Brexit knocks new car sales

New car sales have fallen this year as the uncertainties surrounding Brexit helped knock the still fragile confidence of Irish consumers, according to industry experts.

Figures published yesterday by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (Simi), the industry body that collates the sales data, showed that new car registrations in March were almost 7.5% lower from March 2016.

At 75,967, new registrations were down over 8.25% for the first three months this year from the same period in 2016.