Record number of new vehicles
Registrations of new vehicles in New Zealand last month grew by two per cent, or by 217 units, when stacked against the same month in 2018.
David Crawford, chief executive officer, says: “April 2019 registration figures of 10,640 vehicles were up two per cent on the same month in 2018, continuing the up and down monthly trend for 2019 year to date."
"The market to the end of April is down 2.5 per cent on the first four months of 2018 notwithstanding the month of April was the strongest on record, by a mere 5 units over April 2017.
"The total registrations of passenger and SUVs for April 2019 were down one per cent, or by 70 units, on 2018 volumes, while commercial vehicles were up eight per cent compared to the April 2018.
"It was the strongest April month on record for sales of light and heavy commercial vehicles and takes the year to date registrations of commercial vehicles to 0.7 per cent ahead of the same period in 2018.
“The strong outturn for April 2019 was positive in tight market conditions."
Toyota was the overall market leader with a 17 per cent share of the market on 1,806 units, followed by Ford with 11 per cent and 1,138 units. Mitsubishi came third with nine per cent thanks to 909 sales.
Toyota was also the market leader for passenger and SUV registrations with a 16 per cent share of the market on 1,112 units, followed by Mazda with 9 per cent, or 601 units, and Hyundai on eight per cent and 562 units.
Toyota's RAV4, pictured above, topped the top-selling passenger and SUV model list on 525 units, followed by the Kia Sportage on 328 units, and the Mazda CX5 with 252 units.
In the commercial sector, Ford retained the market lead with a 22 per cent market share, followed closely by Toyota with an 18 per cent share of the market, and Mitsubishi third with 12 per cent.
The Ford Ranger retained the top spot as the bestselling commercial model with a 20 per cent share of the market, followed by the Toyota Hilux with 14 per cent, and the Mitsubishi Triton in third with 12 per cent.
Year to date the three top-selling models are all utes, with the Ford Ranger in the lead with 3,144 units, followed by the Toyota Hilux with 2,237 units and the Mitsubishi Triton in third with 2,005 units.
