Poor Year for New Car Sales Continues But Industry Gears Up for 132
Figures released from SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) today show a decline in new car sales in May of 22.5%. There were 5,963 new cars sold in May, 1,734 fewer than in May 2012. Alan Nolan, Director General of SIMI says; “The May figures are continuing the trend of what has been a […]
New ‘131’ Registration Plate Rolls Out Today
From today on, all new cars bought in Ireland will have a new number plate. Instead of 13-D the new number plate will be 131-D Alan Nolan, Director General of SIMI says: “While it is too early to tell how new car sales are doing, given that today is only the first day of sales, there […]
New Car Sales for September
New car sales statistics for September (including county by county stats) are now available at beepbeep.ie Highlights: – 2,487 new cars were sold in September, 10% less then last September (2,767) – Q3 2012 new car sales were down 1% on Q3 2011 – so far this year, 76,630 new cars were sold, down 12% on […]
