'Quiet' November sees car sales slump to five-year low

Electric car sales also saw a marked reduction, falling more than 30% compared to last year, new figures show

SIMI director Brian Cooke said despite November being a 'quiet month', year-to-date new-car sales remain 3% ahead of 2024, with a total of 124,680 new cars registered.

In a “quiet month” for car sales, new registrations dropped in November to their lowest levels in five years, with electric cars also seeing a marked reduction, falling more than 30% compared to last year, the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) shows.

Last month, the motor sales sector saw just 838 new-car registrations, a drop of 25.2% compared to the same month last year, when 1,211 new cars were registered. It is also the lowest level of new-car registrations during November since 2019 when 761 were recorded.