The Ford Ranger has taken out the title of the top-selling vehicle for 2022, but Tesla’s two major models also had a big impact on sales.

Motor Industry Association (MIA) Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 11,840 sales of new vehicles for the month of December 2022, making it the second strongest month of December on record. 

December registrations were down 4.3 percent (706 units) in the same month in 2021. 

However, annual registrations of 116,445 passenger and SUV vehicles for 2022 was the strongest year on record, up 3.8 percent (4,302 units) compared to 2021 with electrified passenger and SUV vehicles driving this outcome. 

Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for 2022 strongly exceeded expectations and are rapidly closing the gap on monthly sales of hybrids.

There were 2,289 light vehicle BEVs registered in December. The top-selling models were the Tesla Model Y (868 units) followed by the Tesla Model 3 (413 units) and the BYD Atto 3 (318 units).

For the year the top-selling models were the Model Y (4,226 units) followed by the Model 3 (2,781 units) and Atto 3 (1,685 units). Both the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Atto 3 were introduced in the second half of 2022. 

The Model Y was also the top-selling passenger vehicle for December.

But the top model for all new vehicle registrations for 2022 was the Ranger with 7 percent (11,577 units). Toyota Hilux was in the second spot with a 6 percent share (9,787 units) and the Mitsubishi Outlander was third, also with a 6 percent market share 9,104 units).

For the year, Ford retained the commercial market lead with 25 percent (12,041 units), followed by Toyota with 24 percent (11,735 units) and Mitsubishi with 14 percent (6,630 units).