The economic slowdown is continuing to hit Irish car sales badly, according to new figures published by the Central Statistics Office.
The figures show that the number of new cars licensed in February slumped by 63.8%.
The CSO said 8,795 new cars were sold last month compared to a total of 24,290 in February 2008.
Car sales had plunged by 66.6% in January.
Meanwhile, the CSO said that the number of new goods vehicles licensed in February fell by almost 79% with 1,098 new vehicles sold compared to a figure of 5,181 for the same period in 2008.
The figures also show that of the 8,795 new cars sold in February 56.6% were petrol and 41.9% were diesel.
Read the full report from the CSO
