The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have today released official statistics that show that new car registrations for the first six months of the year are currently up 25% (82,337) on the same period last year.
New car registrations were down 14% (1,449) last month when compared to June 2014 (1,684).
Light Commercials Vehicles (LCV), were up by 52% (801) on June 2014 (528) and are up 56% (14,600) for the first half of the year compared to 2014. HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) registrations, which had been lagging behind last year to the end of May, are up 89% for the month of June (157) compared with June 2014 (83), and are now up 4% year to date.
Deputy Director General at the SIMI, Brian Cooke said, "The first half of 2015 so far has been a positive news story for the Industry and we expect that this will continue for the remainder of the year.
Car registrations have shown strong growth, and while car sales for the month of June are down on last year, this is not surprising considering that many customers are waiting for the arrival of the new 152 plate which commences today."
Source: www.businessworld.ie