The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2010

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 3rd year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
96,649
2010
Most popular
Corolla
6,476 Toyotas
Top electric
i-MiEV
6 registered
Top used import
Corolla
2,288 registered

The top 20, 2010

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2009.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla6,476Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux3,230Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift3,108Same place
  4. 4HoldenCommodore2,200Same place
  5. 5FordFalcon2,142Same place
  6. 6ToyotaRAV41,829Up 2
  7. 7NissanNavara1,759Up 5
  8. 8SubaruLegacy1,629Up 6
  9. 9ToyotaVitz1,481Same place
  10. 10FordRanger1,437Same place
  11. 11ToyotaHiace1,435Down 4
  12. 12HyundaiI301,224Up 6
  13. 13ToyotaYaris1,194Down 7
  14. 14ToyotaCamry1,183Down 3
  15. 15ToyotaLand Cruiser1,182Up 8
  16. 16VolkswagenGolf1,158Up 6
  17. 17FordFocus1,136Down 4
  18. 18ToyotaEstima1,111Up 7
  19. 19HondaAccord1,082Down 3
  20. 20MazdaAtenza999Up 19

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla4,188Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux3,175Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift2,289Up 1
  4. 4HoldenCommodore2,157Down 1
  5. 5FordFalcon2,106Same place
  6. 6NissanNavara1,750Up 2
  7. 7FordRanger1,433Same place
  8. 8ToyotaRAV41,315Up 3
  9. 9HyundaiI301,204Up 6
  10. 10ToyotaYaris1,180Down 4

Used imports

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla2,288Up 1
  2. 2ToyotaVitz1,430Down 1
  3. 3SubaruLegacy1,214Up 1
  4. 4ToyotaEstima1,091Up 1
  5. 5MazdaAtenza969Up 4
  6. 6MazdaDemio926Same place
  7. 7MazdaAxela847Up 4
  8. 8SuzukiSwift819Down 5
  9. 9ToyotaIst720Up 1
  10. 10HondaAccord652Up 7

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2010. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1Mitsubishii-MiEV6
  2. 2HyundaiGetz1
  3. 3MazdaRX-81

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius254
  2. 2ToyotaCamry225
  3. 3LexusRX450H94
  4. 4HondaInsight86
  5. 5HondaCivic21
  6. 6LexusGS450H5
  7. 7ToyotaEstima5
  8. 8PorscheCayenne4
  9. 9LexusLS600HL1
  10. 10MazdaCX-71

Over the years

Where 2010's top ten placed each year since 2005. Tap a year for its list.

Car200520062007200820092010
Toyota Corolla222111
Toyota Hilux111222
Suzuki Swift1486333
Holden Commodore533444
Ford Falcon447555
Toyota RAV477101386
Nissan Navara12999127
Subaru Legacy19192027148
Toyota Vitz–35281799
Ford Ranger––871010

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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