Total motor vehicle registrations rose 35% in September 2023 to 4,607 from 3,412 in September 2022, while passenger saloon car registrations increased 35.9% to 3,722 from 2,738 in September 2022, the Statistical Service said in a statement on Monday.

According to the statement, during the period January-September 2023 the total number of registered vehicles increased by 29.0% to 34,280, compared to 26,581 during the same period in 2022.

It is added that the registration of passenger saloon cars increased by 29.8% to 27,499, from 21,183 in the same period of 2022, while of the total passenger saloon cars, 11,487 or 41.8% were new and 16,012 or 58.2% were used cars. Rental cars, in particular, showed an increase of 38.3% to 4,811.

Similarly, it is reported that motor coach and bus registrations increased to 266 in the January-September 2023 period, up from 68 in the same period in 2022, while goods conveyance vehicle registrations increased to 3,226 in the January-September 2023 period, compared to 2,867 in the same period in 2022, an increase of 12.5%.

In particular, light goods vehicles increased by 8.7% to 2,514, heavy goods vehicles by 37.2% to 398, road tractors (trailers) by 68.3% to 106, and rental vehicles by 3.5% to 208.

Finally, it is noted that registrations of mopeds under 50 cc increased to 230 in the January-September 2023 period, compared to 199 in the same period in 2022, while registrations of motorcycles over 50 cc increased 33.3% to 2,651 in the January-September 2023 period, compared to 1,989 in the same period in 2022.