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New car sales in Kilkenny still stuck in second gear

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2022 0

New car sales in Kilkenny are still struggling in the wake of the pandemic. New figures released by the The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) reveal a drop from the 818 car registration recorded in February to 770 for last month, an overall drop of just under 6%. But the sales locally are […]

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Rise in e-car sales help put Kilkenny motor dealers on road to recovery

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2022 0

New car sales are on the rise in the Kilkenny, according to new figures. Stats released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) this week reveal new vehicle registrations rose by 4.3% last year when compared to 2020. However, the rate of recovery seen in the sector locally lagged behind the overall 19% […]

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Green highway: Sales of electric cars in Kilkenny almost doubles

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2021 0

The sales of electric vehicles in Kilkenny has almost doubled over the past 12 months, new figures reveal. Overall new car sales in the city and county rose by just under 5%, from 1,723 to 1,817 in the 12 months to September. The latest vehicle registrations provided by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry […]

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Kilkenny car sales show signs of recovery after Covid crash

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2021 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have increased year on year by 8% for the month of February, new figures reveal. Overall, there are positive signs for the car industry as new car sales are up 6% nationally on the same period last year. New vehicle registration figures released by The Society of the Irish Motor […]

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Pandemic puts brake on new car sales in Kilkenny: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have dropped by 20% in just one year. New vehicle registration figures released by The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show there were just 535 new registrations in Kilkenny in January. This compares to 666 sales recorded in January 2020, a 19.7% decrease. Nationally, new cars registrations for […]

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Covid puts handbrake on car sales in Kilkenny: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 5th January 2021 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have fallen by almost a quarter in the space of just two years. A total of 1,785 new cars were registered in the city and county in 2020, according to new figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). This represents a 13.6% drop on the 2019 […]

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Covid car crash: Lockdown sees slump in motor sales in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2020 0

By Jayde Maher The pandemic is continuing to hit car sales in Kilkenny, with registrations of new vehicles down by almost 14%. The number of car registrations in Kilkenny slumped by 13.72% when compared to the same period last year, according to latest figures published by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). A […]

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Kilkenny car sales on the right road despite national slump

By Kilkenny Now 3rd November 2020 0

Sales of new cars in Kilkenny are falling – but the local market is performing better than most other counties. A total of 1,765 new cars were registered in the city and county in the 12 months to October. This is a 14% drop on the 2,057 recorded for the same period last year, according […]

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Kilkenny new car sales crash, but local dealers performing better than other counties

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

Sales of new vehicles in Kilkenny plummeted by over 27% last month, new industry figures reveal. Official new vehicle statistics published by the the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) this week show the number of new car registrations in Kilkenny fell by 27.59% last month to 1,084. This compares to the 1,497 new […]

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Cars crash: Sales of new vehicles in Kilkenny fall by 15% in March

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2020 0

New car sales in Kilkenny fell 14.71% in March when compared to the same month last year. Just 1055 new vehicles were sold while 1237 were purchased in March of 2019. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI),  new car registrations nationwide were down 63% (6,174) when compared to March 2019 (16,687). […]