Pent-up demand led to a surge in new car registrations in September

Despite the surge, figures for 2020 are down on last year

Despite the September surge, total registrations year to date remain down 25.8% (84,535) on the same period last year (113,945).

New car registrations in September increased more than 66% when compared to September 2019 new figures show.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) said 5,685 new vehicles were registered in the month compared to 3,418 last year.