Latest registration statistics from car history provider Motorcheck.ie show that year on year sales for new passenger cars are down 31% on 2009 figures.
The latest statistics which include all new car registrations up to January 12th show a total of 5,521 new passenger registrations in 2010 as against 8,032 for the same period in 2009.
Commenting on the results Shane Teskey, Director at Motorcheck.ie said “These are not the sales figures the industry was hoping for. All indicators toward the end of 2009 pointed to a relatively strong order book for 2010. There have been a lot of changes to the way dealers finance the stocking of their forecourts and it may be that cars are not being registered until the new owner is on site to collect. With the recent bad weather it may be that customers simply can’t get to their dealership to collect their new car”.
Ford have the top spot in both petrol and diesel segments. The Ford Fiesta has sold in excess of two hundred and sixty petrol units while the number of new diesel Ford Focus sold is over three hundred and thirty. At the luxury end of the market, BMW have registered thirteen of the prestigious 7 Series and Mercedes Benz have plated nine of their S-Class models.
Dublin has the greatest number of vehicles registered at 1,603 (29%) with Leitrim bringing up the rear at just 20 (0.4%) new cars.
The statistics also show that the number of used cars being imported into the country is down drastically on last year. For the first twelve days of 2010 only 942 second hand cars have been registered. Compared to 2009 figures of 1,934 for the same period the fall is over 51%.
NOTE TO EDITOR
The Motorcheck.ie Car Index is compiled on a daily basis from new vehicle registration statistics supplied by the vehicle registration office and published online at http://www.motorcheck.ie/blog/stats/. Regional statistics by county are also available.
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