It was a record for new vehicle sales in New Zealand last year so we wanted to have a look at what brands made the top 5. Total new vehicle registrations finished at 159,871 and there were some new brands that don’t get much of a mention but did well compared to the previous year.

For instance, Tesla sold 244 vehicles in 2017 a huge increase from the 2016 sales sheet of just 24 an increase of 916%.

Another brand showing growth is McLaren, selling 33 super-cars compared to 24 in 2016, even Rolls Royce doubled their sales from 4 to 8 vehicles in 2017.

There were some well-known brands like Hyundai with 7,892 sales down 5.7% on 8,376 sales in 2016 and Nissan with 7,842 vehicles sold, down 9.0% on 8,624 sales in 2016 that didn’t do well in this record market.
 

Here are the Top 5 selling brands in New Zealand for 2017 by volume sold:
Toyota at 32,282 vehicles up by 20.5% from 2016 sales of 26,778
Ford at 16,827 up by 0.4% from 2016 sales of 16,761
Holden at 14,411 up by 0.5% from 2016 sales of 14,335
Mazda at 12,135 up by 8.1% from 2016 sales of 11,217
Mitsubishi at 11,456 up by 23.8% from 2016 sales of 9,246

March 2018