The registration of 2,657 commercial vehicles in January 2015 is the strongest amount yet recorded by the Motor Industry Association (MIA) for the month since it began collating the figures in 1981.
Commercial vehicles for the month of January were 422 units (19%) ahead of January 2014.
Ford was the commercial market leader for the month of January with 19% market share (504 units), followed by Toyota with 18% (468 units) and Nissan third with 10% market share (254 units).
The Ford Ranger retained its position as the monthly top selling commercial model for January with 16% market share (417 units) followed by the Toyota Hilux with 12% (324 units) and the Nissan Navara with 10% market share (254 units).
Pick-ups/chassis-cabs account for 16% of the total new vehicle market.
January 2015 also saw 9010 new passenger vehicle registrations, which made a total of 11,667 new vehicle registrations resulting in the strongest January monthly sales yet recorded. It is the first time that more than 11,000 new vehicles have been registered in the month of January.
The overall January 2015 registrations for commercial and passenger vehicles were 1,139 (11%) ahead of January 2014.
MIA chief executive David Crawford says new vehicle sales have started off in 2015 where they left off in 2014 and the outlook for the rest of 2015 looks very positive.
