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| Source: CSO |
Irish new car sales licensed in October 2008 fell 49.1%. There were 2,699 new private cars licensed in October 2008, compared with 5,301 in October 2007, according to the CSO.
In the first ten months of 2008, there were 144,629 new private cars licensed, a decrease of 18.1% on the corresponding period in 2007. In the same period in 2008 there were 52,441 second-hand private cars licensed, an increase of 4.2% on the corresponding period in 2007.
The number of new goods vehicles licensed in October 2008 was 1,399 compared with 2,663 in the corresponding month last year - a decrease of 47.5%.
The vehicle licensing figures also show that:
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In October 2008, the total number of all vehicles licensed was 11,908 compared with 16,619 during the same month in 2007 - a decrease of 28.3%.
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The total number of all new vehicles licensed during October 2008 was 4,848 compared with 9,120 during the same month in 2007 - a decrease of 46.8%.
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In October 2008, of the 2,699 new private cars licensed, 1,483 (54.9%) were diesel and 1,169 (43.3%) were petrol.
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The highest number of new private cars licensed in October 2008, classified by make, was Ford (393) followed by Opel (276), Toyota (254), Volkswagen (254), Audi (159) and Nissan (151).
The licensing figures refer to vehicles taxed for road use only and classified by taxation class.
The content of the Vehicle Licensing tables on the CSO’s Databank Direct facility ( http://www.cso.ie/px ) has been expanded to allow users build their own tables using a wider range of variables.
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This additional content is currently available for all time periods in 2008.
