
Nationally, new car registrations are up 18.4%
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has released their official 251 new vehicle registration statistics for March.
New car registrations for March were up 18.4% (17,345) when compared to March 2024 (14,644).
Registrations year to date are up 4% (64,824) on the same period last year (62,498).
In Kildare, 2,883 new cars have been registered so far in 2025, compared to 2,818 between January and March last year, representing an increase of 65.
In March 2,544 new electric cars were registered nationally, which was 29% higher than the 1,980 registrations in March 2024.
So far this year, 9,978 new electric cars have been registered representing a 25.8% increase compared to the same period in 2024 when 7,929 electric cars were registered.
In Kildare, 154 more electric cars were registered so far this year compared to the same period last year, jumping from 456 to 610.