Clare Car Dealer Says Current Prices Won’t Drop Any Time Soon

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A Clare car dealer predicts the high cost of buying a second-hand car won’t drop to pre-pandemic levels any time soon.

The latest report from DoneDeal shows car prices jumped by 29% in the second quarter of this year, with demand 12.4% above pre-pandemic levels.

Michael Breen of N18 Autos in Newmarket-on-Fergus says small and medium sized cars in particular are becoming increasingly hard to come by, while there’s also a lack of availability of new cars.

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He believes the ripple down effect will mean that current prices will hold for years.

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