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06 Sept 2025
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Official figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have revealed that new car sales have plummeted in 2019 compared to 2018.
The figures show that in January and February of 2019, a total of 566 new cars were registered in Offaly in 2019 compared to 759 in 2018, a reduction in sales of over 25%. Only Leitrim saw a larger percentage decrease in sales year on year.
Nationally 47,425 new car sales were sold in January and February in 2019 compared to 54,034 for the same months in 2019, a reduction of 12.2%.
However the figures also show that the total new electric car registrations for the month of February have shown a significant increase with 330 registered nationally in comparison to just 72 in the same month last year.
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