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Demand grows for used comms

Posted on 07 June, 2017

There were 1,150 used commercial vehicles sold throughout New Zealand during May, which was a 30.1 per cent increase on the 884 units registered in May 2016. Toyota held on to its pole position as market leader with 515 registrations, up 19.8 per cent on May last year when 430 were sold. Nissan followed with 269 registrations up a massive 52.8 per cent on the same month last year, and Mazda was third with 70 sales, a 7.7 per cent increase on May 2016. Year to date, Toyota has a remarkable 46.6 per cent share of the market with 2,439 registrations, while Nissan has a 21.2 per cent market share with 1,107 and Mazda continues to hold onto third with a 7.5 per cent market share of 391 units. The Toyota Hiace held steady at the top of the commercial vehicle models table with 370 registrations for the month, an increase of 13.1 per cent on May 2016 sales, and a market share of 32.2 per cent. Year to date, there has been 1,807 Hiace's sold for an overall market of 34.5 per cent. Nissan Caravan registrations were up 61.4 per cent from 70 in May last year to 113 last month, while the Mazda Bongo held on to third with a 21.3 per cent rise from 47 units a year ago to 57 this May. However, the Toyota Regius continues to rise in popularity with a 170 per cent jump in registrations from20 unit sin May last year to 54 last month.