Cars in Carlow

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Fuel mix

Fuel	Vehicles	Share
Diesel	20,796	59.2%
Petrol	9,656	27.5%
Petrol and electric hybrid	2,005	5.7%
Electric	1,381	3.9%
Petrol/plug-in hybrid electric	931	2.7%
Diesel and electric hybrid	171	0.5%
Ethanol and petrol	88	0.3%
Diesel/plug-in hybrid electric	66	0.2%
Gas	21	0.1%

Car brands in Carlow

Rank	Brand	Vehicles	Share of fleet
1	Volkswagen	4,750	13.5%
2	Toyota	3,582	10.2%
3	Ford	2,891	8.2%
4	Hyundai	2,750	7.8%
5	Audi	2,307	6.6%
6	Skoda	2,215	6.3%
7	Nissan	1,849	5.3%
8	BMW	1,597	4.5%
9	Renault	1,554	4.4%
10	Peugeot	1,535	4.4%
Show all 38 brands with 10+ vehicles in Carlow 11 Kia 1,490 4.2% 12 Mercedes Benz 1,375 3.9% 13 Opel 1,167 3.3% 14 Dacia 879 2.5% 15 Mazda 708 2% 16 Seat 625 1.8% 17 Volvo 594 1.7% 18 Honda 588 1.7% 19 Citroen 574 1.6% 20 Vauxhall 296 0.8% 21 Suzuki 277 0.8% 22 Fiat 210 0.6% 23 Land Rover 196 0.6% 24 Mini 164 0.5% 25 Mitsubishi 164 0.5% 26 Tesla 124 0.4% 27 Lexus 111 0.3% 28 Jaguar 86 0.2% 29 Cupra 56 0.2% 30 MG 56 0.2% 31 Subaru 33 0.1% 32 Porsche 24 0.1% 33 Chevrolet 22 0.1% 34 Saab 21 0.1% 35 Alfa Romeo 15 0% 36 Ssangyong 13 0% 37 Daihatsu 11 0% 38 Smart 10 0%

Every brand with at least 10 vehicles in Carlow, CC BY 4.0 CSO data. Share is of the county's total fleet, not of named brands -- CSO's "All other makes" catch-all (~1% of the fleet, many low-volume brands combined) is excluded from the ranking but counted in the denominator. Linked brands have their own page with the national picture and every county they're strong in.

Fleet profile

• Most common CO2 band: Band A4 (WLTP-era band; see caveats)
• Most common year of manufacture: 2016
• 2022 census population: 61,968

Source: CSO Department of Transport data for 2026 September, CC BY 4.0. See how we calculate these figures for the per-capita formula and data caveats.