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6 September 2010
New Vehicle Sales Back on Track
Just released August registration data shows the new vehicle sector is back on track with total industry sales up more than 17% on August 2009.
Breaking the market down there were 4,720 passenger cars and 1,717 commercial vehicles. “We are very happy with these numbers”, said Mr Kerr Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. Passenger car registrations were just under 7% higher than the same month in 2009 and year to date tracking a very healthy 13.7% ahead of 2009. In the month commercial registrations were the stand out being a massive 60% ahead of August 2009. Mr Kerr however cautioned not to read too much into this increase noting that registrations in August 2009 (1,076) was one of the lowest recorded. Year to date commercial registrations are 16% ahead of 2009.
“This volume could be even higher but members are being constrained by a lack of stock in some areas”, said Mr Kerr.
On the overall total market Toyota was in top spot with 1,104 registrations followed by Ford with 790 and Mazda third with 604 registrations. These placings were repeated in the passenger car segment with Toyota selling 686 vehicles, Ford 516 and Mazda 480 vehicles. Commercial vehicle registrations had Toyota leading with 418, Ford second with 274 and Nissan third with 242.
Top selling passenger car of the month was the Toyota Corolla with 224 registrations, followed by the Suzuki Swift with 208 registrations and the Mazda6 in third place with 177 registrations. Although a commercial vehicle, the Toyota Hilux was in fact the best selling model for the month with 247 registrations. Other commercial models to feature in the top three were the Nissan Navara (218) and the Ford Ranger (181).
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5 August 2010
New Vehicle Market Up 14% Year to Date
With the release by NZTA of the July registration tables, the new vehicle, on a year to date basis, is running 14% ahead of 2009 registrations. July passenger car numbers of 4,446 registrations eased and were a meagre 27 units off July 2009. Commercial registrations of 1,551 registrations were up just over 11% on July 2009.
“After six months of continued growth we are not surprised that the new car market has taken a very small breath” said Mr Perry Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “Year to date the numbers of 34,728 are still ahead of our forecasts. In the commercial vehicle market the positive impact of Fieldays is still being felt which is encouraging for the economy as a whole” Mr Kerr concluded.
In the passenger car segment July saw a switch back to the traditional top three of Toyota (668 registrations), Ford second (502 registrations) and Holden third (441 registrations). Year to date Toyota stays on top spot with 5,896 units, followed by Holden 3,663 and Ford 3,465. Commercial vehicles were likewise a repeat of previous months, Toyota first with 363 units, Ford second with 264 and Nissan third with 263 units. Year to date places were the same – Toyota 3,486, Ford 1.546 and Nissan 1,360.
The top two selling models in July were commercial vehicles with the Nissan Navara (with 261 registrations) outselling the popular Toyota Hilux with 241 registrations. The Ford Falcon was the top passenger model with 210 registrations followed by the Toyota Corolla 181 registrations and the Mazda3 164 registrations.
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6 July 2010
Car Sales Remain Strong -and well ahead of industry predications
June new vehicle sales continue on the upward trend with 5,786 cars (up 34% on June 2009) the highest monthly sales number for twenty months. There were 2,218 commercial vehicles registered which was up 22% on June 2009. Year to date new cars are ahead of 2009 by 17.4%. After a slow start to the year commercial vehicle sales are also ahead of 2009 year to date sales by 807 units which is up 9.6%.
“It is really encouraging to see these numbers”, said Perry Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “At the beginning of the year we were forecasting around 10% growth on 2009 numbers. So far this year we are 17.4 % ahead. We have now had six continuous months of growth in new car sales so we are hopeful that we have well and truly turned the corner on 2009”.
In the passenger car segment Toyota remains in number one position(1,337 registrations) with Hyundai taking the number two spot (579 registrations), Holden was third (542 registrations). Year to date has Toyota number one (5,228) Holden second (3,222) and Ford third (2,963).
Toyota also took out first place in commercial vehicles (771 registrations) Ford second (351 registrations) and Nissan third (261 registrations). Year to date these positions remain unchanged with Toyota selling a total of 3,123 vehicles, Ford 1,282 and Nissan 1,097.
In June the top three selling passenger cars were all from Toyota, first the Toyota Rav4 (421 registrations), with an equal number of Toyota Corolla and Land Cruiser Prada sold (219 registrations). Toyota also sold the most commercial vehicles with the Hilux in fact the top selling model for the month with 539 registrations. This was followed by the Nissan Navara (256 registrations) followed by the Ford Ranger (250 registrations).
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4 March 2008
New Vehicles Sales Defy Economic Uncertainty
Sales of new vehicles in New Zealand continue to run counter to the general economic direction and the falloff in the property market.
6175 new cars were registered in February, 6.6% ahead of February 2007 and more than any other February since 1989. Registrations of new commercial vehicles were even more impressive. 2004 were sold, 18.4% up on the same month last year, and a greater number than any February since 1984.
“This is an amazing start to the year,” said Perry Kerr, CEO of the Motor Industry Association. “After a record January, sales in February continued at an unabated pace on a seasonally adjusted basis. It’s clear that the new vehicle industry is showing more resilience than a number of other sectors.”
Toyota extended their lead as top selling brand, and second place Holden are establishing a margin over Ford in third place.
For individual models, Commodore took the lead over Corolla for the month of February, but Corolla still holds first position year to date. Once again, Suzuki Swift put on an impressive performance to consolidate third position year to date.
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