New vehicle registrations in New Zealand after the first three months of 2017 are around 13 per cent up on the same period last year – but pre-registrations fluctuated. Pre-registrations, or first registrations, are those vehicles registered by distributors and/or dealers before they are actually sold to an end user. Of the leading nameplates in January-March, Toyota … [Read more...] about Pre-registrations: Who’s done what in the first quarter of 2017
NZ car sales
Registrations of new SUVs in 2017 are 51 per cent up on 2015
Twelve out of the 15 best-selling passenger cars in the first two months of 2017 were SUVs, a jump from 7 out of 15 for the same period two years ago. The only ‘cars’ in the mix were the Toyota Corolla, Suzuki Swift, and Holden Commodore, as the list here shows. In the first two months of 2015, Corolla, Commodore, Mazda3, Toyota Yaris, Holden Cruze, Honda Jazz, Mazda2 … [Read more...] about Registrations of new SUVs in 2017 are 51 per cent up on 2015
NZ tourist boom – rental sales up 47.8 per cent in three years
Registrations of rental vehicles in New Zealand in 2016 totaled 19,607 units, making the segment on paper the fourth biggest after commercial utes, small cars, and medium SUVs. The biggest sector was the 31,538 two- and four-wheel-drive utes, followed by 21,473 medium SUVs and 19,193 small cars. The smallest was the 185 upper large cars, predominantly the Audi A8, … [Read more...] about NZ tourist boom – rental sales up 47.8 per cent in three years
2016 NZ car sales: winners, losers, slow-coaches
Chinese commercial vehicle company LDV was the high-flyer in New Zealand's new vehicle market last year in terms of percentage sales gains over 2015. Motor Industry Association (MIA) figures show 1032 LDV vans were registered in 2016, up from 475 in 2015. That's a year-on-year percentage hike of 117.2%, a reflection of the demand for commercials in an all-time record sales … [Read more...] about 2016 NZ car sales: winners, losers, slow-coaches
June sales best since 1984 and the end of Muldoon’s reign as PM
Registrations of new vehicles in New Zealand have averaged just over 11,500 a month so far in 2016 – up almost 500 vehicles a month on the all-time record year in 2015, according to Motor Industry Association figures (MIA). At the end of June, 69,057 new vehicles – passenger cars, light commercials and trucks – had been registered, compared to the 65,653 for the same … [Read more...] about June sales best since 1984 and the end of Muldoon’s reign as PM