The record for New Zealand new vehicle registrations in a calendar year has been broken with a month left to go in 2017.
The latest Motor Industry Association figures show there were 14,594 new vehicle registrations for the month of November, making it the strongest November on record.
Total registrations of new vehicles for the 2017 year-to-date were 148,335, exceeding the 2016 full year total of 146,753 vehicles by 1582 units.
That’s 9.5% more year-to-date than at the same time in 2016.
“With one month to go the question on everyone’s lips is whether the total for the year will break through the 160,000 mark for the first time. The 150,000 total mark for a calendar year is no longer a question,” Motor Industry Association chief executive David Crawford says.
Year to date, sales of passenger and SUVs were up by 6.2% (5888 units) and commercial vehicles by 16.9% (6952 units) compared to this time in 2016.
Toyota remains the overall market leader in November with 22% market share (3227 units), followed by Ford with 11% (1546 units) and Holden with 10% market share (1489 units).
For passenger and SUV registrations Toyota had 23% market share (2358 units), followed by Holden with 11% (1149 units) and Mazda with 9% market share (904 units).
Toyota also maintained the top three selling passenger and SUV models, with the Corolla (814 units), Rav4 (648 units) and Highlander (445 units) leading the way.
Ford led the commercial sector with 22% (943 units) followed by Toyota with 20% (869 units) and Holden third with 8% market share (340 units).
The Ford Ranger retained the top spot as the bestselling commercial model with 20% share (874 units) followed by the Toyota Hilux with 14% share (620 units).
Year-to-date the Ford Ranger remains both the top commercial vehicle model and the top model overall with 8824 registrations compared to the Hilux’s 7664.
The top segments were SUV medium vehicles with 19% share, followed by the Pick Up/Chassis Cab 4×4 segment with 13% and SUV Large with 12% market share.
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