The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2015

The Toyota Corolla was the most popular, for the 8th year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
218,941
2015
Most popular
Corolla
7,869 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
178 registered
Top used import
Swift
4,854 registered

The top 20, 2015

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2014.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla7,869Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift7,261Same place
  3. 3FordRanger6,473Same place
  4. 4ToyotaHilux5,624Same place
  5. 5MazdaAxela4,822Same place
  6. 6ToyotaRAV44,356Up 2
  7. 7ToyotaHiace4,234Down 1
  8. 8NissanTiida4,021Down 1
  9. 9MazdaDemio3,833Up 1
  10. 10HoldenColorado3,797Up 2
  11. 11MitsubishiOutlander3,661Up 2
  12. 12VolkswagenGolf3,460Down 3
  13. 13HondaFit3,331Up 4
  14. 14NissanNavara2,974Same place
  15. 15HoldenCommodore2,937Down 4
  16. 16MazdaCX-52,689Down 1
  17. 17SubaruLegacy2,650Up 3
  18. 18ToyotaHighlander2,440Up 3
  19. 19MitsubishiTriton2,317Up 15
  20. 20ToyotaYaris2,313Down 4

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger6,384Up 1
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla6,089Down 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux5,290Same place
  4. 4HoldenColorado3,746Same place
  5. 5ToyotaRAV43,316Up 2
  6. 6NissanNavara2,863Up 3
  7. 7HoldenCommodore2,699Down 2
  8. 8MazdaCX-52,479Up 2
  9. 9ToyotaHighlander2,440Up 3
  10. 10SuzukiSwift2,407Down 4

Used imports

  1. 1SuzukiSwift4,854Same place
  2. 2MazdaAxela4,707Same place
  3. 3NissanTiida3,939Same place
  4. 4MazdaDemio3,712Same place
  5. 5HondaFit3,285Up 1
  6. 6SubaruLegacy2,486Up 5
  7. 7ToyotaHiace2,366Down 2
  8. 8MazdaAtenza2,267Up 1
  9. 9ToyotaWish2,232Up 1
  10. 10VolkswagenGolf2,141Up 2

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2015. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf178
  2. 2TeslaModel S20
  3. 3Factory BuiltLoyds3
  4. 4Mitsubishii-MiEV3
  5. 5BMWi32
  6. 6NissanE-NV2002
  7. 7Factory BuiltLloyds1
  8. 8FordFairlane1
  9. 9Mercedes-BenzB-Class1
  10. 10MitsubishiMinicab1

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius1,208
  2. 2ToyotaCamry340
  3. 3MitsubishiOutlander133
  4. 4LexusRX450H106
  5. 5LexusNX300H91
  6. 6LexusCT200H52
  7. 7HondaInsight36
  8. 8HondaCR-Z35
  9. 9HondaCivic34
  10. 10AudiA330

Over the years

Where 2015's top ten placed each year since 2006. Tap a year for its list.

Car2006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Toyota Corolla2211111111
Suzuki Swift8633332222
Ford Ranger–87101084433
Toyota Hilux1122223344
Mazda Axela––454228188755
Toyota RAV47101386510586
Toyota Hiace556711115667
Nissan Tiida37353638323791378
Mazda Demio2834–332333158109
Holden Colorado–––17242226121210

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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