Sales of new vehicles in New Zealand in August were the best for the month since 1984, up 13.3% year on year to 12,677 units.
Year to date the market was 7% up to 93,266 units and heading for another record year. Registrations of new commercial vehicles continued to be exceptionally strong with 3,781 registrations, a record for August.
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There were 8,896 passenger and SUV vehicle registrations last month.
Toyota was the overall market leader in August with 18% market share (2,281 units) with Ford second on 12% (1,463 units) and Holden third with 8% (1051 units).
Toyota was also passenger car and SUV market leader with 17% share (1,542 units), with Mazda second on 9% (813 units) and Holden third also with 9% (768 units).
Ford retained the commercial vehicle market with 23% share (861 units) followed by Toyota with 20% (739 units) and Holden third with 7% (283 units). Year to date both Ford and Toyota have 21% of the commercial market with Ford holding a slight lead with 6,218 units registered to date to Toyota's 6,055 units.
The Toyota Corolla was the top selling passenger model in August with 6% market share (535 units), followed by the Kia Sportage on 3% (295 units) and the Toyota Yaris also on 3% (289 units).
The Ford Ranger was again both the monthly top selling commercial model for August with 19% market share (721 units), and the overall top selling model. The Toyota Hilux was the second best commercial model with 13% market share (486 units) with the Nissan Navara at 7% (273 units). Year to date the Ford Ranger retained its lead as the top selling commercial model with 19% market share (5,646 units) followed by the Toyota Hilux, with 15% market share (4,235 units).
SUV segments accounted for 38% of vehicle registrations last month followed by passenger segments with 32% and the light commercial segments with 25% share.
"Economic indicators remain the same as for recent months, with the strongest net immigration on record, healthy tourism sector and a generally robust economy, all of which continues to drive sales of new vehicles year to date beyond that expected for 2016," said Motor Industry Association CEO David Crawford.
