2010 new car sales overtake last year’s total

NEW car sales so far this year have already exceeded the total for the whole of last year, latest figures reveal.

Released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), the new figures show there have been 57,898 new cars sold this year, 438 more than the total amount sold last year. This time last year, there were 40,933 new cars sold, meaning this year’s figure is a 41% increase on 2009.

Director general of SIMI Alan Nolan said the figures hopefully pointed to better times ahead for the motor industry.