New Zealand Market Surges 32% Year-on-Year in June
New-car sales jumped 33.1% and CV deliveries climbed 29.9% in the month, compared with like-2011, while year-to-date car and CV results were up 22% and 9.2%, respectively.
New Zealand’s new-vehicle sales came in stronger than expected as the market recovered from last year’s natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
The Motor Industry Assn. says combined new-car and commercial-vehicle sales climbed 32% year-on-year in June to 10,101 units.
Car deliveries gained 33.1%, compared with year-ago, to 7,142 units, while CV sales jumped 29.3% to 2,959. The CV total included heavy trucks.
The year-to-date new-car result was up 22% to 38,145 units, while CV sales improved 9.2% to 10,721.
MIA CEO Perry Kerr says the new-vehicle industry is extremely buoyant.
“While we could expect any comparison with last year, when the industry was hit with severe stock shortages, to be up month-over-month or year-over-year, sales are particularly strong,” Kerr says in a statement.
“For example, June new-car registrations were the highest since 2005, which was a peak in sales over the preceding 16 years – back to 1989.
“Stock has now returned to normal and this, coupled with Field Days (annual agricultural show), the Field Day specials, along with new-model releases, obviously are capturing the public’s attention. I can say members and their dealers are very happy with this result.”
Toyota led the new-car segment in June with sales of 1,461 units, followed by Ford with 766 and GM Holden with 712. Toyota also led the CV segment with 933 deliveries, ahead of Ford’s 485 and Nissan’s 377.
The impact of Field Days and the availability of inventory made the Toyota Hilux the best-selling light CV with 676 deliveries, followed by the Ford Ranger with 440 and Nissan Navara with 370.
It was a record sales month for the Hilux, New Zealand’s top-selling light truck for 30 years.
In the passenger-vehicle segment, the Toyota Highlander, with help from 274 rental sales, was on top with 358 units. The Suzuki Swift followed with 279, just ahead of the Ford Focus’s 278.
Through the year’s first half, Toyota led the New Zealand market with sales of 9,877 units, comfortably ahead of Ford with 5,418 and Holden with 4,335.
The new-car segment was led by Toyota with 6,560 deliveries, ahead of GM Holden with 3,939, Hyundai with 3,811 and Ford with 3,645.
Toyota also set the pace in the CV market with 3,317, ahead of Ford’s 1,773 and Nissan’s 1,495. GM Holden languished in eighth place, tied with Isuzu on 396 sales.
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