The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2013

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 6th year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
155,919
2013
Most popular
Corolla
7,607 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
16 registered
Top used import
Swift
2,803 registered

The top 20, 2013

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2012.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla7,607Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift5,637Same place
  3. 3ToyotaHilux4,660Same place
  4. 4FordRanger4,485Same place
  5. 5ToyotaRAV43,263Up 5
  6. 6ToyotaHiace3,173Down 1
  7. 7MazdaAxela2,786Up 1
  8. 8MazdaDemio2,756Up 7
  9. 9HoldenCommodore2,703Down 2
  10. 10NissanNavara2,459Down 4
  11. 11VolkswagenGolf2,446Up 9
  12. 12HoldenColorado2,440Up 14
  13. 13NissanTiida2,419Down 4
  14. 14MitsubishiOutlander2,356Up 10
  15. 15ToyotaYaris2,143Down 4
  16. 16MazdaCX-51,990Up 12
  17. 17HoldenCaptiva1,844Down 4
  18. 18HyundaiSanta Fe1,767Down 1
  19. 19ToyotaVitz1,633Down 1
  20. 20MazdaAtenza1,610Up 10

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla5,493Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux4,566Same place
  3. 3FordRanger4,458Up 1
  4. 4SuzukiSwift2,834Down 1
  5. 5HoldenCommodore2,628Up 1
  6. 6ToyotaRAV42,572Up 8
  7. 7HoldenColorado2,393Up 10
  8. 8NissanNavara2,382Down 3
  9. 9ToyotaYaris2,125Down 2
  10. 10MazdaCX-51,982Up 9

Used imports

  1. 1SuzukiSwift2,803Up 4
  2. 2MazdaAxela2,719Down 1
  3. 3MazdaDemio2,667Same place
  4. 4NissanTiida2,367Same place
  5. 5ToyotaCorolla2,114Down 3
  6. 6ToyotaVitz1,596Same place
  7. 7MazdaAtenza1,574Up 1
  8. 8HondaFit1,551Up 2
  9. 9ToyotaHiace1,532Up 2
  10. 10ToyotaWish1,346Up 2

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2013. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf16
  2. 2Mitsubishii-MiEV5
  3. 3HondaInsight1

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius720
  2. 2ToyotaCamry258
  3. 3LexusCT200H87
  4. 4LexusRX450H84
  5. 5HondaInsight54
  6. 6LexusIS300H47
  7. 7HondaCR-Z24
  8. 8LexusES300H17
  9. 9LexusGS450H17
  10. 10Peugeot30088

Over the years

Where 2013's top ten placed each year since 2005. Tap a year for its list.

Car200520062007200820092010201120122013
Toyota Corolla222111111
Suzuki Swift1486333322
Toyota Hilux111222233
Ford Ranger––871010844
Toyota RAV4771013865105
Toyota Hiace65567111156
Mazda Axela–––4542281887
Mazda Demio–2834–332333158
Holden Commodore533444479
Nissan Navara129991277610

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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