New Zealand CV Sales See Double-Digit Gain in First Half
Auto makers credit a strong housing market in Auckland and massive rebuilding projects under way after earthquakes in 2010-2011 destroyed much of Christchurch, the second-largest city.
Commercial-vehicles sales in New Zealand are running at their highest rate since 1982, with June deliveries up 7.5% to 3,181 units following a strong April and May.
The Motor Industry Assn. says this leaves the year’s first-half CV sales up 26% from year-ago to 14,754 units.
MIA CEO David Crawford credits a strong housing market in Auckland, the country’s biggest city, and the massive rebuilding projects under way after earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 that destroyed much of Christchurch, the second-largest city.
“Commercial-vehicle registrations remain extraordinarily strong,” Crawford says in a statement.
New-car registrations rose 5.6% for the strongest June since 2005 to 7,542 units, pushing first-half results up 4.3% to 39,781.
The New Zealand market’s first-half sales totaled 54,475 units, more than half of the full-year total of 100,795 in 2012.
“With a strong New Zealand dollar and economic confidence in our two largest cities, we are on track to sell more than 100,000 new vehicles for the year,” Crawford says.
Toyota remained the market leader in June with 2,350 deliveries, 1,433 cars and 917 CVs, for a 21.9% share. Ford followed with 1,210 units and an 11.3% share, followed by Holden with 1,097 and a 10.2% share.
The Toyota Corolla was the top-selling model in the month with 416 units, ahead of the Toyota RAV4 with 343 and Hyundai Santa Fe with 312.
In the CV segment, the Toyota Hilux pickup topped the sales list with 665 units, ahead of the Ford Ranger with 416 and Nissan Navara with 286.
The Hilux also was the first-half CV leader with 2,449 units, ahead of the Ford Ranger with 2,197.
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