The number of used cars being sold in the country is down 5% year-on-year, according to the new DoneDeal.ie Motor Industry review for the first half of 2018, sponsored by Bluestone Motor Finance. View the full report here. A total of 483,152 used cars have traded hands in the year to June, compared to 507,300 for the same time period in 2017, however, the rate of the decline slowed considerably in the second quarter with a difference of only 305 car sales (217,334 in Q2 2017