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Used vehicle sales steady

Posted on 06 October, 2015

There were 11,667 used imported cars sold in New Zealand last month to bring the total to 108,163 so far this year. September’s figures represented a 4.7 per cent increase over the same month of last year when 11,142 units were registered. Toyota topped the ladder for marques with 2,745 sales, which was an increase of 5.4 per cent from 2,605 in September 2014. It has now sold 24,423 units this year for a 22.6 per cent share of the market. Nissan came second although its sales dropped by 5.8 per cent to 2,057 from 2,183. Third spot went to Mazda on 1,876 on the back of a 4.7 per cent jump from 1,791. September’s best-selling model was Nissan’s Tiida on 555 units. This represented a 3.8 per cent drop on 577 units registered in September 2014. It was closely followed by Mazda’s Axela on 542 and Suzuki’s Swift on 530.

Light commercial registrations slip

There were 759 used light commercials registered in September to bring the year-to-date total to 6,579. This was a decrease of 4.2 per cent compared to 792 units in September last year. Toyota was the best-selling marque with 344 sales, but this was a 12.2 per cent decrease on September 2014’s total of 392 units. The marque’s Hiace topped the models tables albeit with a 16.4 per cent drop from 299 to 250 registrations.