Eddie Tyrrell, Paul Coleman, Ronan Farrell at Grange Motors in Mullingar with the first of the new style registration plates 132-WH-1.

More cars registered yesterday than in the whole of June

Published: Tue 2 Jul 2013, 3:17 PM

Last updated: Tue 2 Jul 2013, 4:19 PM

There were more new cars sold yesterday (Monday July 1) than the whole of June.

Yesterday, the first day of the new 132 registration plate, 1,927 new cars were sold, compared to just one on the same day last July.

• There were more cars sold yesterday than the first 18 days of July last year
• There were 2,095 total new vehicles registered yesterday compared to just one on July 1 last year
• There were 138 light commercials (vans) sold yesterday (none were sold 1st of July last year)
• There were 31 HGVs (trucks) sold yesterday (compared to none on the 1st last year)
• Car sales yesterday exceeded sales on the first working day of January this year- traditionally the busiest day of the year for car sales when 1,487 new cars were sold.

To put this into context, though, it should be noted that July 1 last year was a Sunday.
Even so, when compared to July 2 last year:
• 140 new cars were sold on July 2 last year compared to 1,927 yesterday
• 165 total new vehicles sold July 1 last year compared to 2,096 yesterday
• 15 vans sold last year v 138 yesterday
• 10 trucks last year compared to 31 yesterday.

Paul Coleman, MD at Grange Motors, says that thousands of motorists are expected to buy a new car this month as the 132 registration takes over from 131, marking the first mid-year registration in Ireland.
“We have many tempting deals in both new 132 and 131 cars as well as many exciting new models in our line-up with super finance deals to suit everyone,” said Paul.

“There is a great buzz around at the moment and and while the new plate system is a long-term registration system, there is great interest growing in getting the first of the dual plate reg cars.”
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Alan Nolan, director general of the SIMI, said: “It’s a very positive start to the new 132 year. Clearly motorists can see the benefits of a 132 plate and are availing of the offers out there, with many only available for the introductory period.

“Feedback from dealerships had indicated a lot of interest in the run-up to the introduction of the new plate but it’s always hard to gauge just how much until we see the actual registrations coming through. As it’s the first year of the new dual registration, we hope that the momentum continues for the coming weeks and months.”