Search
23 Mar 2026
Search
23 Mar 2026
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
What were the best selling cars in Ireland in 2023
Data from the motorstats have revealed the best selling cars in Ireland in 2023. Topping the pile is the Hyundai Tucson which sold 5.238 units in 2023 giving it a 4.3% market share. The Kia Sportage was the second best selling car with over 3,600 sold in Ireland in 2023.
Toyota had the third and fourth best selling cars with the Corolla and the Yaris Cross with the Volkswagen ID.4 rounding out the top five. Toyota was the best selling car brand in Ireland.
Two more Toyotas made the top ten with the Toyota Yaris at six and the C-HR at seven and the Nissan Qashqai came in at number eight.
Rounding out the top ten were the Skoda Octavia and the Hyundai Kona.
The data also shows the most popular colour of car sold in Ireland and it shows we are a slightly boring lot.
Far and away the most popular colour car was was which accounted for more than a third of the cars sold in 2023.
The second most popular colour was black followed by blue and then white. Red rounded out the top five with green well behind in sixth place.
Grey and black together was the seventh most popular colour choice with orange adding a brighter splash of colour at number eight.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
