New Vehicle Sales Remain Strong for February

Media Release

4 March 2011

New Vehicle Sales Remain Strong for February

The new vehicle market continues to perform well for the second month of 2011 up 13% on the same month last year.

“February sales numbers are traditionally down on January and this year is no exception” said Mr Perry Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “The strong showing in January has continued across to February with new car registrations up 12.6% on February 2010, with commercials running 15% ahead of last year” he said.

Total new car sales of 4,844, were led by Toyota who took just over 16% of the market. Hyundai and Suzuki both recorded very strong sales taking out second and third spots respectively; Hyundai recording 11.3% of the market with Suzuki 9.6%. This strong showing was reflected in the individual models table with the Suzuki Swift the top selling model for the month (351), followed by the Hyundai I30 (310), with the Toyota Corolla in third spot with (212). These registrations were not influenced at all by rental registrations.

For commercial vehicles the top six places remain unchanged – Toyota leading, followed by Ford, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Holden and Mazda – these places mirror full year 2010 registrations. In the commercial sector the top selling model was again the Toyota Hilux (339), which in fact placed it as the second highest selling model for the month. In second place was the Nissan Navara (182) followed by the Ford Ranger (143).

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