Number of new vehicles licensed jumps almost 10% on last year

ALMOST 22,000 new vehicles hit Irish roads last month, an increase of almost 10% on last year, new figures revealed yesterday.

The figures show the total number of new vehicles licensed during July was 21,863, up 9.4% on 2006. The number of new private cars bought rose to 15,745 in July, with Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen the bestselling manufacturers — making up more than a third of vehicles licensed.

Between January and July more than 200,000 new vehicles were snapped up, including 154,718 new cars.