Here’s How Many New Cars Were Sold In Kerry In August

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THERE was an increase in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to August 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

There were 155 new car registrations in the county in August compared to 134 in the same month in 2021, an increase of over 15%.

So far this year 2,132 new cars have been sold in Kerry this year, up 5.8% on the same time last year when 2,015 were sold. Nationally there were 8,157 new car sales last month, while in August 2021 there were 5,966, an increase of over 36%.

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Volkswagen was the most popular make of car sold in Kerry in August at 31 units. The rest of the Top 5 was made up of Kia (23), Skoda (17), Hyundai (12) and Toyota (11).

The Kia Sportage was the most popular model with 17 units sold. The Volkswagen ID.4 (13),  Toyota RAV4 (7) and the Skoda Kamiq and Volkswagen Tiguan (both on 6 units sold) making up the top 5.

There were 54 petrol engine vehicles sold, 45 diesel, 26 electric, 18 petrol electric (hybrid) vehicles, 10 petrol/plug-in electric hybrid and two diesel electric vehicles sold.

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