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Opel was the third most popular automaker in Ireland last month, knocking Toyota off the podium. Roberto Pfeil/AP/Press Association Images

Car sales drop as scrappage deal ends

The number of new cars sold in Ireland fell for the first time this year as the Government’s scrappage scheme came to an end in June.

NEW FIGURES RELEASED today show that consumers were put off buying new cars last month as the Government called a halt to its scrappage scheme in June.

According to the Central Statistics Office, there were 0.9 per cent less new cars sold in July than in the same month of 2010.

Today’s figures are the first this year to show even a slight dip in sales. For the previous six months, the motor trade industry has been buoyed by the scrappage scheme.

So far in 2011, 76,207 new cars have been bought by Irish drivers. This is an increase of 7,828 on last year.

The most popular car make among buyers in July was Ford, followed closely by Volkswagen. Opel made the top three, knocking Toyota off the podium.

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    Mute Dan Whelan
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    Aug 10th 2011, 4:49 PM

    Good, I’m glad it’s stopped. It was a reckless, stupid scheme anyway, artificially propping up the new car market. Just like rent allowance props up the rental market.. just like NAMA are trying to prop up housing markets by setting prices on those apartments the other week.. and we’re propping up the banks.. wait, there’s a pattern here – surely if we keep propping everything up to match ‘boom’ level prices we’ll never sort this mess out!

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    Mute David Higgins
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    Aug 10th 2011, 7:27 PM

    +1

    We need this whole crisis to bottom out. No artificial supports. The quicker we hit rock bottom the quicker we can recover!

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    Mute gareth byrne
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    Aug 10th 2011, 7:49 PM

    Cars are still to costly to buy in this country.How come you can go up north,buy the same new car for the same price as down south but a better spec.It does not add up.

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    Aug 10th 2011, 9:52 PM

    VRT! The sooner the government drops this tax the better it will be for all… but they’ll never drop it. They make way too much money from it!

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    Mute Trevor McCarthy
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    Aug 11th 2011, 12:34 AM

    VRT was originally flagged as technically illegal under European Law , and it’s still there !!! However check out the difference between new and 2nd hand luxury ( semi luxury even , low end BMW ) prices in ireland and Australia , you will be amazed , they are in some cases up to 3 times more expensive in Aus !! Yea the economy is still good but talk about getting ripped off.. Nuts!!

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