There were 1,227 new car registrations for Cavan and Monaghan for the first three months of the year. The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) released their official 241 new vehicle registrations statistics for March. New car registrations for March were down 16% when compared to March 2023, while registrations year to date are up 8.0% on the same period last year.
Cavan saw 704 new vehicles registered which was almost 9% than this time last year with 38 of them being electric. There was an over 12% increase in new cars being registered in Monaghan compared to last year at 523 with 37 new registrations being electric in the county. In the new car market share by engine type for 2024, Petrol cars lead the new car market at 33.37%. Followed by Diesel at 23.05%, then Hybrid (Petrol Electric) at 21.33%, Electric at 12.69%, and Plug-in Electric Hybrid at 7.92%.
