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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Mayo beaten again – in new car sales
While car sales in Mayo were positive once again last month, the sluggish growth rate in this county when compared with other counties can be partly attributed to the closure of two major car dealerships in the autumn of 2009, writes David Dwane.
Caseys closed their motor dealership outlets in Ballina and Castebar in October of last year, with the loss of 45 jobs.
New figures from the Society of the Irish Motor industry reveal that 151 new cars were sold in Mayo in June 2010, compared with 111 in June 2010, an increase of 36%.
But the neighbouring counties of Sligo, Roscommon and Galway enjoyed much larger increases in the number of new car sales.
Sligo recorded a 145% increase, Roscommon a 86% increase, and Galway a 68% increase. The trajectory for Mayo was similar in May, with the county showing the slowest increase of any in Ireland.
However, Mayo performed much better in the light commercial vehicle category. While across the country there was 20% fewer LCVs sold in June 2010 when compared with June 2009, Mayo saw a 78% increase, up from 9 to 16.
The number of heavy goods vehicles sold in Mayo remained flat, at just one. This compared with a decrease of 16% nationally.
LCV and HGV sales are an indicator of the level of activity in the SME and self-employed sectors.
For the first six months of the year, 21,000 more new cars were sold across the country than during the first six months of 2009 (67,846 in total in 2010), generating an extra €60m for the Exchequer.
SIMI Press Officer Suzanne Sheridan said: “Undoubtedly, this significant improvement in registrations has been greatly assisted by the government scrappage scheme. This has resulted in increased showroom activity, and with manufacturers and dealers adding additional discounts across all new cars for sale, the increase in sales is reflected not just in scrappage sales.
“We predicted that with the stimulation of scrappage, 70,000 cars would be sold this year, but we are nearing that figure just six months in.
“This increase in business activity is already having a positive knock-on effect to the wider economy in increased government revenue and job protection in the motor industry.” she said.
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