The motor industry is reporting another month of “declining car sales.”
In Clare, the trade’s representative group says 84 new cars were registered last month, a 36% decline on the same month last year.
Overall, in the first eight months of this year, car sales locally are back 18% although sales of electric and hybrid models have increased now, accounting for 10.5% of the market.
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Brian Cooke, Director General of SIMI, says these figures demonstrate that taxes on new vehicles shouldn’t be increased in next month’s budget.
