Cars in Ireland

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Fuel mix

Fuel	Vehicles	Share
Diesel	1,244,234	47.6%
Petrol	866,693	33.2%
Petrol and electric hybrid	225,739	8.6%
Electric	140,696	5.4%
Petrol/plug-in hybrid electric	113,366	4.3%
Diesel and electric hybrid	11,018	0.4%
Ethanol and petrol	5,249	0.2%
Diesel/plug-in hybrid electric	4,331	0.2%
Gas	1,024	0%
Other fuel types including unknown	3	0%

Car brands in Ireland

Rank	Brand	Vehicles	Share of fleet
1	Volkswagen	331,925	12.7%
2	Toyota	323,529	12.4%
3	Ford	219,100	8.4%
4	Hyundai	185,145	7.1%
5	Nissan	158,085	6.1%
6	Audi	157,729	6%
7	Skoda	147,871	5.7%
8	BMW	141,809	5.4%
9	Kia	114,954	4.4%
10	Renault	102,015	3.9%
Show all 69 brands with 10+ vehicles in Ireland 11 Mercedes Benz 96,112 3.7% 12 Peugeot 88,955 3.4% 13 Opel 73,293 2.8% 14 Honda 52,559 2% 15 Seat 48,674 1.9% 16 Dacia 43,081 1.6% 17 Volvo 42,889 1.6% 18 Citroen 35,934 1.4% 19 Mazda 35,627 1.4% 20 Suzuki 30,805 1.2% 21 Vauxhall 22,182 0.8% 22 Land Rover 19,798 0.8% 23 Fiat 17,603 0.7% 24 Lexus 17,456 0.7% 25 Mini 16,709 0.6% 26 Tesla 15,375 0.6% 27 Mitsubishi 15,305 0.6% 28 MG 7,813 0.3% 29 Cupra 7,697 0.3% 30 Jaguar 7,064 0.3% 31 Porsche 4,400 0.2% 32 Subaru 2,544 0.1% 33 Alfa Romeo 2,093 0.1% 34 Saab 1,783 0.1% 35 Polestar 1,346 0.1% 36 Jeep 1,110 0% 37 Chevrolet 1,107 0% 38 Ssangyong 957 0% 39 DS 905 0% 40 Daihatsu 860 0% 41 Smart 685 0% 42 Chrysler Jeep 432 0% 43 Rover 216 0% 44 Bentley 186 0% 45 Maserati 178 0% 46 Isuzu 159 0% 47 Abarth 132 0% 48 Aston Martin 85 0% 49 John Deere 76 0% 50 Ferrari 74 0% 51 Infiniti 72 0% 52 Maxus 72 0% 53 Perodua 60 0% 54 Austin 52 0% 55 Not Known 52 0% 56 Lotus 51 0% 57 Dodge 41 0% 58 Iveco 36 0% 59 Kubota 36 0% 60 CF Moto 32 0% 61 MAN 32 0% 62 Daf 23 0% 63 Ldv/Daf 23 0% 64 Morgan 23 0% 65 Scania 23 0% 66 Lamborghini 15 0% 67 Polaris 15 0% 68 Rolls Royce 11 0% 69 Daimler 10 0%

Every brand with at least 10 vehicles in Ireland, 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

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.