The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2016

The Ford Ranger was the most popular, taking over from the Toyota Corolla. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
240,304
2016
Most popular
Ranger
8,171 Fords
Top electric
Leaf
560 registered
Top used import
Axela
4,756 registered

The top 20, 2016

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2015.

  1. 1FordRanger8,171Up 2
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla7,967Down 1
  3. 3SuzukiSwift6,797Down 1
  4. 4ToyotaHilux6,287Same place
  5. 5ToyotaHiace5,129Up 2
  6. 6MazdaAxela4,875Down 1
  7. 7NissanTiida4,607Up 1
  8. 8ToyotaRAV44,527Down 2
  9. 9MitsubishiOutlander3,990Up 2
  10. 10HoldenColorado3,932Same place
  11. 11MazdaDemio3,706Down 2
  12. 12VolkswagenGolf3,538Same place
  13. 13HondaFit3,321Same place
  14. 14MitsubishiTriton3,053Up 5
  15. 15NissanNavara3,023Down 1
  16. 16KiaSportage2,987New entry
  17. 17MazdaCX-52,884Down 1
  18. 18HoldenCommodore2,780Down 3
  19. 19NissanX-Trail2,758Up 7
  20. 20HyundaiTucson2,561New entry

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger8,040Same place
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla5,939Same place
  3. 3ToyotaHilux5,857Same place
  4. 4HoldenColorado3,852Same place
  5. 5ToyotaRAV43,498Same place
  6. 6MitsubishiTriton2,995Up 6
  7. 7KiaSportage2,960New entry
  8. 8NissanNavara2,890Down 2
  9. 9MazdaCX-52,716Down 1
  10. 10SuzukiSwift2,556Same place

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela4,756Up 1
  2. 2NissanTiida4,544Up 1
  3. 3SuzukiSwift4,241Down 2
  4. 4MazdaDemio3,577Same place
  5. 5HondaFit3,279Same place
  6. 6ToyotaHiace3,165Up 1
  7. 7ToyotaWish2,516Up 2
  8. 8ToyotaVitz2,341Up 4
  9. 9VolkswagenGolf2,254Up 1
  10. 10MitsubishiOutlander2,045Up 1

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2016. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf560
  2. 2Factory BuiltLloyds158
  3. 3RenaultKangoo31
  4. 4TeslaModel S26
  5. 5NissanE-NV20019
  6. 6Factory BuiltLoyds18
  7. 7BMWi39
  8. 8NissanNV2007
  9. 9RenaultZoe6
  10. 10VolkswagenGolf6

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius2,004
  2. 2ToyotaCamry356
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla257
  4. 4MitsubishiOutlander178
  5. 5LexusRX450H167
  6. 6LexusNX300H98
  7. 7HondaCivic64
  8. 8ToyotaAqua60
  9. 9HondaInsight52
  10. 10LexusCT200H47

Over the years

Where 2016's top ten placed each year since 2007. Tap a year for its list.

Car2007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Ford Ranger871010844331
Toyota Corolla2111111112
Suzuki Swift6333322223
Toyota Hilux1222233444
Toyota Hiace567111156675
Mazda Axela–4542281887556
Nissan Tiida3536383237913787
Toyota RAV41013865105868
Mitsubishi Outlander1921282226241413119
Holden Colorado––1724222612121010

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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