New Car Statistics 2016

Marcusm

Stallingrad wrote: »

Doesn't the trade in just cover the balloon payment on the car, meaning they now have to come up with a new deposit again?

No there "should" be an excess to count as a deposit on a new PCP; else wise they can't keep you on the drug!

walus

Jesus. wrote: »

Leave it with me

Great! I'll need you again in 2018. I hope you will be still around.

black & white

Anyone know how Volvo sales are going, specifically the V40 ? Thinking of looking at a new one over the weekend and just curious about how in demand they are.

Thanks

Skylinehead

stefanovich wrote: »

What's 25k gonna buy you? Dacia Duster? Oh please god no.

A Fiesta ST2.

stefanovich

Skylinehead wrote: »

A Fiesta ST2.

Yeah I was messing a bit I must confess.

I doubt there are any real begrudgers here, just messers!

Zubeneschamali

I own an applewatch wrote: »

What a revolting statement it is to buy a new car.

The only people I know who need to worry about what they drive are sales folks with customers who expect them to appear in a certain kind of car, and they generally drive a company car or get an allowance to buy the right kind.

Literally nobody else on the planet cares what I drive, so buying a car as a statement would be pretty stupid.

argentum

I just bought a new Kuga and couldn't care if people think I'm an idiot for buying new.Im not mechanically minded so new is perfect with a 5 year warranty. I know that there's a big depreciation but I change every 4 years and always get a good deal. I don't use a pcp but get a cheap rate from the car dealer and that's fine.To me it's a no brainer, it's my one treat to have a nice car, simple as.

RedorDead

Didnt get around to posting the 20 day figures last week with all the outages so see below. VW have moved up a place and Renault have slipped a few.

Overall market now up 38%. Looks like a shootout for topspot between toyota hyundai and ford. Cant see the rest making any inroads at this point.

Top Sellers so far as follows:

1. Toyota 3308
2. Hyundai 3295
3. Ford 2937
4. VW 2196
5. Nissan 1665
6. Renault 1419
7. Skoda 1414
8. BMW 1080
9. Kia 1042
10. Opel 1012
11. Audi 900
12. Dacia 763
13. Peugeot 720
14. Mercedes 709
15. Mazda 646

Top Selling Models:

1. Tucson 1646
2. Focus 1055
3. Corolla 941
4. Fiesta 854
5. Golf 765
6. Octavia 722
7. Yaris 713
8. Auris 665
9. Qashqai 539
10. Kadjar 530
11. Avensis 507
12. Passat 468
13. Duster 391
14. I40 386
15. Kuga 379

walus

I wonder how Subaru are doing at the same time?

duffman3833

id say the Kadjar will move up the list, im seeing loads of new one in the last week

Squeaksoutloud

black & white wrote: »

Anyone know how Volvo sales are going, specifically the V40 ? Thinking of looking at a new one over the weekend and just curious about how in demand they are.

Thanks

Some info on Volvo sales figures and the V40:

http://www.galwayindependent.com/motoring/topics/articles/2016/01/20/4112839-2015-was-bestever-year-for-volvo/

Voodoomelon

The Tuscon sales are astounding. One model making up over half of that manufacturer's sales.

Lantus

I know quite a few family and friends who are exchanging 10 year old + cars for 161's. They have kids, stable jobs and a requirement for reliability. If your not buying model x because it matches your aspirational lifestyle then a car is just a commodity and should be treated as such. Compare all your finance options and the total cost over at least three years to help decide what is best, cheapest and right for you.

Hopefully will be getting my new car soon. Can't wait!

JohnBoy26

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The Tuscon sales are astounding. One model making up over half of that manufacturer's sales.

I've seen a lot of them on the roads in the last few weeks. They seem to be very popular.

road_high

Renault Kadjar at no 4 is a bit of a surprise...seen a few one out on the road, they do look good. Must be competitively priced.
Opels range is starting to look a bit tired but for the new Astra. Need a new Insignia and some thing more than the Mokka in the crossover class.

road_high

No Opel model in the top 15, it probably won't stay away once the Astra gets going, but says a lot from when they would have had 3 in the top ten.

road_high

walus wrote: »

I wonder how Subaru are doing at the same time?

