Demand for electric cars helps Cork motor group to best ever year

Revenues hit €170m

The group continued to see strong growth in demand for battery, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. File photo

Strong growth in demand for electric cars in 2023 helped one of the country’s largest motor dealerships, the family-owned Johnson & Perrott Group, to a record breaking year to record pre-tax profits of €9.94m.

New accounts show that the Cork-based Johnson & Perrott group recorded the 14% increase in pre-tax profits to €9.94m as revenues surged by 26% from €135.2m to €170.87m.