Thinking about buying a new car?

Thinking About Buying A Car? MICKSIGARAGECOM THE CAR PARTS EXPERTS Resale value & the ease with which you can sell it on afterwards may be a big part of the decision making process. We've looked at the new car sales stats for 2014 to see what's hot and what's not & how current buying trends may help influence your purchase. New Car Stats. Ireland 2014 Popularity BY BRAND Estate Volkswagen Toyota Ford MPV Hatch Hyundai Nissan Skoda Opel Saloon Popularity BY BODY Renault Towards the bottom of the pile in terms of sales by brand this year are Chrysler, Alfa Romeo and Ssangyong. Audi Kia Got your heart set on a convertible? Only 120 units sold this year, compared to 33,421 hatchbacks. More exclusive or just a tough sell? 5000 10000 15000 Popularity BY MODEL Volkswagen GOLF Silver Nissan QASHQAI Red Popularity BY COLOUR Ford FOCUS Blue Ford FIESTA Brown Toyota COROLLA Skoda OCTAVIA Silver, black, grey and white are the safest colours to go for. Green, gold, orange, yellow and purple are the least desirable. Hyundai IX35 Toyota YARIS Volkswagen PASSAT Toyota AURIS 1000 2000 3000 4000 Popularity BY ENGINE TYPE 1.3 - 1.6 litre engines are by far the most popular this year Diesel engines are 3 times more popular than Petrol. 20,896 8,446 1,620 Up to 1.3 litre 25 Over 2.2 litre 1.6 - 1.9 litre 43,248 20,998 1.3 - 1.6 litre 1.9 - 2.2 litre Petrol 25% Diesel 74% Electric/Hybrid/PHEV 1% Popularity ON THE FORECOURTS The cars below are the fastest selling 2nd hand cars in the UK. (not necessarily best selling) Bucking many of the trends found with new car sales this year. OUSTER COVASO Range Rover Evoque Ave 26.9 Days to sell Chevrolet Orlando Ave 27.9 Days to sell Ford Focus Cabrio Dacia Duster Audi TT Ave 27.7 Days to sell Ave 31 Days to sell Ave 31.1 Days to sell Mazda CX-5 Mercedes CLK Honda FR-V Chrysler Ypsilon Ave 31.9 Days to sell BMW Z4 Ave 31.2 Days to sell Ave 31.4 Days to sell Ave 31.6 Days to sell Ave 31.8 Days to sell Data sourced from beepbeep/SIMI/Glass's MICKS TGARAGE.COM THE CAR PARTS EXPERTS Black Grey White DDDDDDDDDD DDDDEDDDD DDDDDDDD CCCCC0ICCC0 CCCCC0ICC