The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2012

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 5th year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
124,960
2012
Most popular
Corolla
6,714 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
8 registered
Top used import
Axela
2,069 registered

The top 20, 2012

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2011.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla6,714Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift4,540Up 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux3,762Down 1
  4. 4FordRanger2,503Up 4
  5. 5ToyotaHiace2,416Up 6
  6. 6NissanNavara2,280Up 1
  7. 7HoldenCommodore2,244Down 3
  8. 8MazdaAxela2,130Up 10
  9. 9NissanTiida2,012Up 28
  10. 10ToyotaRAV41,987Down 5
  11. 11ToyotaYaris1,984Down 2
  12. 12FordFocus1,867Up 13
  13. 13HoldenCaptiva1,849Up 2
  14. 14HyundaiI301,769Down 8
  15. 15MazdaDemio1,727Up 18
  16. 16ToyotaHighlander1,690Down 2
  17. 17HyundaiSanta Fe1,575Up 6
  18. 18ToyotaVitz1,470Down 6
  19. 19SubaruLegacy1,468Down 9
  20. 20VolkswagenGolf1,438Down 1

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla4,871Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux3,741Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift2,998Same place
  4. 4FordRanger2,498Up 3
  5. 5NissanNavara2,214Up 1
  6. 6HoldenCommodore2,210Down 2
  7. 7ToyotaYaris1,977Up 1
  8. 8HoldenCaptiva1,841Up 5
  9. 9FordFocus1,782Up 15
  10. 10ToyotaHighlander1,690Up 1

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela2,069Up 5
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla1,843Down 1
  3. 3MazdaDemio1,677Up 5
  4. 4NissanTiida1,609Up 22
  5. 5SuzukiSwift1,542Up 4
  6. 6ToyotaVitz1,437Down 4
  7. 7SubaruLegacy1,136Down 4
  8. 8MazdaAtenza1,097Down 4
  9. 9ToyotaIst1,035Down 2
  10. 10HondaFit859Up 10

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2012. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf8
  2. 2Mitsubishii-MiEV4
  3. 3GWMV2001
  4. 4TeslaRoadster1

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius551
  2. 2ToyotaCamry306
  3. 3HondaInsight181
  4. 4LexusCT200H90
  5. 5LexusRX450H82
  6. 6HondaCR-Z43
  7. 7LexusGS450H30
  8. 8HoldenVolt5
  9. 9ToyotaEstima5
  10. 10BMW535I2

Over the years

Where 2012's top ten placed each year since 2005. Tap a year for its list.

Car20052006200720082009201020112012
Toyota Corolla22211111
Suzuki Swift148633332
Toyota Hilux11122223
Ford Ranger––87101084
Toyota Hiace6556711115
Nissan Navara1299912776
Holden Commodore53344447
Mazda Axela–––454228188
Nissan Tiida–3735363832379
Toyota RAV477101386510

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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