Model Y tops charts
There were 11,628 new passenger vehicles registered in March for an increase of 3.8 per cent from 11,200 in the same month of 2022.
Tesla’s Model Y, pictured, with 761 units was the best-selling model – up from zero a year ago – and it secured a market share of 6.5 per cent.
The Hyundai Tucson was second on 648 and 5.6 per cent, after its sales rose from 285 in March 2022, and BYD’s Atto 3 was third with 617 and 5.3 per cent.
Completing the top five was Toyota’s RAV4 on 545 units and 4.7 per cent of the market, and the Suzuki Swift with 510 and 4.4 per cent.
All of the leading quintet achieved year-on-year increases in registrations last month.
The Swift is now out front in the year-to-date figures with 1,323 units and a 4.9 slice of the market. The RAV4 and MG ZS are next on 1,132 and 1,006 registrations, respectively.
Toyota topped the marques’ ladder in March on 1,578 units for an increase of 81.4 per cent from 870 in the same month a year ago. Its share of last month’s new passenger-vehicle market came in at 13.6 per cent.
Kia was second on 1,255, jumping 83.7 per cent year on year to claim 10.8 per cent of the market.
Hyundai came third with 1,218 registrations, while Tesla and Suzuki were next on 876 and 806 sales, respectively.
Toyota remains number one in the year-to-date standings on 3,861 units and a 14.2 per cent market share, followed by Kia on 3,155 and 11.6 per cent.
Hyundai on 2,384 sales, Suzuki with 2,148 and Mitsubishi with 1,9944 complete the top five for first quarter of 2023.
The regions experienced mixed results, with Gisborne the biggest climber after sales increased by 102.3 per cent from 44 in March 2022 to 89 last month.
At the other end of the school, registrations in Southland slipped 35.1 per cent over the same period from 205 to 133.
In the main centres, Auckland’s sales rose 14.3 per cent increase from 4,999 units to 5,714, Wellington’s numbers dropped 2.2 per cent from 1,057 sales to 1,034, while Canterbury sales fell 3.5 per cent from 1,352 to 1,305.
