Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie has reported on the number of high end luxury cars on Irish roads, with the Porsche Panamera topping the list.

Cartell.ie has provided figures for the numbers of Porsche, Maserati, Bentley, Ferrari and Aston Martins in the live fleet. In total there are 1,184 high end luxury vehicles from these marques currently in the Irish fleet.  

There was a decline in vehicles at this end of the market for registration year 2019 compared with the previous year with only 91 vehicles registered against 135 for registration year 2018. The height of the market is to be found in 2015 with 228 luxury cars registered to that year. More than 50% of these vehicles have been imported with 667 imports against 517 Irish vehicle sales.

The top model among the marques was the Porsche Panamera with 276 units followed by the Porsche Cayenne with 258 and the Porsche Macan with 197. The Porsche 911 also features with 104 examples of this model live in the current Irish fleet. The top Ferrari in Ireland is the California with 6 models. According to the Government data there is one Ferrari Testarossa, while the top Aston Martin is the DB11 at 7.

Other notable luxury models are the Maserati Ghibli at 101, the Bentley Continental at 28, Maserati Quattroporte at 25 and the Bentley Gran Turismo at 6.