The latest figures compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) pertaining to car and tractor licenses for June 2022 show that the number of new car licenses dropped by 1,206 (-24%) vehicles compared with June 2021, while 187 new tractors were licensed for the first time – up seven on June 2021, and up 33 on the same month last year.
The sums indicate that for the period from January to June 2022, the total number of new tractors licensed reached 1,408. This figure is down on 2021’s six-month period from January to June – when that number was 1,465, but up on the same period in 2020 when the number of new tractors licensed then was 1,242.
Hyundai was the most popular make of new private car licensed in June 2022.
In the first half of 2022, 21% of all new cars licensed for the first time were electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) compared with 14% in the same period in 2021. In the first half of 2022, 27% of new private cars licensed were diesel, compared with 36% in the same period in 2021. And there was a one-third (-33%) drop in the number of used private cars licensed in June 2022, compared with June 2021.
The volume of used cars licensed in the first half of 2022 decreased by 42% compared with the same period in 2021. And there were 8,667 used (imported) diesel private cars licensed in the first half of 2022, compared with 23,303 in the same period in 2021.
In terms of the used/imported market – the number of tractors licensed in June 2022 was 193, compared in 274 in June 2021, and 95 in June 2020. Over a six-month period from January to June, 2022, 1,246 used/imported tractors were licensed. This marks a drop of 771 down on 2021’s figure of 2,017; but 255 up on 2021 figures’ January to June period.