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THERE were 23 new car sales in Kerry last month according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), down 23% on the November 2021 total of 30.
So far this year 2,278 new cars have been sold in Kerry, up 3.3% on the first ten months of last year when 2,205 were sold.
Nationally, new car registrations for November were down 12% (982) when compared to November 2021 (1,120). Registrations year to date are up 0.5% (105,039) on the same period last year (104,545).
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Hyundai was the most popular make of new car sold in Kerry so far this year at 452 units. The rest of the Top 5 was made up of Toyota (280), Kia (251), Volkswagen (246) and Skoda (175).
The Hyundai Tucson was the most popular model with 297 units sold. The Kia Sportage (126) is next followed by Toyota Corolla (73) the Peugeot 3008 (66) and the Hyundai Kona (55).
There have been 827 diesel engine vehicles sold, 683 petrol vehicles, 366 petrol electric (hybrid), 235 electric vehicles, 124 petrol/plug-in electric hybrid, 26 diesel electric hybrid vehicles, 11 petrol and gas, four gas and two Diesel/Plug-In Electric Hybrid.
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