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New Zealand April 2012: Ford Ranger new leader, Mazda CX-5 #6!

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Ford Ranger

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Euphoric month for new car sales in New Zealand, up 26% year-on-year to 7,048 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 31,442 units, up 13% on 2011. For the first time ever in the country, the Ford Ranger becomes the best-selling vehicle overall, but only just: with 279 sales and 4% market share it is only 1 unit above the Toyota Hilux this month! The Suzuki Swift is up one spot on March to round up the podium at #3.

Mazda CX-5

Up 5 ranks to 4th place this month with 218 sales and 3.1%, the Toyota Corolla is still in pole position in the 2012 year-to-date ranking with 1,506 units and 4.8% ahead of the Suzuki Swift at 1,169 units and 3.7% and the Toyota Hilux with 898 sales and 2.9%. Extremely impressive showing of the Mazda CX-5 which turns out to be even more successful in New Zealand than it is in Australia, selling 179 units in April for a formidable 6th place overall for its very first month. This is the highest ranking the CX-5 has reached so far anywhere in the world for the CX-5!

Further down, notice the Holden Commodore up from a hellish 12th place last month to #7, the Honda Civic back in shape at #10, the Hyundai Santa Fe up 5 spots on March to #11, the Ford Territory up 9 to #15, the Toyota RAV4 up 7 to #20 and the Hyundai i20 re-entering the Top 25 at #21.

Previous month: New Zealand March 2012: Holden Cruze leads passenger cars

One year ago: New Zealand April 2011: Suzuki Swift reclaims pole position

Full April 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

New Zealand April 2012:

Pos Model Apr % Mar 2012 % Pos
1 Ford Ranger 279 4.0% 8 693 2.2% 8
2 Toyota Hilux 278 3.9% 1 898 2.9% 3
3 Suzuki Swift 228 3.2% 4 1,169 3.7% 2
4 Toyota Corolla 218 3.1% 9 1,506 4.8% 1
5 Nissan Navara 214 3.0% 2 789 2.5% 6
6 Mazda CX-5 179 2.5%  - 179 0.6% n/a
7 Holden Commodore 176 2.5% 12 760 2.4% 6
8 Toyota Yaris 164 2.3% 7 n/a n/a n/a
9 Holden Captiva 159 2.3% 10 711 2.3% 9
10 Honda Civic 154 2.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a
11 Hyundai Santa Fe 145 2.1% 16 n/a n/a n/a
12 Toyota Hiace 130 1.8% 5 610 1.9% 10
13 Hyundai i30 126 1.8% 6 853 2.7% 4
14 Mitsubishi Lancer 126 1.8% 13 n/a n/a n/a
15 Ford Territory 126 1.8% 24 471 1.5% 13
16 Ford Mondeo 108 1.5% 17 522 1.7% 11
17 Holden Cruze 105 1.5% 3 763 2.4% 4
18 Ford Fiesta 97 1.4% 18 n/a n/a n/a
19 Mazda3 94 1.3% 15 662 2.1% 8
20 Toyota RAV4 93 1.3% 27 n/a n/a n/a
21 Hyundai i20 86 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a
22 Mitsubishi Triton 83 1.2% 19 270 0.9% n/a
23 Toyota Camry 82 1.2% 11 n/a n/a n/a
24 Ford Focus 81 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a
25 Mazda6 81 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: www.mia.org.nz, www.autotalk.co.nz

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