Luxury car dealers suffer most as car sales fall sharply in June

FEWER high-end luxury cars are rolling onto Irish roads with figures showing new licences for some up-market models have halved in just a month.

Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office for June reveal a sharp fall in new upmarket cars being licensed.

Overall, the number of new cars licensed for the month amounted to 7,369, nearly 40% less than the 12,172 registered in May. But licences issued for superior model cars fell sharply.