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Sales figures for the first few weeks of 09

  • 28-01-2009 12:52pm
    #1
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    In what should be the busiest period of the year for new car sales, the Irish market stood at just 11,231 new registrations by January 20th, according to provisional figures seen by The Irish Times. Over the same period last year, sales hit 33,795.

    The premium market has been hit particularly hard. BMW registrations fell from 1,476 to 268, while Land Rover recorded just 12 passenger vehicle sales compared with 312 over the same period last year.

    The fall has been no less dramatic in the mainstream market. Chevrolet recorded 40 new car sales compared to 416 last year. Of the big selling brands, Volkswagen are down 72.3 per cent to 986 cars from 3,554 last year, Toyota recorded a drop of 65.3 per cent to 1,668 new cars, while Ford was doing marginally better with sales of 2,059, a drop of 54.7 per cent.

    The bad news continues in the commercial vehicle market, where sales of vans and pick-ups fell by 82 per cent to just 1,040 for all brands in the first 20 days. Sales of heavy goods vehicles stood at just 296.

    In Dublin, 3,787 new vehicles were registered by January 20th, including 3,394 new cars. In Leitrim, just 48 new vehicles were registered.

    Full article http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2009/0128/1232923368673.html


Comments

  • #2
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    I'm tellin ya, Finance are going to click on 'undo' on Gormally's low CO2 tax rates.........no way they're NOT going to up taxes.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Holy sh*t, that's some drop. Never seen the like. Happy days for buyers with no tradein though.


  • #4
    pburns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    galwaytt wrote: »
    I'm tellin ya, Finance are going to click on 'undo' on Gormally's low CO2 tax rates.........no way they're NOT going to up taxes.

    Well they're gonna raise the rates for each tax-band. Fair enough given the economic crap we're in 'cos many people are paying a pittance for modern diesels with 150-180bhp...


  • #5
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    More detail on this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055467707


  • #6
    Linoge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭Linoge


    pburns wrote: »
    Well they're gonna raise the rates for each tax-band.

    Link?


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  • #7
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Why would you need a link for that. The road tax already went up this year and the hole in the public finances alone from VRT this year is huge not to mention all the income tax not being paid by people who work in the motor industry due to no business being done. I mentioned this on another thread last October and im standind by it. Only a matter of time.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055353311&page=2


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