The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2011

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 4th year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
101,001
2011
Most popular
Corolla
5,493 Toyotas
Top electric
i-MiEV
12 registered
Top used import
Corolla
1,781 registered

The top 20, 2011

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2010.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla5,493Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux3,379Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift3,244Same place
  4. 4HoldenCommodore2,084Same place
  5. 5ToyotaRAV41,955Up 1
  6. 6HyundaiI301,944Up 6
  7. 7NissanNavara1,870Same place
  8. 8FordRanger1,749Up 2
  9. 9ToyotaYaris1,589Up 4
  10. 10SubaruLegacy1,470Down 2
  11. 11ToyotaHiace1,467Same place
  12. 12ToyotaVitz1,461Down 3
  13. 13FordFalcon1,308Down 8
  14. 14ToyotaHighlander1,222Up 7
  15. 15HoldenCaptiva1,176Up 27
  16. 16MazdaAtenza1,120Up 4
  17. 17ToyotaEstima1,110Up 1
  18. 18MazdaAxela1,060Up 10
  19. 19VolkswagenGolf1,053Down 3
  20. 20FordFiesta1,027Up 7

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla3,712Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux3,341Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift2,531Same place
  4. 4HoldenCommodore2,034Same place
  5. 5HyundaiI301,929Up 4
  6. 6NissanNavara1,852Same place
  7. 7FordRanger1,745Same place
  8. 8ToyotaYaris1,575Up 2
  9. 9ToyotaRAV41,480Down 1
  10. 10FordFalcon1,275Down 5

Used imports

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla1,781Same place
  2. 2ToyotaVitz1,423Same place
  3. 3SubaruLegacy1,124Same place
  4. 4MazdaAtenza1,088Up 1
  5. 5ToyotaEstima1,084Down 1
  6. 6MazdaAxela1,043Up 1
  7. 7ToyotaIst818Up 2
  8. 8MazdaDemio805Down 2
  9. 9SuzukiSwift713Down 1
  10. 10ToyotaFuncargo597Up 5

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2011. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1Mitsubishii-MiEV12
  2. 2NissanLeaf1

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaCamry264
  2. 2LexusCT200H212
  3. 3HondaInsight187
  4. 4ToyotaPrius177
  5. 5LexusRX450H65
  6. 6HondaCR-Z26
  7. 7LexusGS450H5
  8. 8HondaCivic4
  9. 9HyundaiTB1
  10. 10LexusLS600HL1

Over the years

Where 2011's top ten placed each year since 2005. Tap a year for its list.

Car2005200620072008200920102011
Toyota Corolla2221111
Toyota Hilux1112222
Suzuki Swift14863333
Holden Commodore5334444
Toyota RAV4771013865
Hyundai I30––––18126
Nissan Navara129991277
Ford Ranger––8710108
Toyota Yaris–1316196139
Subaru Legacy1919202714810

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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