New Car Sales Down Nearly 12% In April Compared To Same Month Last Year

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NEW car sales in Kerry took a dip of 12 percent in April compared to the same month in 2017, according to the latest official statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI)

There were 131 new car sales in Kerry last month compared to 148 in April of 2017, a drop of just under 12 percent.

So far this year there were 1,740 new car sales in the first four months compared to 1,872 by the end of April 2017, a decrease of -7.05%.

Official statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that, nationally, the total new car registrations for the month of April were up 3.33% (8,102) when compared to April 2017 (7,841), while new cars registrations year to date remain down 4.68% (79,897) on the same period last year (83,823).

New Light Commercial Vehicle registrations (LCV) were up 6.51% (1,800) on April 2017 (1,690) and year to date are up 5.39% (14,323). While New Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCV) are also up 4.74% for the month of April (243) compared to the same month last year (232) and are down 8.31% (1,158) year to date.

Imported Used Cars have increased 19.31% for April 2018 (8,649) when compared to April 2017 (7,249) and year to date are 11.74% (34,763) ahead of 2017 (31,111).

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