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‘Political and economic uncertainly’ driving down new car sales in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have dropped by more than 5% year-on-year, new figures reveal. A total of 933 new vehicles were sold in the county in February, according to statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) today. This is a drop on the 983 sales of new cars recorded in […]

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Vroom to improve: Just six new cars registered in Kilkenny last month

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2019 0

Just six new car registrations were recorded in Kilkenny in the month of November, down one on the same period last year. And total new registrations are down 12% on 2018, according to the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). A total of 2,062 cars have been newly registered in […]

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New car sales in Kilkenny stuck in second gear as they crash by 12%

By Kilkenny Now 4th November 2019 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have dropped by 12%, latest figures reveal. Nationally, the total level of new car registrations are down 7.0% (116,129) when compared to the same period last year (124,884), according to figures published by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). In Killkenny, a total of 2,338 new cars were […]

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Grim outlook for Kilkenny motor industry as car sales plummet

By Kilkenny Now 5th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE short-term outlook for Kilkenny’s motor industry looks challenging after local dealers recorded a substantial drop in new car sales in the first six months of the year. The forecast for the rest of 2019 and 2020 is not promising either, according to the Quarterly Motor Industry Review just released by the Society […]