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Nine News: Jonathan Clynch reports that today's CSO figures show that the car sales industry has recovered from a slowdown at the end of 2006
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News At One: Eddie Cunningham, Motoring Correspondent, Irish Independent, discusses the context of the new CSO figures showing significant rises in the licensing of new and second hand cars in January
According to the figures released by the Central Statistics Office, the licensing of second-hand cars also rose by over a quarter.
The figure for new cars was up by 19% on last year with second car sales increasing by 28%.
The total number of vehicles licenced in January 2007 increased by over 6,000, or 21.1%, as compared to January 2006.
Toyota was the most popular make of car with over 4,000 units sold followed by Ford and Volkswagen. Toyota also topped the list of second-hand cars.
Last month, Dublin car dealers sold 475 Mercedes Benz, which is more than two an hour.
The most popular engine size was 1301 to 1400cc. However, sales of cars above 2.4 litres grew by almost 20% to 1,806.
