We’re a big fan of a German motor.
Volkwagen remains the most popular marque of car among people looking to get on the road in Ireland, according to Carzone’s annual report.
Volkswagen were followed by BMW, Audi, Toyota and Ford respectively in the most popular car category.
There were a massive 1,125,794 used car transactions in Ireland in 2015, with motorists largely going for German brands.
The Volkswagen Golf is the most popular model of car, followed by the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Passat.
The colour black remains extremely popular amongst Irish motorists accounting for some 23% of colour searches.
White is next in line on 16% followed by blue (6%) silver (5%) and red (5%).
The report shows that over 50% of people intend on selling their car within the next year but only 20% said they were confident of getting a good price.
When it came to reasons why people wanted to sell their car, needing a larger car (24%), high expense (17%) and lack of reliability (16%) were the top three reasons.
Warren Cray, General Manager of Carzone.ie said, “Consumer confidence is continuing to rise and more and more vehicles are changing hands both through new car registrations and used car sales.
“The report is also highlighting the financial concerns of motorists in relation to fuel costs, road tax, car insurance and NCT costs.
“Meanwhile the 111 million searches carried out on Carzone.ie in 2015 show us specifically what motorists are looking for right down to make, model, colour, year, fuel preference and more.
“Being able to access this level of insight and understanding what consumers want can only be positive for the motor industry.”
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