Life in the fastlane: Irish buy €250k cars

TWENTY new cars registered in Ireland last year were worth more than €250,000.

Life in the fastlane: Irish buy €250k cars
Sat, 15 Dec, 2007 - 00:00
Sean McCarthaigh

Figures released yesterday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) provide further proof of Ireland’s booming market for luxury cars.

A total of 1,134 new cars registered in 2006 had a value in excess of €100,000, with 20 vehicles worth more than €250,000.

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