Less than half of vehicles which undergo the NCT in Dundalk pass the test.
That’s according to new data compiled by The Irish Times, which show just 45% of vehicles pass the test in Dundalk, compared to 55% who fail it.
That is just under the national average pass rate of 48%.
The figures reveal you might have better luck in Drogheda, where the pass and fail rate is 50%.
Figures relate to 2013, with Toyotas most likely to pass the test and Renaults most likely to fail.
The top 10 selling makes and models of cars sold in Louth last month
In total there were 538 new 141 registrations in January, compared with 395 the year before.
While car sales are up nationwide, the increase is well above the national average of 32.6%.
Of the cars sold last month, 397 were diesel – more than the sum total of sales in January 2013 – while 136 were petrol. There were also four hybrids sold and one dual-fuel car.
Ford was the most popular model last month with 76 sales, followed by Toyota (66) and Volkswagen (60).
The manufacturers who recorded the biggest increase in sales in the last 12 months were Opel (109%), Kia (100%) and Toyota (83.3%).
The biggest selling model was the Ford Focus, which had 30 sales last month – the same figure as in January 2013.
This was followed by the Volkswagen Golf (27), the Ford Fiesta (25) and the Hyundai IX35 (23).
The big winners in terms of sales increases were the Renault Clio (183.3%), the Kia Sportage and the Toyota Corolla (both 157.1%).
Silver was the most popular colour sold with 123 silver cards bought last month. This was followed by black (95), red (89), grey (75), white (65) and blue (50).
In total there were 1,477 new cars sold in Louth last year, with the sales figures for January 2014 meaning that more than a third of that figure has been reached already.
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