January car sales -66.4%; Commercial vehicles -80.4%

[kerrynorth]

COMMERCIALS REGISTRATIONS YTD - 31ST JANUARY 2009

UNITS % UNITS % VAR %
YTD - 31 JAN 09 YTD - 31 JAN 08 Variation
FORD 364 21.90% 1575 18.61% -1211 -76.9%
V.W. 228 13.72% 1199 14.17% -971 -81.0%
MERCEDES 133 8.00% 447 5.28% -314 -70.2%
NISSAN* 121 7.28% 1018 12.03% -897 -88.1%
TOYOTA* 115 6.92% 1254 14.82% -1139 -90.8%
PEUGEOT 105 6.32% 262 3.10% -157 -59.9%
CITROEN 87 5.23% 329 3.89% -242 -73.6%
FIAT 82 4.93% 307 3.63% -225 -73.3%
RENAULT 70 4.21% 421 4.97% -351 -83.4%
OPEL 63 3.79% 389 4.60% -326 -83.8%
HYUNDAI* 49 2.95% 273 3.23% -224 -82.1%
LANDROVER 35 2.11% 177 2.09% -142 -80.2%
MITSUBISHI* 32 1.93% 404 4.77% -372 -92.1%
ISUZU* 24 1.44% 33 0.39% -9 -27.3%
KIA* 23 1.38% 111 1.31% -88 -79.3%
IVECO 9 0.54% 23 0.27% -14 -60.9%
SEAT 7 0.42% 15 0.18% -8 -53.3%
MAZDA* 4 0.24% 18 0.21% -14 -77.8%
CHRYSLER 3 0.18% 9 0.11% -6 -66.7%
CHEVROLET* 0 0.00% 19 0.22% -19 -100.0%
DODGE 0 0.00% 12 0.14% -12 -100.0%
SUZUKI* 0 0.00% 28 0.33% -28 -100.0%
PRIVATE 108 6.50% 141 1.67% -33 -23.4%
TOTAL 1662 8464 -6802 -80.4%

PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS YTD - 31ST JANUARY 2009

UNITS % UNITS % VAR %
YTD - 31 JAN 09 YTD - 31 JAN 08 Variation
FORD 2858 17.88% 6227 13.10% -3369 -54.1%
TOYOTA* 2282 14.27% 6304 13.26% -4022 -63.8%
NISSAN* 1483 9.28% 3747 7.88% -2264 -60.4%
V.W. 1249 7.81% 4789 10.07% -3540 -73.9%
OPEL 1157 7.24% 3966 8.34% -2809 -70.8%
RENAULT 736 4.60% 2357 4.96% -1621 -68.8%
SKODA 619 3.87% 1544 3.25% -925 -59.9%
AUDI 606 3.79% 1020 2.15% -414 -40.6%
MAZDA* 504 3.15% 1608 3.38% -1104 -68.7%
PEUGEOT 496 3.10% 1584 3.33% -1088 -68.7%
HYUNDAI* 443 2.77% 1782 3.75% -1339 -75.1%
KIA* 414 2.59% 894 1.88% -480 -53.7%
BMW 399 2.50% 1765 3.71% -1366 -77.4%
HONDA* 384 2.40% 1026 2.16% -642 -62.6%
FIAT 329 2.06% 658 1.38% -329 -50.0%
MERCEDES 312 1.95% 1744 3.67% -1432 -82.1%
CITROEN 297 1.86% 553 1.16% -256 -46.3%
SEAT 179 1.12% 814 1.71% -635 -78.0%
SUZUKI* 160 1.00% 1015 2.13% -855 -84.2%
MITSUBISHI* 145 0.91% 630 1.32% -485 -77.0%
VOLVO 113 0.71% 703 1.48% -590 -83.9%
LEXUS* 68 0.43% 370 0.78% -302 -81.6%
SUBARU* 58 0.36% 80 0.17% -22 -27.5%
MINI 57 0.36% 359 0.76% -302 -84.1%
CHEVROLET* 54 0.34% 542 1.14% -488 -90.0%
ALFA 53 0.33% 96 0.20% -43 -44.8%
JAGUAR 30 0.19% 37 0.08% -7 -18.9%
LANDROVER 26 0.16% 438 0.92% -412 -94.1%
SAAB 19 0.12% 312 0.66% -293 -93.9%
DAIHATSU* 18 0.11% 174 0.37% -156 -89.7%
CHRYSLER 11 0.07% 85 0.18% -74 -87.1%
DODGE 6 0.04% 18 0.04% -12 -66.7%
PORSCHE 3 0.02% 23 0.05% -20 -87.0%
PRIVATE 419 2.62% 284 0.60% 135 47.5%
TOTAL 15987 47548 -31561 -66.4%

Thanks to 2Pack on the Pin for the figures.

[Marlowe]

Every day the scale of the disaster becomes more apparent

[libertarian-right]

Next year in the latter half will be the perfect time to buy. Shocking figures though.

[20000miles]

Good to see that people are finally getting the idea that consuming stuff cannot possibly lead to prosperity.

[midlander12]

Surprised it's not more than 66%, as I've personally yet to see a single 09 reg. I suppose it's good in a way that people have finally stopped shelling out ludicrous amounts of borrowed money for something that loses €5-10,000 in value the minute you drive it out of the garage. Second hand cars are quite good value now, if anyone's got any money left.

[YellowRedGreen]

20000miles, if only yours was a air comment! I'm sure there would have been many more purchases had different circumstances been in place. I fear that SIMI are trying to apply pressure for a sweetheart deal. We must remember that not one of these cars are actually made in Ireland, so we'd be much better off saving something productive and indigenous..