The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2017

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

First registered
273,406
2017
Most popular
Corolla
9,430 Toyotas
Top electric
Leaf
1,688 registered
Top used import
Axela
5,522 registered

The top 20, 2017

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2016.

  1. 1ToyotaCorolla9,430Up 1
  2. 2FordRanger9,165Down 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux8,266Up 1
  4. 4SuzukiSwift7,280Down 1
  5. 5ToyotaHiace6,031Same place
  6. 6ToyotaRAV46,007Up 2
  7. 7MazdaAxela5,658Down 1
  8. 8MitsubishiOutlander5,306Up 1
  9. 9NissanTiida4,851Down 2
  10. 10MazdaDemio4,407Up 1
  11. 11HoldenColorado4,381Down 1
  12. 12HondaFit4,050Up 1
  13. 13MitsubishiTriton3,948Up 1
  14. 14MazdaCX-53,888Up 3
  15. 15KiaSportage3,480Up 1
  16. 16VolkswagenGolf3,324Down 4
  17. 17NissanNavara3,063Down 2
  18. 18NissanX-Trail3,049Up 1
  19. 19ToyotaPrius3,001Up 9
  20. 20ToyotaWish2,861Up 1

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger8,996Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux7,738Up 1
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla7,464Down 1
  4. 4ToyotaRAV44,464Up 1
  5. 5HoldenColorado4,287Down 1
  6. 6MitsubishiTriton3,883Same place
  7. 7KiaSportage3,454Same place
  8. 8MazdaCX-53,167Up 1
  9. 9NissanNavara2,876Down 1
  10. 10MitsubishiOutlander2,765Up 9

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela5,522Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift4,856Up 1
  3. 3NissanTiida4,744Down 1
  4. 4MazdaDemio4,282Same place
  5. 5HondaFit3,995Same place
  6. 6ToyotaHiace3,858Same place
  7. 7ToyotaWish2,819Same place
  8. 8ToyotaPrius2,695Up 8
  9. 9SubaruLegacy2,678Up 3
  10. 10MazdaAtenza2,553Up 3

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2017. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf1,688
  2. 2HyundaiIoniq197
  3. 3NissanE-NV200139
  4. 4TeslaModel S129
  5. 5TeslaModel X106
  6. 6Factory BuiltLoyds61
  7. 7RenaultZoe49
  8. 8VolkswagenGolf32
  9. 9NissanNV20026
  10. 10Factory BuiltLloyds23

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius2,966
  2. 2ToyotaCamry530
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla437
  4. 4MitsubishiOutlander344
  5. 5ToyotaAqua173
  6. 6HondaCivic154
  7. 7LexusRX450H138
  8. 8LexusNX300H92
  9. 9HondaFit83
  10. 10HondaInsight82

Over the years

Where 2017's top ten placed each year since 2008. Tap a year for its list.

Car2008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Toyota Corolla1111111121
Ford Ranger710108443312
Toyota Hilux2222334443
Suzuki Swift3333222234
Toyota Hiace671111566755
Toyota RAV4138651058686
Mazda Axela45422818875567
Mitsubishi Outlander212822262414131198
Nissan Tiida363832379137879
Mazda Demio–3323331581091110

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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