Cars in Cork

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Fuel mix

Fuel	Vehicles	Share
Diesel	143,468	46%
Petrol	111,117	35.7%
Petrol and electric hybrid	25,489	8.2%
Electric	15,981	5.1%
Petrol/plug-in hybrid electric	12,741	4.1%
Diesel and electric hybrid	1,605	0.5%
Ethanol and petrol	735	0.2%
Diesel/plug-in hybrid electric	390	0.1%
Gas	154	0%
Other fuel types including unknown	1	0%

Car brands in Cork

Rank	Brand	Vehicles	Share of fleet
1	Toyota	43,063	13.8%
2	Volkswagen	35,215	11.3%
3	Ford	32,172	10.3%
4	Hyundai	20,522	6.6%
5	Skoda	19,631	6.3%
6	Kia	18,572	6%
7	Audi	16,776	5.4%
8	BMW	16,213	5.2%
9	Renault	14,570	4.7%
10	Nissan	13,969	4.5%
Show all 46 brands with 10+ vehicles in Cork 11 Mercedes Benz 9,630 3.1% 12 Opel 9,453 3% 13 Peugeot 8,030 2.6% 14 Seat 6,838 2.2% 15 Honda 5,183 1.7% 16 Dacia 5,160 1.7% 17 Mazda 5,156 1.7% 18 Volvo 5,027 1.6% 19 Suzuki 3,653 1.2% 20 Citroen 3,387 1.1% 21 Fiat 2,105 0.7% 22 Mini 2,083 0.7% 23 Land Rover 2,015 0.6% 24 Lexus 1,890 0.6% 25 Tesla 1,757 0.6% 26 Vauxhall 1,729 0.6% 27 Mitsubishi 1,342 0.4% 28 MG 1,056 0.3% 29 Cupra 836 0.3% 30 Jaguar 713 0.2% 31 Porsche 380 0.1% 32 Subaru 335 0.1% 33 Alfa Romeo 234 0.1% 34 Jeep 180 0.1% 35 Saab 178 0.1% 36 Daihatsu 129 0% 37 Ssangyong 103 0% 38 Smart 102 0% 39 Polestar 81 0% 40 Chevrolet 79 0% 41 DS 77 0% 42 Chrysler Jeep 38 0% 43 Abarth 21 0% 44 Rover 20 0% 45 Maserati 14 0% 46 Austin 12 0%

Every brand with at least 10 vehicles in Cork, 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: 584,156

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.