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Ford Ranger

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Another outstanding month for new car sales in New Zealand, up 16% year-on-year in April to 8,143 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to 34,887 units, up 11% on 2012. In the detail, the April figure is split between 5,908 Passenger Cars (+9%) and 2,235 Commercial Vehicles, a huge 38% year-on-year increase and the best April since 1982! After 7 consecutive months of Toyota Corolla domination, the Ford Ranger brilliantly takes top honours home in April thanks to 416 units sold and 5.1% share. It is the third time in the last 13 months (after April and July 2012) that the Ranger tops the NZ ranking.

Toyota RAV4

Further down, notice the Toyota RAV4 up 3 ranks to #6 (and now #9 year-to-date vs. #17 in 2012), the Mazda CX-5 up 7 to #7, the Holden Commodore back within the Kiwi Top 10 at #10 and the VW Golf up 7 to #14.

Previous month: New Zealand March 2013: Toyota Corolla still the one

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

Full April 2013 Top 20 models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Corolla

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Another exceptional month for new car sales in New Zealand: up 11% year-on-year to 9,505 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 26,744 units, up 10% on 2012. In the detail, Passenger Car registrations are up 5% year-on-year to 6,800 units, the third strongest monthly passenger car sales since 1990, while Commercial Vehicles sales are up a whopping 33% to 2,705 units, the strongest March volume since 1985!

As far as the models ranking is concerned, it is as quiet as a New Zealand sound (=fjord) with only one change in the Top 5 compared to the February and year-to-date rankings. The Toyota Corolla leads the way for the 7th month in a row thanks to 429 sales and 4.5% and is followed by the Toyota Hilux at 389 units and 4.1%, Ford Ranger with 368 sales and 3.9%, Nissan Navara at 300 units and 3.2%and the Suzuki Swift with 270 sales and 2.8%. Notice also the Holden Colorado up 9 spots to #7, the Toyota RAV4 up 9 to #9, Mitsubishi Outlander up to #12 and Mitsubishi Mirage up to #25.

Previous month: New Zealand February 2013: Corolla, Hilux and Ranger dominate

One year ago: New Zealand March 2012: Holden Cruze leads passenger cars

Full March 2013 Top 25 models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Corolla

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Another excellent month for new car sales in New Zealand: February is up 11% year-on-year to 7,946 registrations, including 2,146 commercial vehicles which is only the fourth time since 1981 sales exceeded 2,000 units in February. Previous times were 1982, 1984 and 2008… No surprise in pole position: the Toyota Corolla leads the way for the 6th consecutive month with 366 sales and 4.6%, ahead of the Toyota Hilux at 338 units and 4.3%, Ford Ranger with 298 sales and 3.8%, Suzuki Swift at 3.3% and Nissan Navara at 3%, making it 3 utes in the Top 5. Notice also the VW Golf up to a brilliant 7th spot, the Ford Territory up to #11, Mazda6 up to #13 and Holden Commodore down to #17… Finally, notice Nissan passing Holden to become #3 brand, just like in neighbouring Australia.

Previous post: New Zealand Full Year 2012: Now with Top 295 All-models ranking!

Previous month: New Zealand January 2013: Corolla and Cruze lead record market

One year ago: New Zealand February 2012: Suzuki Swift climbs on top

Full February 2013 Top 20 models and Top 54 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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The Geely LC ranked #242 in New Zealand in 2012.

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Thanks to Jared, for the first time on BestSellingCarsBlog I can share with you an All-models ranking for New Zeland! The only thing missing is LCV beyond the Top 50. The Kiwi ranking turns out to be quite different from its neighbour’s Australia. Apart from the fact that the Toyota Corolla has been leading for 5 consecutive years here whereas it was never crowned in Australia, the rest of the ranking also reveals some surprises: the Dodge Journey is still high up at #56 for example and some models make a noticeable appearance: the Geely LC at #242, MG 6 at #248, Geely MK at #261, Great Wall VX10 at #282 and Toyota Tundra at #290.

