New Zealand new car registrations rose for the first time in three months in January, the country’s transport agency said.
The agency said registrations were up 41% to 5,601 on December and were 5.8% higher than a year earlier.
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Used car registrations – generally imported used cars – totalled 6,828 last month, down 10.2% from a month earlier and 25.9% up on a year ago.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were down almost 6.9% from a year ago.
The top selling make for the month was Toyota with 1,172 new cars, followed by Holden with 677 and Mazda with 529 new cars.
Perry Kerr, chief executive officer of the Motor Industry Association, said that “in spite of the commercial vehicle numbers he was quietly confident that the new vehicle industry has “turned the corner” with industry forecasts showing that we would now see slow but modest growth from here on out.”
The top selling model for January was the Toyota Corolla followed by the Holden Cruze with the Suzuki Swift third.
