New car registrations are up on last year's figures but down on 2019 numbers. New car registrations in Wicklow rose by 15.3 per cent in County Wicklow from January to August of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. Nationally, there were 6,013 new cars registrations for August compared to 4,808 in August 2020, a jump of 25.1per cent. 5,088 new car registrations took place in August 2019, before the pandemic hit. There were 2,116 new car registrations in the Garden County from January to August of this year, compared to 1,838 new car registrations in 2020, representing a 2,23 per cent share of the market in 2021, and a 2.33 share in 2020.

Source: Irish Independent September 03, 2021 16:07 UTC