European car sales jumped in October, although not enough to reverse a decline since the start of the year as demand wanes in key markets.

Retail sales - in terms of both volume and value - grew in the second quarter of the year, but pubs and car dealerships remained the traditional losers.

European car registrations fell sharply in June, resuming a downward spiral this year that has seen profit warnings at German manufacturer Daimler and a quarterly division loss at rival BMW.

A Dublin-based car dealership dismissed a car salesman after he recorded zero car sales after seven weeks in the job during the busiest time of year for car sales.

The number of new cars registered in Ireland last month went up when compared to the same month in the previous year, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

There have been almost as many electric cars sold so far this year as the whole of 2018, industry figures have shown.

The total new car registrations for the month of October were down 11.2% compared to that of October last, according to statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

Passenger car registrations in Europe slumped 23% during September after new emissions test rules took hold, reversing gains made in August when car makers were hurrying vehicles out the door to beat the deadline.

New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that the total new car registrations for the month of August were up 3.5% (5,932) when compared to August 2017 (5,729).

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Car sales of new 182 vehicles were down 2.75% in July compared to the same month last year, figures show.

Sales of new cars in Ireland have taken a hit this month.

Retail sales were up 4.5% in October compared to the same month last year, but car sales continued to fall, dropping by almost 3%, according to CSO figures.

Car sales have slumped by over 10% in the first nine months of the year as Brexit continues to hurt the motor trade.

Car sales fell over 10% in the first nine months of the year as Brexit continues to affect the motor trade.

Pre-tax profits at Cork-based motor group Johnson & Perrott increased by 7% to €5m last year, as revenues also soared.

There were 91,185 new car sales in the first half of 2017 which is a decline of 10% when compared to vehicles sold during the first half of 2016.

New car sales fell by almost 10% in April compared to the same month last year — while used car imports jumped nearly 30%.

New car sales are down 21% in February.

The average price of a new car is now 5.5% percent lower than 12 months ago.

New car sales rose by almost 18% last year to more than 142,000 — the highest figure in almost a decade.

The number of new car registrations passed the 100,000 mark over the first six months of the year — representing almost a quarter more sales than the same period last year.

New car sales are up almost a third in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, as another strong year is predicted for the motor industry.

European car sales rose 5.7% in March, industry data showed yesterday, helped by discounts and other incentives, although sales for Volkswagen’s core brand continued to fall in the wake of the emissions scandal.

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New car sales grew by 8.4% in February compared to the same month last year, according to industry figures.

In line with a general rise in consumer spending, car sales rose by more than one third last month compared to the same period last year.

Volkswagen car sales fell by almost 20% in the UK last month in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal, official figures show.

A total of 121,098 new cars were sold in Ireland in the nine months to September, a 30% increase compared to 2014, an industry report has found.

New car sales increased by almost 28% in the 12 months to October, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The total number of new cars licensed in the first eight months of this year has passed the 100,000 mark, figures from the Central Statistics Office show.