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New Zealand March 2012: Holden Cruze leads passenger cars

April 18th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Holden Cruze

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New Zealand car sales continue to hold very well in this start of year, up 3% year-on-year in March to 8,528 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 24,394 units, up 10% on 2011. After a few months of disruption due to the floods in Thailand, the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the country for the first time since last August with 280 sales and 3.3% share, ahead of the Nissan Navara at 242 units and 2.8%.

Rounding up the overall podium but leading all passenger cars is the Holden Cruze with 229 sales, just above last month’s leader the Suzuki Swift at 227 units. Excellent month for the Toyota Hiace, up 5 spots on last month to #5, while the Toyota Yaris is back in shape at #7 and the Ford Ranger is up 5 ranks to #8. #2 last month, the Toyota Corolla is down to #9 as the Holden Commodore is down to a devastating 12th position. Other good performers include the Toyota Camry at #11 and Mitsubishi Lancer at #13.

Previous month: New Zealand February 2012: Suzuki Swift climbs on top

One year ago: New Zealand March 2011: Toyota Hilux and Corolla on top

Full March 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

New Zealand March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos
1 Toyota Hilux 280 3.3% 3 620 2.5% 5
2 Nissan Navara 242 2.8% 5 575 2.4% 7
3 Holden Cruze 229 2.7% 8 658 2.7% 4
4 Suzuki Swift 227 2.7% 1 941 3.9% 2
5 Toyota Hiace 209 2.5% 10 480 2.0% 10
6 Hyundai i30 206 2.4% 4 727 3.0% 3
7 Toyota Yaris 198 2.3% n/a n/a n/a n/a
8 Ford Ranger 189 2.2% 13 414 1.7% 12
9 Toyota Corolla 188 2.2% 2 1,288 5.3% 1
10 Holden Captiva 184 2.2% 6 552 2.3% 9
11 Toyota Camry 180 2.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a
12 Holden Commodore 171 2.0% 7 584 2.4% 6
13 Mitsubishi Lancer 150 1.8% n/a n/a n/a n/a
14 Mitsubishi L300 138 1.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a
15 Mazda3 136 1.6% 9 568 2.3% 8
16 Hyundai Santa Fe 125 1.5% n/a n/a n/a 19
17 Ford Mondeo 117 1.4% 11 414 1.7% 11
18 Ford Fiesta 116 1.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
19 Mitsubishi Triton 114 1.3% 15 187 0.8% n/a
20 Toyota Highlander 112 1.3% n/a n/a n/a 17
21 Mazda BT-50 111 1.3% 14 203 0.8% n/a
22 Nissan Qashqai 108 1.3% n/a n/a n/a n/a
23 VW Golf 105 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a
24 Ford Territory 105 1.2% 12 345 1.4% 13
25 Mitsubishi Outlander 104 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a
26 Hyundai ix35 103 1.2% n/a n/a n/a 22
27 Toyota RAV4 102 1.2% n/a n/a n/a 8
28 Ford Falcon 97 1.1% n/a n/a n/a 20

Source: www.autotalk.co.nz

Categories: New Zealand
  1. Jared
    April 21st, 2012 at 23:15 | #1
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    Hi Matt,

    The NZTA (New Zealand Transport Agency) have finally gotten around to releasing the 2011 Vehicle Registration figures, I have already made up a list of the Top 250 selling cars in NZ for 2011 from that, let me know if you would like a copy.

    Cheers
    Jared

  2. Miguel
    April 19th, 2012 at 22:04 | #2
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    Toyota is number 1 more relaible marque!

  3. Blofeld
    April 19th, 2012 at 01:31 | #3
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    Mate, are you insane in the brain.

    You mean volkswagengroup cars are not safe …

  4. kurtbinh
    April 14th, 2012 at 13:33 | #4
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    Now, Toyota is not quality, safe cars.

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