Previous post: New Zealand January 2013: Corolla and Cruze lead record market

Previous year: New Zealand Full Year 2011: Toyota Corolla #1 ahead of Hilux and Suzuki Swift

Full Year 2012 Top 295 All-models and Top 64 All-brands Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Corolla

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The New Zealand new car market is up 7% year-on-year in January to 9,293 registrations. But behind this honest growth actually hide some record-breaking numbers… Passenger car sales are down 1% on January to 7,385 but this is only the 4th January to ever exceed 7,000 units after 1982, 2008 and 2012. Up 61% to 1,908 units, commercial vehicle sales hit their highest monthly figure since 1982! The Toyota Corolla tops the sales charts for the 5th consecutive month, ahead of the Holden Cruze brilliantly up 20 spots on last month to #2 and the Suzuki Swift rounding up the podium.

Hyundai Santa Fe

Other great performers this month include the Hyundai Santa Fe up 9 ranks to #6, Mazda3 up 8 to #10, Toyota RAV4 up 7 to #12, Holden Colorado up 7 also to #13, Ford Falcon back up to #16, Honda CR-V up to #17, Nissan X-Trail up to #20 vs. #38 in 2012 and the VW Polo making its very first appearance in the New Zealand Top 25 at #25.

Previous post: New Zealand Full Year 2012: Toyota Corolla #1 for 5th year in a row

Previous month: New Zealand December 2012: Toyota Corolla at 14.5% share!

One year ago: New Zealand January 2012: Toyota Corolla leads record market

Full January 2013 Top 25 models and Top 15 brands Ranking Tables below.

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Toyota Corolla

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Exceptional year for new car sales in New Zealand, up a whopping 19% on 2011 to reach 100,794 registrations, only the third time since 1990 that the market is above 100,000 units. Thanks to the arrival of the new generation and very strong sales to rental companies towards the end of the year, the Toyota Corolla is the most popular model in New Zealand for the 5th consecutive year with 5,324 sales and 5.3% share, up 28% year-on-year. In fact the podium is unchanged on 2011 with the Toyota Hilux at #2 with 4,182 units and 4.1% (+34%) and the Suzuki Swift rounding up the podium at 3,277 sales and 3.3%, up 13%.

Ford Ranger

Thanks to Autotalk, for the first time on BestSellingCarsBlog I am able to share with you a New Zealand models ranking with a bit more depth: up to #40! Excellent performances of utes (pick-up trucks) this year: below the Hilux, the Ford Ranger brilliantly takes the 4th spot at 2,815 units, it even led the overall ranking for the first time in April and did it again in July. The SUV segment is now the most popular in the country with a 26% share and this is materialised by the arrival of the Holden Captiva at #6, which means that the first time in decades, the Captiva is Holden’s best-seller and not the Commodore, down 3 spots on 2011 to #7…

Ford Mondeo

Further down, the Ford Focus is #10 like in neighbouring Australia, the Toyota Highlander ranks at a shiny 13th place with 1,799 sales, the Hyundai Santa Fe is #14, the Ford Mondeo #16 (whereas it has always struggled in Australia), the Ford Falcon is down to a horrid #24 and the Great Wall V-Series up to an outstanding 32nd position vs. #49 in Australia. Brand-wise, Toyota tops the market for the 25th consecutive year with 21.1% share, ahead of Ford (11%), Holden (9.4%), Hyundai (7.6%) and Nissan (6.3%).

Previous post: New Zealand December 2012: Toyota Corolla at 14.5% share!

Previous year: New Zealand Full Year 2011: Toyota Corolla #1 ahead of Hilux and Suzuki Swift

Full Year 2012 Top 295 All-models and Top 64 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Toyota Corolla

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The New Zealand new car market finishes 2012 on a high: up 20% year-on-year in December to 7,751 registrations, which is believed to be the highest monthly total in the country since 1976! This brings the Full Year 2012 total to 100,795 units, up 19% on 2011 and here also a near record (data needed). The Toyota Corolla hits an out-of-this-world 14.5% market share this month thanks to 1,125 sales. It is followed by the Toyota Hilux at 320 units and 4.1% and the Suzuki Swift with 244 sales and 3.1%, reflecting the 2012 winning podium.

