New Zealand Car Sales By Brand : 2000-04

The Corolla hatchback is a very popular car in NZ

New sales were being stifled by the flood of late model cars that were pouring into the country. Some complained (and still do) that these used cars have aged the fleet. The fact is they were low in mileage, and in good condition too. So the cars on the road are tidy and lasting well. What does it matter about statistics on fleet age?

Total new sales went up 30% for the years covered here and used gained nearly 33%. The top three were well ahead of the chasing pack, and Toyota was ahead most of the time. Peugeot was bouncing around, SEAT was tried and retired, while Škoda replaced them. BMW stopped importing MG Rover cars and that affected them. Korean Daewoo was struggling, and compatriot Ssangyong was reinvigorated.

00	01	02	03	04	Brand	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
1	3	1	1	1	Toyota	9,116	9,568	11,418	12,023	12,532
2	2	3	2	2	Ford	8,324	9,860	9,863	11,321	11,702
3	1	2	3	3	Holden	8,135	10,092	10,284	11,001	10,987
5	6	4	4	4	Mitsubishi	4,804	3,683	5,551	6,709	5,877
6	5	5	5	5	Honda	3,417	3,729	4,495	4,655	5,536
4	4	6	6	6	Nissan	5,903	4,963	4,381	4,483	5,303
8	7	7	7	7	Mazda	2,093	2,214	2,341	3,413	3,994
7	8	12	9	8	Hyundai	2,707	1,992	1,286	1,571	2,703
10	11	9	8	9	Subaru	1,446	1,298	1,540	1,629	2,066
13	12	11	11	10	BMW	872	1,115	1,479	1,490	1,580
11	10	10	10	11	VW	1,257	1,360	1,522	1,539	1,449
14	16	14	13	12	Daihatsu	872	610	904	1,256	1,346
16	13	8	12	13	Peugeot	783	967	1,555	1,330	1,317
9	9	13	14	14	Suzuki	1,619	1,492	1,227	1,213	1,264
15	14	15	15	15	Mercedes	807	773	869	1,099	1,144
17	20	18	17	16	Chrysler	595	370	512	698	871
18	15	16	16	17	Audi	575	662	789	897	820
12	18	28	20	18	Daewoo	1,098	437	179	371	521
23	25	20	19	19	Kia	308	176	457	408	441
-	33	26	24	20	MINI		21	264	303	395
19	17	17	18	21	Land Rover	487	567	621	452	393
30	27	24	22	22	Lexus	80	143	307	322	347
22	22	22	23	23	Volvo	319	268	324	316	327
21	19	19	25	24	Renault	415	417	462	292	322
28	23	21	21	25	Citroën	147	264	344	351	227
31	29	30	28	26	Porsche	75	89	113	199	219
26	21	23	27	27	Alfa Romeo	169	317	314	231	207
25	26	27	29	28	Jaguar	175	175	203	192	182
41	32	31	33	29	Ssangyong	1	35	16	35	182
-	-	37	30	30	Škoda			4	129	139
24	24	25	26	31	Fiat	194	208	286	247	89
20	30	33	31	32	MG Rover	482	86	9	120	87
29	28	29	32	33	Saab	96	114	114	85	66
27	31	-	41	-	Seat	163	45		2
					Others	84	52	12	73	120
					Total New	57,618	58,162	64,086	70,453	74,755
					Used Import	116,124	128,693	136,418	156,972	154,042

Data source: MIA.
Picture: Netcarshow

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