New car sales are strong but slower than 2016

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.

This is according to a review by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) in association with DoneDeal.

For the first seven months of the year new car registrations totalled 118,925 and in July, there was a total of 27,748 new cars registered.