New car registrations remain fairly constant in Northern Ireland with 55,275 sold in the first eleven months of this year compared to 55,091 for a similar period last year (2015). That’s a 0.4 per cent increase.
Sales in England are up 3 per cent for the year-to-date with both Scotland and Wales down marginally. New car sales for similar periods in the Republic are running at 17.45 per cent ahead of last year. That is 23,713 more new cars sold compared to the first eleven months of 2015.
| Nov. | Nov. | % | Year-to-date | Year-to-date | % | |
| 2015 | 2016 | change | 2015 | 2016 | change | |
| ENGLAND | 154,424 | 159,120 | 3.0 | 2,094,510 | 2,157,609 | 3.0 |
| N. IRELAND | 3,128 | 3,130 | 0.1 | 55,091 | 55,275 | 0.3 |
| SCOTLAND | 14,985 | 15,278 | 2.0 | 208,714 | 208,188 | -0.3 |
| WALES | 5,859 | 6,160 | 5.1 | 87,458 | 87,093 | -0.4 |
| Total | 178,396 | 183,688 | 3.0 | 2,445,773 | 2,508,165 | 2.6 |