New car sales have beaten 2015 total already

Motor industry body says growth slowed in July

New car registrations up 19 per cent so far in 2016 Pic: RollingNews.ie

Figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car sales so far this year have exceeded the total for the whole of last year.

The society said 131,264 new cars were registered in the first seven months of this year, up 19 per cent compared with the same period last year. The total for the whole of 2015 was 124,947.For July, 162 registrations were up 8 per cent ...