,398	2,933	2,854	3,682	5,006	6,290	5,239	5,157	4,617	4,156
Monaghan	1,110	979	947	1,116	1,525	1,838	1,549	1,479	1,319	1,198
Offaly	1,303	1,223	1,227	1,485	1,939	2,400	2,007	2,055	1,784	1,612
Roscommon	2,369	3,203	3,717	4,253	4,877	5,039	5,100	4,420	4,967	1,514
Sligo	1,246	1,063	984	1,220	1,572	1,825	1,581	1,556	1,479	1,387
Tipperary	3,334	3,003	2,782	3,481	4,407	5,217	4,495	4,432	3,869	3,518
Waterford	3,029	2,801	2,530	3,636	4,457	5,231	5,283	4,650	4,303	2,940
Westmeath	1,842	1,689	1,729	2,084	2,595	3,771	2,654	2,551	2,370	1,985
Wexford	3,657	3,031	3,172	4,133	5,379	6,130	5,706	6,100	5,453	3,550
Wicklow	2,316	2,020	1,933	2,563	3,513	4,121	3,623	3,613	3,139	2,751
Total	105,761	95,093	92,887	117,652	153,850	181,293	161,840	157,865	149,748	116,514
Source:CSO

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Table 1.13 Number of new tractors licensed for the first time by licensing authority and make, 2019¹
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	5	1	0	5	10	0	0	10	5	0	1	5	1	6	49
Cavan	0	2	1	2	12	8	1	14	4	0	0	7	0	30	81
Clare	2	2	3	1	16	12	2	33	10	0	2	0	3	1	87
Cork	17	25	2	10	81	12	1	38	61	4	3	16	4	62	336
Donegal	0	2	0	0	7	0	1	8	12	0	2	11	1	0	44
Dublin	4	4	3	5	17	6	4	15	13	0	0	0	1	14	86
Galway	18	9	4	2	33	7	2	25	9	2	0	3	5	8	127
Kerry	6	3	3	2	21	2	0	20	22	2	1	7	3	2	94
Kildare	1	11	2	2	15	1	1	5	15	0	0	1	0	7	61
Kilkenny	5	18	2	1	32	4	1	19	14	0	0	3	1	8	108
Laois	5	10	4	3	7	4	3	19	16	0	0	3	0	2	76
Leitrim	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	0	12
Limerick	9	2	7	3	27	7	4	14	17	1	2	3	1	13	110
Longford	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	14	3	0	1	1	0	0	27
Louth	3	6	0	1	12	2	0	13	4	0	0	1	0	10	52
Mayo	1	14	3	1	19	10	4	6	12	3	0	2	4	6	85
Meath	10	11	1	5	31	7	2	21	17	0	0	3	2	18	128
Monaghan	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	19
Offaly	5	4	5	2	10	0	0	9	40	0	1	3	2	3	84
Roscommon	2	3	1	1	7	3	6	5	6	0	2	1	2	2	41
Sligo	0	4	4	0	2	2	1	5	6	3	1	0	4	0	32
Tipperary	15	14	2	9	31	4	2	36	21	2	2	2	0	15	155
Waterford	4	11	4	5	13	3	1	12	4	0	0	1	1	4	63
Westmeath	4	1	1	2	8	2	2	13	7	0	1	3	1	3	48
Wexford	7	25	4	9	33	4	6	28	10	0	2	6	0	14	148
Wicklow	4	3	4	2	7	2	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	4	37
Total	128	190	61	74	459	106	45	393	336	18	23	85	37	235	2,190
Source: CSO
¹ Detailed information on agricultural vehicles is published for 2019 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, 2020
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	421	4	417	0.5
13,001 - 14,000	410	2	408	0.5
14,001 - 15,000	388	4	384	0.5
15,001 - 20,000	10,800	211	10,589	12.6
20,001 - 25,000	15,493	616	14,877	17.6
25,001 - 30,000	19,864	1,075	18,789	22.3
30,001 - 40,000	22,828	1,658	21,170	25.1
40,001 - 50,000	11,504	808	10,696	12.7
50,001 - 60,000	3,884	204	3,680	4.4
60,001 - 70,000	954	35	919	1.1
70,001 - 80,000	756	23	733	0.9
80,001 - 90,000	612	13	599	0.7
90,001 - 100,000	397	3	394	0.5
100,001 - 150.000	561	6	555	0.6
150,001 - 200,000	50	0	50	0.1
200,001 - 250,000	7	0	7	0.0
Over 250,000	7	0	7	0.0
Total¹	88,936	4,662	84,274	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, 2020
Age	Gross registrations	Exempt registrations	Net registrations	Net registrations
Years	Number	Number	Number	%
1	1,759	50	1,709	2.2
2	6,684	224	6,460	8.2
3	8,889	230	8,659	11.0
4	19,802	335	19,467	24.8
5	17,015	353	16,662	21.2
6	9,328	326	9,002	11.5
7	5,141	300	4,841	6.2
8	3,736	208	3,528	4.5
9	2,597	178	2,419	3.1
10	1,875	157	1,718	2.2
11	1,166	108	1,058	1.3
12	567	81	486	0.6
13 years and over	2,907	344	2,563	3.3
Total¹	81,466	2,894	78,572	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, 2019 - 2020
Country	Net registrations 2019		Net registrations 2020
	Number	%	Number	%
UK	106,657	95.1	73,833	94.0
Japan	5,191	4.6	4,549	5.8
Germany	53	0.0	26	0.0
Singapore	26	0.0	21	0.0
Others	220	0.2	143	0.2
Total¹	112,147	100.0	78,572	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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