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Car sales in Ireland on the up

2011 sees 2.4 percent increase in sales

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Dara Kelly,
IrishCentral.com Staff
Published Saturday, January 21, 2012, 8:50 AM
Updated Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:09 AM

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Official figures show that the number of new cars registered in Ireland last year rose by 2.4% compared with 2010.

The Central Statistics Office said 86,932 new cars were sold last year, compared with 84,907 in 2010.

Though car sales have risen for two years in a row, they are still well below the 146,470 recorded in 2008.

Sales earlier in the year were boosted by the scrappage scheme, which ended at the end of June.

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For December, 597 new cars were registered, a fall of 7.7% compared with the same month a year earlier.

In 2011, of the 86,932 new private cars licensed, 26.7% were petrol and 71% diesel. The highest number of new private cars licensed in 2011, classified by make, was Toyota (11,065) followed by Volkswagen (11,007), Ford (10,108) and Renault (8,478).

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FastEddy | Jan 21, 2012, 02:14 PM EST
We don' need no stinkin' finance charges, senior. Mazda = 0%, Toyota = 1%, Others 0% to 3% ... Just don't by no stinkin' Government Motors heap.

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JBRAFTREE | Jan 21, 2012, 10:59 AM EST
Fix up your old car. You'll get stuck with financing charges if your're late..There's just another way for people to get screwed by 'buying' a new car. If you forseeably can't afford the payments, don't do it.

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