National Vehicle Stats '12 / '13

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All archived here: http://www.simi.ie/Statistics/Nation...tatistics.html

and the RRP's in Dec 2012 (scroll along the excel sheet for BMW!) --> http://files.simi.ie/statistics/Reco...GuideDec12.xls

How things looked in January '13..

BMW seem to be the least affected (thanks to all the 520d's!)

20 Day figures... Market down 26% versus 2012.

Top 10 Marques

1. Toyota 1277 (Down 1100)
2. Volkswagen 1183 (Down 402)
3. Hyundai 1059 (Up 250)
4. Ford 963 (Down 770)
5. Skoda 672 (Down 187)
6. Nissan 596 (Down 333)
7. Audi 587 (Up 160)
8. Kia 537 (Up 70)
9. BMW 472 (Down 51)
10. Opel 452 (Down 93)

Top 10 Models

1. Golf 433
2. Avensis 368
3. Focus 360
4. Fiesta 338
5. Qashqai 323
6. Auris 321
7. Octavia 304
8. IX35 284
9. Yaris 281
10. Sportage 262

1st, 2nd & 3rd for 131 D - Dublin registrations in January!

1. 5 Series
2. Focus
3. Golf

Top 3 manufacturers for 132 registrations in July:

1. Ford
2. VW
3. Toyota

11,640 registrations recorded for July '13. Total so far this year is now 64,866. BMW sold 416 cars in this period, 2,775 so far in 2013.

Lads, we are funked in future years with boring/dull cars and a complete lack of anything decent beyond an 06/07 registered motor.

Now onto today's SIMI headline (lies) in the Independent..
"Car sales roar 163%" :@

They may well be up 163% as a direct comparison to the 7th month of 2012 (a quiet month for car sales recession or not!). What they fail to report is that overall car sales for the year to July in direct comparison to 2012 are down close to 9%.

[Gar]

The sad thing is england are starting to do the same although not as extreme just yet but it really limits the options of were you can pick up nice cars

As for Toyota I despise them a little bit of my sole just dies when I end up behind one there just so damn slow