LCV (Light Commercial Vehicle )/van sales are up an impressive 42.5 percent (5,664 ) compared to July last year (3,974 ).
For the year-to-date, LCV/van sale in Ireland are up 35.3 percent (22,997 ). This is always regarded as a very positive indicator that business is thriving in Ireland and the outlook remains bright.
Ford remains at as the top LCV brand (22.77% market-share ), with Renault in second place (15.39% ), and Volkswagen in third place (12.36% ) for the year-to-date.
The top 12 selling LCV models so far this year are - 1. Renault Master; 2. Toyota Land Cruiser; 3. Ford Transit; 4. Renault Trafic; 5. Ford Transit Custom, 6. Ford Ranger; 7. Ford Transit Connect; 8. Peugeot Partner Van; 9. VW Caddy; 10. Opel Vivaro; 11. VW Crafter; 12. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
In body type, vans account for 85.58 percent, pick-ups (5.22% ); crew-cabs (2.02% ), tippers (1.31% ), and MPVS (1.31% ), with all other categories under one per cent this year so far.
As you’d expect, diesel engines dominate the LCV/van market with 95.64 percent (just down 1.23% on last year ) of those registered so far this year. Electric power (at 2.77%, is up 0.94% on last year ) is ahead of petrol engines (at 1.36% ).
It is interesting that automatic transmissions is on the rise for LCVs/vans. Last year the breakdown of all new LCVs/vans registered was 82.43 per cent manual transmission, and 17.57 per cent automatic. So far this year manual is at 77.14 per-cent and automatic is up to 22.86 per cent.
HGVs (Heavy Goods Vehicle ) also driven high
HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle ) registrations are also showing an increase of 27.6 percent (374 ) in comparison to July 2022 (293 ). For the year-to-date this segment is up 33.4 percent (1,927 ). Another good indication of the current strength of the Irish economy.
