01st September 2020
REDUCE VRT, SAVE JOBS IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRY!
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) today released their official new vehicle statistics. New car registrations for August were down 4.2% (4,875) when compared to August 2019 (5,088). While registrations year to date are down 28.6% (78,920) on the same period last year (110,527).
Light Commercials vehicles (LCV) are down 11% (1,683) compared to August last year (1,891) and year to date are down 23.8% (16,700). HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) registrations are up 20.13% (185) in comparison to August 2019 (154). Year to date HGV's are down 25.6% (1,641).
Used car imports for August (8,143) have seen a decrease of 16.1% on August 2019 (9,706). While year to date imports are down 45.1% (39,672) on 2019 (72,214).