The Toyota Yaris stays very high at #4, the Toyota Camry is up 11 spots on November to #5, the Ford Mondeo up 17 to #6 and the Toyota Highlander is up from outside the Top 25 to #7. Further down, notice the Holden Commodore down one rank to #11, the Nissan Qashqai up 8 to #12, the Toyota Aurion back within the Top 20 at #17 and the Suzuki SX4 and Toyota Prius making a very rare appearance at #24 and #26 respectively.

Full Year post: New Zealand Full Year 2012: Toyota Coroll1 #1 for 5th year in a row

Previous month: New Zealand November 2012: Toyota Corolla leads dynamic market

One year ago: New Zealand December 2011: 5 Toyotas in Top 5!

Full December 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Corolla

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New Zealand car sales continue on their impressive run, up 17% year-on-year in November to 8,518 registrations and now on track to finish the year above 100,000 units. Passenger Cars are up 15% to 6,484 units while Commercial Vehicles are up 24% to 2,097. The year-to-date total now stands at 93,044 sales, up an impressive 19% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla stays #1 for the third time in a row at 462 units and 5.4% and reinforces its leads year-to-date at 4,199 sales and 4.5%.

Holden Captiva

The Toyota Hilux follows like in the year-to-date ranking at 350 units and 4.1%, while the Holden Captiva is up a brilliant 10 spots on October to land in third position with 319 sales and 3.7%, now ranking #6 year-to-date. It is followed by the Toyota Yaris up an ever better 12 ranks to #4 and the Hyundai Santa Fe boosted by the arrival of the new model, up 15 spots to #5 at 261 units and 3.1% share.

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Hyundai Santa Fe 

Like in Australia, utes are in great shape this month in NZ: on top of the Hilux, the Nissan Navara is up 3 ranks to #7, the Ford Ranger is up 2 to #9 and the Holden Colorado up one to #11. Reversely, notice the Holden Commodore falling down to a paltry #10 while the Ford Focus is down 10 spots to #12 and the Mazda CX-5 back up to #14.

Previous month: New Zealand October 2012: Rentals keep Toyota Corolla #1

One year ago: New Zealand November 2011: Ford Ranger up to #2

Full November 2012 Top 25 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Corolla

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At 9,388 registrations, new car sales in New Zealand are up a huge 33% year-on-year in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 84,463 units, up 19% on 2011 and already almost as much as the Full Year 2011 total of 84,640 sales! Motor Trade Association spokesperson Ian Stronach says “October is often a strong month sales wise, with many of the new season’s rental fleet being included.” This and pre-sales of the new generation explain why the Toyota Corolla is #1 overall for the 5th time in the last 12 months after last November, December, January and September with 846 sales and a huge 9% share, 57% of which are rentals.

Toyota NZ General Manager of Sales Steve Prangnell says: “In New Zealand, Corolla has topped its segment for 28 years in a row, and has been the country’s favourite passenger car 15 out of the last 25 years.” In fact, this month’s performance is 60% ahead of October 2011 and enables the Corolla to also take the lead in the 2012 NZ year-to-date ranking thanks to 3,737 units and 4.4%, while the Toyota Hilux, #3 this month, is down to #2 year-to-date with 3.512 sales and 4.2%.

Toyota RAV4

The Ford Focus ranks #2 with sales up 325% to 344 (65% rentals), the Suzuki Swift is #4 at +69% to 299 and the Holden Commodore is #5 at +76% and 60% rentals. Notice also the Toyota RAV4 up to #6 with 279 sales (80% rentals), the Toyota Highlander up 4 spots on September and 176% year-on-year to #7 at 250 units (70% rentals), the Ford Mondeo back up to #9 and the Hyundai Accent up to #17 with 139 sales (87% rentals!).

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

One year ago: New Zealand October 2011: Toyota Yaris up to #3

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

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Toyota Corolla

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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.

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