The New Zealand car market is up 6% in October at 7,297 sales. Boosted by rental vehicles registrations (an October tradition in New Zealand), the Toyota Corolla is by far the top selling vehicle in New Zealand with 852 sales and no less than 11.7% of the market! The Holden…
Strong month for the New Zealand market with passenger car registrations up 13% at 6,298 units and commercial vehicles also up 13% at 1,646 sales. The Toyota Corolla (the Auris name does not exist in Australia or New Zealand) is the best selling model by far with 631 registrations, ahead…
Car sales are up 10% in New Zealand over the first 4 months of the year at 25,037 registrations. The Toyota Corolla holds onto its pole position but see its market share slip slightly from 6.7% over the Full Year 2009 to 5.5% now. The Toyota Hilux is stable at…
70,048 new cars were registered in New Zealand in 2009, a drop of 28% over 2008. The Toyota Corolla comes out #1 with a large margin at 4,699 sales and 6.7% of the market, ahead of the Toyota Hilux at 3,047 sales (4.3%) and the Holden Commodore at 2,875 sales…
2008 is the year when the fight between the Toyota Corolla and Holden Commodore turned to the advantage of the Corolla for the first time in New Zealand. Over the first 4 months of the year, the Corolla leads with 2,013 sales and 5.9% share, ahead of the Commodore at…
The New Zealand car market is euphoric this year: with 102,468 registrations, it is up 33% over 2006! The Holden Commodore increases its margin over the Toyota Corolla even though its share slips from 7% to 5.9%. The Corolla goes from 6.9% to 5%. The Ford Falcon stays 3rd but…
In a stable market at 76,804 registrations, the fight for the pole position between the Holden Commodore and the Toyota Corolla has never been that tight: the Commodore, perhaps helped by the arrival of the new generation at the end of the year, loses 8% but keeps its title with…
The Holden Commodore is the best-selling car in New Zealand again in 2005, but its sales drop 21% over 2004 to reach 5,851 and 7.5% market share. Still #3 at half year behind the Ford Falcon, the Toyota Corolla delivers an outstanding 2nd semester and finishes the year at #2…
In 2004, the Holden Commodore is the best selling car in New Zealand with 7,439 units moved, followed by the Ford Falcon at 5,611 and the Toyota Corolla at 4,902. These 3 cars dominate the ranking by a large margin. In 4th comes the Honda Accord (2,628 units), ahead of…
Ford Falcon * See the Top 10 models in 2001 by clicking on the title! * The Commodore is on a growing trend over the period: from 4,945 sales in 2000 to 6,284 in 2001, 6,127 in 2002 and 7,096 in 2003. In 2001, it is followed by the Ford Falcon,…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Contrary to neighbour Australia where the Ford Falcon is ultra-dominant with 15.3% of the market, in New Zealand the Holden Commodore is the best-selling nameplate for 1987, and with 9.888 sales this year it hits the highest…
1986 Toyota Corolla Surprise: while in neighbouring Australia the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore fight for the top spot well ahead of the rest, in New Zealand the Toyota Corolla reigns. It is the best-selling nameplate in the country for three consecutive years between 1984 and 1986. Source: Car Australia…
We are now able to fill a significant hole in our New Zealand Historical Data with the learning that the locally assembled Ford Cortina was the best-seller here between 1977 and 1983 with over 100,000 assembled in total during that period. Many thanks to Ricardo Acosta Antunez for the tip.
Holden Kingswood In 1973 the Holden Kingswood/Belmont family sold over 10.000 units in New Zealand, an annual tally that wouldn't be approached by any other nameplate in the country for the next 15 years.