Cartell.ie - the site that provides vehicle histories for buyers - says used transactions for private cars last year were in excess of 1 million transactions – the highest level since it started recording results.
Cartell.ie looked at all transactions for private cars (including imports) in the market in 2016, including private sales, imported by private individuals, trade to trade sales, trade-ins, and trade to private owner transactions.
The total number of transactions for the year was 1,014,376 up from 943,995 in 2015 (+7%).
Cartell.ie also examined the total number of transactions in the used market for all vehicle types and found that 2016 had been a record year with 1,200,695. This was up from 1,125,816 in 2015 (+7%).
Most Popular Models by Transaction in 2016 vs 2015 (used cars including imports):
(Source: Cartell.ie Carstat)
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2016 |
2015 |
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1 |
FOCUS |
FOCUS |
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2 |
GOLF |
GOLF |
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3 |
PASSAT |
PASSAT |
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4 |
COROLLA |
COROLLA |
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5 |
AVENSIS |
AVENSIS |
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6 |
ASTRA |
ASTRA |
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7 |
A4 |
A4 |
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8 |
FIESTA |
FIESTA |
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9 |
YARIS |
MONDEO |
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10 |
POLO |
YARIS |
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11 |
MONDEO |
MICRA |
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12 |
CORSA |
POLO |
