Official statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for the month of June, were down 14%.

Sales of new cars reached 1,397 as against 1,623 June 2016, which equates to an overall drop for the year so far of 10% (91,189) on the same period last year (101,327).

The Commercial vehicle sector has also seen a decrease with Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) registrations down 21% (687) on June 2016 (866) and year to date are down 14% (15,784). While Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HGV) are showing a decline of 18% for the month of June (88) compared to the same month last year (108) and are down 11% (1,590) year to date.

Commenting on the figures SIMI Director General, Alan Nolan said: ”As we had anticipated, the first half of the year has seen a decline in registrations in all sectors. As the Industry’s now turns it focus to the 172 registration period which commenced on the 1st of July, we would anticipate that sales in the second half of the year should keep us on track to reach the 132,000 total that was predicted at the start of the year.”

5 Top Selling Car Brands Year to Date:
1 Volkswagen
2 Toyota
3 Hyundai
4 Ford
5 Nissan

5 Top car model’s year to date:
1 Hyundai Tucson
2 Nissan Qashqai
3 Skoda Octavia
4 Volkswagen Golf
5 Ford Focus

Top Selling Car in June:
BMW 5 Series