The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling car in Ireland for the fourth year in a row.
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Having started the year with an impressive +14.9% in January and +25.2% in February, the Irish new car market ends 2024 in the negative, down -1% year on year in 2024 to 121,195 units. Toyota (+6%) remains the most popular automaker in the country and increases its market share by one percentage point to 14.5%. Volkswagen (-2.7%) declines but remains in second place, ahead of Skoda (+19.7%), performing best near the top and seeing its share rise from 8.3% in 2023 to 10.1 % this year. As a result, Hyundai (-3.3%) falls to 4th place. Nissan (+9.4%), Audi (+3.6%) and Kia (+0.1%) also show positive results in the rest of the top 10.
Hyundai Tucson (+0.5%) ranks first for the fourth year in a row and seventh in the last 9 years with a stable share of 4.3%. In second place is the Skoda Octavia (+109%), having more than doubled its sales volume and risen by seven positions compared to last year. As a result, the Kia Sportage (+5.9%) drops to third place, while the Toyota RAV4 (+72.3%) rises eight places to fourth place. The Toyota Yaris Cross (+12.3%) is firmly in fifth place, with the VW Tiguan (+45.7%), Skoda Kodiaq (+34.6%) and Hyundai Kona (+13.8%) also impressive.
Previous year: Ireland 2023: Hyundai Tucson Threepeats in first place, Kia Sportage in second place.
2 years ago: Ireland 2022: Hyundai Tucson again takes first place in a stable market (+0.3%)
Top 43 all brands and Top 282 all models for all of 2024 compared to full year 2023 data below.