Nine things you need to know before you buy a car in 2017

Fresh cars at the National Vehicle Distribution in Baldonnell, Co Dublin. Timing is everything when buying a car. Photograph: David Sleator

Since 2013, for the most part, the Irish car trade has been having something of a purple patch. While fresh car sales fell to a nadir of just 65,000 sales in two thousand nine following the utter effect of the financial crisis and resultant recession, since two thousand thirteen they have been recovering strongly. Contine reading →