New Zealand Vehicle Sales By Brand : 2015

The market for new vehicles in New Zealand was the highest on record in 2015, breaking the 130,000 mark for the first time. The overall market tallied 134,242 registrations, up 5.4%. There are 85 brands that sell here, and below is the Top 50.

Ford’s Ranger utility vehicle overtook the Toyota Corolla to become the most popular vehicle, a position the Corolla has held for the last seven years. This is the first time a commercial vehicle has outsold a passenger model, with 6,818 Ranger vehicles registered during 2015. The Corolla was 6,514.

Below the chart is coded as follows for country of association : salmon = Japan, dark blue = USA, yellow = Asia/Pacific and pale blue = Europe. Japan takes 8 of the top 15 places, Asia 3, USA and Europe 2 each.

Toyota held the top spot and consolidated that position. GM Holden passed Ford as sales of cars for the Blue Oval let them down. Mazda is closing in fast, passing Hyundai easily. Mercedes did well but no so BMW nor Audi. Further down Renault Commercial will include some Renault car's light commercials and Renault Trucks vehicles, which are no longer the same company. Unfortunately I cannot separate them. Factory Built I believe are vehicles made by a small cottage industry in NZ.

11	12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	1	Toyota	26,352	19.6%	6.6%
3	3	3	3	2	Holden	14,028	10.4%	4.3%
2	2	2	2	3	Ford	13,841	10.3%	-1.5%
5	6	5	5	4	Mazda	10,089	7.5%	24.0%
4	4	4	4	5	Hyundai	8,348	6.2%	0.4%
8	8	7	6	6	Mitsubishi	8,158	6.1%	8.2%
6	5	6	7	7	Nissan	7,880	5.9%	9.9%
9	9	8	8	8	VW	5,053	3.8%	-3.3%
7	7	9	9	9	Suzuki	4,507	3.4%	-6.8%
10	10	10	10	10	Honda	3,613	2.7%	1.6%
11	11	11	11	11	Kia	3,296	2.5%	15.3%
18	19	16	13	12	Isuzu	3,020	2.2%	37.8%
12	15	12	12	13	Mercedes	2,975	2.2%	14.6%
13	12	15	18	14	Subaru	2,268	1.7%	24.4%
22	20	18	17	15	Ssangyong	2,220	1.7%	18.0%
16	16	17	16	16	Chrysler	2,109	1.6%	5.9%
15	13	13	14	17	BMW	1,954	1.5%	-8.3%
14	14	14	15	18	Audi	1,766	1.3%	-14.9%
26	28	27	20	19	Fiat	1,464	1.1%	40.6%
23	24	24	22	20	Land Rover	1,033	0.8%	16.7%
20	21	21	23	21	Škoda	1,007	0.8%	17.9%
17	17	19	19	22	Peugeot	806	0.6%	-26.3%
24	22	23	25	23	Fuso	753	0.6%	3.2%
27	26	25	24	24	Hino	660	0.5%	-10.2%
21	23	22	27	25	Lexus	641	0.5%	15.1%
25	25	26	26	26	MINI	615	0.5%	8.1%
-	67	38	28	27	Foton	534	0.4%	12.7%
30	30	31	29	28	Volvo	505	0.4%	20.0%
-	-	50	30	29	LDV	475	0.4%	21.5%
35	34	37	33	30	Porsche	444	0.3%	53.6%
19	18	20	21	31	Great Wall	427	0.3%	-53.5%
44	41	35	36	32	UD Trucks	262	0.2%	0.0%
32	33	32	35	33	Volvo Truck	243	0.2%	-9.3%
40	40	39	37	34	Renault	231	0.2%	-11.2%
29	29	29	31	35	Citroën	223	0.2%	-41.5%
32	31	28	32	36	Chery	201	0.1%	-34.5%
45	37	33	41	36	DAF	201	0.1%	6.3%
65	-	52	39	38	Mahindra	191	0.1%	-16.2%
28	35	36	40	39	Scania	189	0.1%	-2.1%
36	43	42	42	40	Kenworth	184	0.1%	4.0%
47	38	40	45	41	Jaguar	175	0.1%	43.4%
41	45	43	34	42	MAN	172	0.1%	-37.7%
43	44	46	44	43	Iveco	129	0.1%	-1.5%
37	36	45	43	44	Freightliner	117	0.1%	-27.8%
-	-	-	65	45	Yamaha	108	0.1%
34	32	34	38	46	Alfa Romeo	105	0.1%	-54.5%
60	59	50	53	47	Renault Comm	102	0.1%	168.4%
48	47	48	47	48	Mack	73	0.1%	15.9%
31	42	47	51	49	Factory Built	68	0.1%	41.7%
50	49	58	46	50	Maserati	66	0.0%	-7.0%
					Others	361	0.0%
					Total	134,242		5.4%

Data source: MIA. There is also the LTSA which has cut back to zero any data it releases. So thanks MIA for the data here but LTSA, you should do better.

The Corolla is the top selling passenger car