2025

The most popular cars in New Zealand

The Toyota RAV4 was the most popular, taking over from the Ford Ranger. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
216,862
2025
Most popular
RAV4
11,642 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
1,400 registered
Top used import
Aqua
8,874 registered

The top 20, 2025

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2024.

  1. 1ToyotaRAV411,642Up 1
  2. 2FordRanger9,737Down 1
  3. 3ToyotaAqua8,889Same place
  4. 4ToyotaHilux8,184Same place
  5. 5ToyotaCorolla7,844Up 1
  6. 6ToyotaPrius6,056Down 1
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander5,210Same place
  8. 8MitsubishiAsx4,966Up 5
  9. 9MazdaCX-53,741Up 2
  10. 10NissanX-Trail3,595Same place
  11. 11NissanNote3,563Up 4
  12. 12FordEverest3,337Up 11
  13. 13ToyotaC-HR3,325Up 1
  14. 14SuzukiSwift3,316Down 6
  15. 15MazdaAxela3,294Down 3
  16. 16MitsubishiTriton3,294Down 7
  17. 17KiaSeltos3,180Same place
  18. 18HondaFit3,145Same place
  19. 19ToyotaLand Cruiser2,724Up 8
  20. 20SubaruImpreza2,663Down 4

New and used imports

Many of the cars New Zealand adds each year arrive used, most of them from Japan.

New

  1. 1ToyotaRAV411,278Up 1
  2. 2FordRanger9,620Down 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux8,105Same place
  4. 4MitsubishiAsx4,965Up 1
  5. 5MitsubishiOutlander4,297Up 2
  6. 6ToyotaCorolla3,512Same place
  7. 7FordEverest3,318Up 4
  8. 8MitsubishiTriton3,272Down 4
  9. 9KiaSeltos3,177Down 1
  10. 10ToyotaLand Cruiser2,565Up 5

Used imports

  1. 1ToyotaAqua8,874Same place
  2. 2ToyotaPrius6,054Same place
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla4,332Up 1
  4. 4NissanNote3,560Up 1
  5. 5MazdaAxela3,292Down 2
  6. 6HondaFit3,144Up 2
  7. 7ToyotaC-HR2,778Up 3
  8. 8SubaruImpreza2,640Down 2
  9. 9NissanX-Trail2,330Down 2
  10. 10MazdaDemio2,224Down 1

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2025. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf1,400
  2. 2TeslaModel Y1,311
  3. 3BYDAtto 3569
  4. 4TeslaModel 3434
  5. 5BYDSealion 7337
  6. 6KiaEV5276
  7. 7KiaEV3255
  8. 8BYDDolphin222
  9. 9ToyotabZ4X192
  10. 10LDVEdeliver 3181

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaRAV411,609
  2. 2ToyotaAqua8,889
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla7,608
  4. 4ToyotaPrius6,056
  5. 5ToyotaHilux4,926
  6. 6ToyotaC-HR3,322
  7. 7HondaFit2,664
  8. 8ToyotaYaris Cross2,206
  9. 9NissanNote1,952
  10. 10BYDShark 61,874

Over the years

Where 2025's top ten placed each year since 2016. Tap a year for its list.

Car2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Toyota RAV48666366421
Ford Ranger1211113312
Toyota Aqua–––21841133
Toyota Hilux4334234644
Toyota Corolla2122757565
Toyota Prius2819151514138256
Mitsubishi Outlander9887622777
Mitsubishi Asx4027272220101643138
Mazda CX-5171414121081016119
Nissan X-Trail1918181613712141010

Cars, utes and vans by the year they were first registered in New Zealand, new or as a used import, from Waka Kotahi's Motor Vehicle Register. Counts are of those still on the register, so older years are lower than they were.

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