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New Zealand September 2012: Toyota Corolla #1 thanks to rentals

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Toyota Corolla

* See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

The new car market in New Zealand is definitely on fire this year, with sales up 14% year-on-year in September to 8,690 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 75,085 registrations, up a whopping 20% on 2011… For the first time since last January, the Toyota Corolla manages to rank #1 overall with 453 sales and 5.2%. It is #2 year-to-date at 2,891 units and 3.9%. September marks the start of the high season in New Zealand and rentals will now take a growing share of the market up until the end of the year. In September 41% of all Corollas sold in the country are rentals. The Suzuki Swift is up 5 spots on August and 74% year-on-year to climb to 2nd place with 346 sales and 4%, 29% of which are rentals. It is #3 ytd at 3.3%.

Holden Commodore

#1 in August and year-to-date, the Toyota Hilux is down to #3 this month at 335 units and 3.9%. If large cars are taking a beating in Australia, they are faring very well in September in New Zealand thanks to strong sales to rental companies. The Holden Commodore is up an outstanding 114% year-on-year to #4 with 287 sales and 3.3% and is now back to #1 Holden year-to-date at #6 (vs. #7 for the Captiva), while the Ford Falcon is up 64% to #17 and 139 units. Over half of these numbers are delivered by rentals though: 51% for the Commodore and 57% for the Falcon, with only the Focus doing better with rental companies at 65%.

Kia Sportage

Other great performers this month in New Zealand include the Toyota Yaris up 10 spots on August to #5, the Mazda3 up 5 to #7, the Holden Colorado solid again at #8 vs. #18 year-to-date, the Toyota Highlander up 11 ranks to #11, the Mitsubishi Outlander in run-out model up to #13, the Kia Sportage breaking into the NZ Top 25 for the first time at #25, the Holden Barina at #27 and the Nissan Qashqai at #28.

Previous month: New Zealand August 2012: Ford Focus #1 Passenger Car, up 210%

One year ago: New Zealand September 2011: Toyota Corolla in pole position

Full September 2012 Top 25 and Rentals Top 10 Ranking Tables below.

New Zealand September 2012:

Pos Model Sept % Aug 2012 % Pos
1 Toyota Corolla 453 5.2% 4 2,891 3.9% 2
2 Suzuki Swift 346 4.0% 8 2,508 3.3% 3
3 Toyota Hilux 335 3.9% 1 3,178 4.2% 1
4 Holden Commodore 287 3.3% 9 1,838 2.4% 6
5 Toyota Yaris 251 2.9% 15 1,463 1.9% 11
6 Ford Ranger 249 2.9% 2 2,302 3.1% 4
7 Mazda3 202 2.3% 12 1,342 1.8% 12
8 Holden Colorado 195 2.2% 7 977 1.3% 18
9 Toyota Hiace 178 2.0% 6 1,655 2.2% 8
10 Hyundai i30 172 2.0% 18 1,606 2.1% 9
11 Toyota Highlander 167 1.9% 22 1,230 1.6% 14
12 Holden Cruze 166 1.9% 11 1,520 2.0% 10
13 Mitsubishi Outlander 163 1.9% n/a n/a n/a n/a
14 Holden Captiva 158 1.8% 5 1,834 2.4% 7
15 Nissan Navara 153 1.8% 10 1,953 2.6% 5
16 Hyundai Santa Fe 150 1.7% 14 1,000 1.3% 17
17 Ford Falcon 139 1.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a
18 Mitsubishi Triton 120 1.4% 21 932 1.2% 19
19 Ford Territory 110 1.3% 17 1,097 1.5% 15
20 Mitsubishi L300 102 1.2% n/a n/a n/a n/a
21 Ford Focus 100 1.2% 3 1,265 1.7% 13
22 Mazda BT-50 98 1.1% 13 800 1.1% n/a
23 Mazda CX-5 97 1.1% 19 846 1.1% 20
24 Ford Fiesta 96 1.1% 25 n/a n/a n/a
25 Kia Sportage 95 1.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a
26 Toyota RAV4 94 1.1% 27 n/a n/a n/a
27 Holden Barina 89 1.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a
28 Nissan Qashqai 86 1.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a

 

Source: www.autotalk.co.nz

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