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10 May 2021·Cash for Cars Services·3 min read

Top 10 New Vehicles April 2021

New Passenger Car and commercial vehicle registrations decreased in April 2021 compared to the previous month [1]. Toyota was still the top new vehicle make added to the NZ fleet for passenger cars but dropped to second position in the commercial vehicles list. This blog explores the top 10 new vehicles added to the NZ national fleet in April 2021.

Top 10 new passenger cars in April 2021

Toyota remained in the top position in April. Mitsubishi took back the second position in the list after dropping to number three on list in March. Volkswagen saw a 30% drop in new registrations and dropped to number 8 on the list. Ford and MG are new entrants in the top 10 list for passenger cars.

MakeCountCount ChangePosition Change
TOYOTA1260154 (13.9%)0
MITSUBISHI1187169 (16.6%)1
KIA109036 (3.4%)-1
SUZUKI653-62 (-8.7%)1
MAZDA618-168 (-21.4%)-1
HYUNDAI55389 (19.2%)2
NISSAN444-25 (-5.3%)0
VOLKSWAGEN371-165 (-30.8%)-2
FORD257––
MG249––

Top 10 new commercial vehicles in April 2021

Toyota dropped to second position in the list. Ford gained 25% in new registrations and climbed to the top of the table in April, and Mitsubishi remained in the third position for a second month. There were no new additions or dropouts from the top 10 list for new commerical vehicles in April 2021.

MakeCountCount ChangePosition Change
FORD1162235 (25.4%)1
TOYOTA975-271 (-21.7%)-1
MITSUBISHI402-323 (-44.6%)0
ISUZU267-142 (-34.7%)0
NISSAN238-134 (-36.0%)0
MAZDA203-42 (-17.1%)1
LDV178-67 (-27.3%)-1
HYUNDAI132-106 (-44.5%)0
GREAT WALL131-16 (-10.9%)0
VOLKSWAGEN87-52 (-37.4%)0

All new vehicles added in April 2021

In April 2021

8823 new

cars and

10136 used

cars were added to the New Zealand fleet. New cars made up

46.5%

of the total new car registrations.

In the same month

4310 new

and

567 used

commercial vehicles were added to the New Zealand fleet. New commercial vehicles made up

88.4%

of the total new commercial vehicle registrations.

New vehicle registrations for both passenger and commercial vehicles decreased in April 2021 compared to March 2021.


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