Badly id say, can't remember when i last saw a new one...

road_high

argentum wrote: »

I just bought a new Kuga and couldn't care if people think I'm an idiot for buying new.Im not mechanically minded so new is perfect with a 5 year warranty. I know that there's a big depreciation but I change every 4 years and always get a good deal. I don't use a pcp but get a cheap rate from the car dealer and that's fine.To me it's a no brainer, it's my one treat to have a nice car, simple as.

I think the Kuga is a very good vehicle. Doubt the depreciation is any worse than anything else.

Toyotafanboi

People seem to say good things about the Kuga alright, can't see them depreciating too badly.

the EcoSport on the other hand, no way would i put my hard earned into one, can see them being worth the square root of **** all pretty swiftly.

road_high

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

People seem to say good things about the Kuga alright, can't see them depreciating too badly.

the EcoSport on the other hand, no way would i put my hard earned into one, can see them being worth the square root of **** all pretty swiftly.

The EcoSport I believe is built in India and has more of a second world market aim, a bit like Dacias. Not sure if they're priced accordingly though...

Toyotafanboi

road_high wrote: »

The EcoSport I believe is built in India and has more of a second world market aim, a bit like Dacias. Not sure if they're priced accordingly though...

yeah, it looks very flimsy, like something they slapped together on a quiet Thursday afternoon from bits they had left over from other models.

duffman3833

Its a fiesta on steroids

walus

road_high wrote: »

Badly id say, can't remember when i last saw a new one...

Exactly...and for that reason would love to know the actual numbers.

road_high

walus wrote: »

Exactly...and for that reason would love to know the actual numbers.

According to Beepbeep.ie from SIMI stats, they sold just 199 total vehicles in 15. Difficult enough to sustain a presence on those low figures, no money for marketing compared to the big fishes such as VW, Toyota, Renault etc.

RedorDead

black & white wrote: »

Anyone know how Volvo sales are going, specifically the V40 ? Thinking of looking at a new one over the weekend and just curious about how in demand they are.

Thanks

Volvo on 287 after 20 days. Up from 233 at same point last year so a modest increase. V40 is down from 85 to 68 so not doing that great really!

walus wrote: »

I wonder how Subaru are doing at the same time?

Subaru on 23 cars down from 36 at same point last year. Mainly all Forester and Outback.

duffman3833 wrote: »

id say the Kadjar will move up the list, im seeing loads of new one in the last week

Kadjar has had a great first 10 days but only sold something like 100 in the second week. Either a supply shortage or its shot its metaphorical load already

Atlantic Dawn

Would be interesting to get a breakdown of male/female purchasers of each model. I've mostly seen women driving the Tucsons that I have seen.

road_high

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Would be interesting to get a breakdown of male/female purchasers of each model. I've mostly seen women driving the Tucsons that I have seen.

Women in general love the aul High-n-dries.
The i30 especially. Reckon a lot of ex civic lady drivers have gone there.

Leonard Hofstadter

Thanks for these latest updates RedorDead.

Seeing as you seem to be 'in the know' about these kind of things, I assume the petrol/diesel split is pretty much unchanged from the 10 day figures? Also, are BMW and Volvo having any success with their PHEV models?

Both manufacturers offer PHEVs at similar (or in the case of the 3 series, cheaper) prices to the cheapest diesel version in the range, but of course these PHEVs offer far superior performance, better (on paper) mpg and much lower CO2 emissions and a useful motor tax saving as well, however this is conservative Ireland and I have seen no advertising of PHEVs by BMW whatsoever. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is by far the most popular model of the Outlander range in the UK (it helps that it is the same price as the diesel), so popular in fact they can't keep up with demand. Is it the same story in Ireland??

JohnBoy26

duffman3833 wrote: »

Its a fiesta on steroids

A fiesta is probably better built though.

carsfan

Would have thought Volvo would have gone up more what with the new xc90 out now and suv sales up again?
Have they sold more xc90 than bmw have done x5 or Audi Q7 ?