Sales of new passenger cars in New Zealand were up 30.8% year on year in November 2009 with commercials 20.6% up over the same period. Year to date the total market is up 14.5% with passenger cars 14% ahead and commercials 16.4%.
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“The new vehicle industry is very happy with the November numbers, this year seeing a break in tradition as they go against the usual end of year dip” said Perry Kerr, CEO of the Motor Industry Association.
“In November we had 7,376 total registrations of all new vehicles of which 5,869 were passenger cars and 1,507 were commercial vehicles. November was a very strong month for the industry which we hope will carry through to December.”
“Sales were up across all sectors with no stand out reason, however a range of collective factors including the recent run of good spring weather, farmer payouts and a positive business outlook all helped,” he said.
Toyota led in all categories – total market, passenger car and commercials – and had over 21% of the total market. In the passenger car segment Ford and Holden remain respectively in second and third spot. In the commercial segment for the month Nissan was second followed by Ford. Year to date these two companies swapped places.
The top selling passenger car in November was the Toyota Corolla (658) followed by the Suzuki Swift (268) and the Ford Falcon (259). One unit behind was the Holden Commodore (258). The Toyota Hilux continued to dominate the commercial segment with monthly registrations of 275 units. The Nissan Navara was second with 154, with the Toyota Hiace third with 141.
