13 new bentleys sold this year

goochy

hard to believe but assume figures are correct , I would have thought a similar amount were sold in celtic tiger years ?
have spotted a 141c white CONTI GT , anyone spotted other models ? was never a fan of conti flying spur but would like to see what new flying spur is like .

the depreciation on these type of cars is so bad in Ireland compared to uk and elsewhere that its really a vanity purchase .

Guy:Incognito

goochy wrote: »

the depreciation on these type of cars is so bad in Ireland compared to uk and elsewhere that its really a vanity purchase .

I'd have thought that was the same everywhere , no? If you can afford to buy and run a quarter of a million quid car that's available to buy easily enough , why buy someone elses smelly 2nd hand one, thus reducing an already very small market.

porsche959

goochy wrote: »

hard to believe but assume figures are correct , I would have thought a similar amount were sold in celtic tiger years ?
have spotted a 141c white CONTI GT , anyone spotted other models ? was never a fan of conti flying spur but would like to see what new flying spur is like .

Where are you seeing this, I am seeing only one?

I think around 30 Porsches a year were sold at height of Celtic Tiger madness, don't know about Bentleys.

goochy wrote: »

the depreciation on these type of cars is so bad in Ireland compared to uk and elsewhere that its really a vanity purchase .

Depreciation on prestige vehicles does seem worse in Ireland at the moment. New prices a lot more than UK due to VRT but after a few years prices in second hand market roughly equivalent oto UK.

smash

Where are you getting your figures? Because SIMI say there's only been 1

http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear%5B%5D=2014&sYear%5B%5D=&sRegType=1&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMake%5B%5D=Bentley&x=52&y=18

It's also silver, a saloon and in Louth.

chrysagon

13 people came through bankruptcy?

colm_mcm

Where'd you get your figure of 13?

porsche959

smash wrote: »

Where are you getting your figures? Because SIMI say there's only been 1

http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear%5B%5D=2014&sYear%5B%5D=&sRegType=1&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMake%5B%5D=Bentley&x=52&y=18

It's also silver, a saloon and in Louth.

Louth sale? Larry Goodman, I'll bet.

porsche959

Were 5 used imports as well. Still doesn't add up to 13 though.

mgbgt1978

Louth, Hmm...maybe Jim Corr....having a splurge before the 'Rapture'.:D

porsche959

Sitec wrote: »

Where would you actually go to buy a brand new Bentley in Ireland?

Bentley are part of VAG group. Not sure which, if any VW dealer has the franchise. Years back, Maxwell Motors, a BMW dealer in Blackrock, had the ROI franchise.

Sitec wrote: »

Would you have to pay extortionate VRT if buying new from the UK and bringing it to Ireland?

Of course, unless you were prepared to take risk of driving it on UK plates, in which case car could be impounded by the Revenue.

Tropheus

Charles Hurst in Belfast have the franchise for the island of Ireland along with Aston Martin, Ferrari and Maserati.

coylemj

Sitec wrote: »

Where would you actually go to buy a brand new Bentley in Ireland?

None listed for ROI, you'd probably have to go to Charles Hurst in Belfast.

bazz26

Doesn't Charles Hurst have a dealership or at least a trading premises in Dublin too?

leeroybrown

Sitec wrote: »

Where would you actually go to buy a brand new Bentley in Ireland? Would you have to pay extortionate VRT if buying new from the UK and bringing it to Ireland?

I think Charles Hurst are still running a dealership in Donnybrook. The extortionate VRT is still present regardless of whether you buy from the UK or Ireland. Any decent luxury marque dealer will be able to have your car delivered here on Irish plates off a single invoice pretty easily.

coylemj

bazz26 wrote: »

Doesn't Charles Hurst have a dealership or at least a trading premises in Dublin too?

I believe they own the Audi dealership on Pembroke Road, D4 - the old Texaco building opp. Jurys.

Voodoomelon

Figure is correct, Anton Savage was talking about it last week on Matt Cooper, along with the sale of flagships like the S-class, of which there is 110 odd registered already.

porsche959

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Figure is correct, Anton Savage was talking about it last week on Matt Cooper, along with the sale of flagships like the S-class, of which there is 110 odd registered already.

"Figure is correct "

Not according to SIMI?

Are the SIMI stats incorrect, or have there been a bunch of recent registrations which won't go through until the August stats are published?

As regards the S-Class, 110 sounds credible to end of August, 81 were registered up to end of July.

smash

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Figure is correct, Anton Savage was talking about it last week on Matt Cooper

He's bullshítting! Even his S-Class figures are wrong: http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear[]=2014&sYear[]=&sRegType=1&sMonth[]=&sMonth[]=&sMake[]=Mercedes-Benz&sRange[]=S+CLASS&x=40&y=18

leeroybrown

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Figure is correct, Anton Savage was talking about it last week on Matt Cooper, along with the sale of flagships like the S-class, of which there is 110 odd registered already.

It's radio. He can use completely unchecked (or made up) stats that sound good and only 1 in 10000 listeners will even consider questioning them. He probably grabbed them in a 30 second google search.

GavMan

I knew I read this somewhere alright. Link below. Seems like the CSO came up with the figures

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/car-sales-soar-50-in-july-thanks-to-142-plate-278911.html

mailforkev

Even though he's a guy who is clearly into cars, I always found Anton's advice/knowledge in that slot he did dubious at best.

Drove through the north on the way to Donegal a couple of weeks ago and saw both a new Flying Spur and, even more impressively, a new Mulsanne on the road.

First of each I've seen in the flesh. There's obviously still a bit of cash up there.

bigroad

Porsche seems to be doing ok .5 Panameras,must be dysul,13 macan and 17 Cayenne.Not bad sales for the price of them.