The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2014

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 7th year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
195,274
2014
Most popular
Corolla
8,114 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
81 registered
Top used import
Swift
4,345 registered

The top 20, 2014

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2013.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla8,114Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift6,943Same place
  3. 3FordRanger5,886Up 1
  4. 4ToyotaHilux5,534Down 1
  5. 5MazdaAxela4,030Up 2
  6. 6ToyotaHiace4,014Same place
  7. 7NissanTiida3,944Up 6
  8. 8ToyotaRAV43,347Down 3
  9. 9VolkswagenGolf3,222Up 2
  10. 10MazdaDemio3,134Down 2
  11. 11HoldenCommodore3,123Down 2
  12. 12HoldenColorado3,026Same place
  13. 13MitsubishiOutlander2,994Up 1
  14. 14NissanNavara2,328Down 4
  15. 15MazdaCX-52,303Up 1
  16. 16ToyotaYaris2,302Down 1
  17. 17HondaFit2,258Up 5
  18. 18ToyotaVitz2,150Up 1
  19. 19HoldenCaptiva1,995Down 2
  20. 20SubaruLegacy1,932Up 1

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla5,982Same place
  2. 2FordRanger5,815Up 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux5,337Down 1
  4. 4HoldenColorado2,991Up 3
  5. 5HoldenCommodore2,967Same place
  6. 6SuzukiSwift2,598Down 2
  7. 7ToyotaRAV42,444Down 1
  8. 8ToyotaYaris2,272Up 1
  9. 9NissanNavara2,246Down 1
  10. 10MazdaCX-52,218Same place

Used imports

  1. 1SuzukiSwift4,345Same place
  2. 2MazdaAxela3,942Same place
  3. 3NissanTiida3,856Up 1
  4. 4MazdaDemio3,026Down 1
  5. 5ToyotaHiace2,232Up 4
  6. 6HondaFit2,216Up 2
  7. 7ToyotaCorolla2,132Down 2
  8. 8ToyotaVitz2,107Down 2
  9. 9MazdaAtenza1,860Down 2
  10. 10ToyotaWish1,856Same place

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2014. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf81
  2. 2FordFocus1
  3. 3FordRanger1
  4. 4HondaInsight1
  5. 5TeslaModel S1

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius793
  2. 2ToyotaCamry229
  3. 3MitsubishiOutlander184
  4. 4LexusCT200H93
  5. 5LexusNX300H68
  6. 6LexusRX450H52
  7. 7LexusES300H36
  8. 8LexusIS300H35
  9. 9HondaCR-Z22
  10. 10HondaInsight21

Over the years

Where 2014's top ten placed each year since 2005. Tap a year for its list.

Car2005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Toyota Corolla2221111111
Suzuki Swift14863333222
Ford Ranger––8710108443
Toyota Hilux1112222334
Mazda Axela–––45422818875
Toyota Hiace655671111566
Nissan Tiida–3735363832379137
Toyota RAV47710138651058
Volkswagen Golf2923252222161920119
Mazda Demio–2834–33233315810

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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