The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2018

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
268,775
2018
Most popular
Ranger
9,699 Fords
Top electric
Leaf
2,990 registered
Top used import
Axela
5,816 registered

The top 20, 2018

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2017.

  1. 1FordRanger9,699Up 1
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla8,607Down 1
  3. 3ToyotaHilux8,177Same place
  4. 4SuzukiSwift8,010Same place
  5. 5MazdaAxela5,945Up 2
  6. 6ToyotaRAV45,540Same place
  7. 7ToyotaHiace5,485Down 2
  8. 8MitsubishiOutlander4,689Same place
  9. 9NissanTiida4,676Same place
  10. 10MitsubishiTriton4,612Up 3
  11. 11HondaFit4,530Up 1
  12. 12HoldenColorado4,506Down 1
  13. 13MazdaDemio4,495Down 3
  14. 14MazdaCX-54,273Same place
  15. 15ToyotaPrius3,779Up 4
  16. 16NissanNavara3,577Up 1
  17. 17KiaSportage3,228Down 2
  18. 18NissanX-Trail3,161Same place
  19. 19VolkswagenGolf3,087Down 3
  20. 20NissanLeaf2,990Up 22

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger9,551Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux7,785Same place
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla7,034Same place
  4. 4ToyotaRAV44,790Same place
  5. 5MitsubishiTriton4,533Up 1
  6. 6HoldenColorado4,416Down 1
  7. 7MazdaCX-53,608Up 1
  8. 8NissanNavara3,480Up 1
  9. 9KiaSportage3,202Down 2
  10. 10SuzukiSwift3,054Up 2

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela5,816Same place
  2. 2SuzukiSwift4,956Same place
  3. 3NissanTiida4,577Same place
  4. 4HondaFit4,468Up 1
  5. 5MazdaDemio4,373Down 1
  6. 6ToyotaHiace3,563Same place
  7. 7ToyotaPrius3,218Up 1
  8. 8NissanLeaf2,971Up 11
  9. 9SubaruLegacy2,684Same place
  10. 10ToyotaWish2,586Down 3

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2018. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf2,990
  2. 2HyundaiIoniq212
  3. 3TeslaModel X140
  4. 4TeslaModel S108
  5. 5VolkswagenGolf106
  6. 6HyundaiKona102
  7. 7NissanE-NV20092
  8. 8RenaultZoe46
  9. 9BMWi322
  10. 10Mitsubishii-MiEV20

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius3,589
  2. 2ToyotaAqua893
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla802
  4. 4ToyotaCamry701
  5. 5MitsubishiOutlander467
  6. 6KiaNiro437
  7. 7HondaFit397
  8. 8HondaInsight329
  9. 9HondaCivic196
  10. 10LexusRX450H173

Over the years

Where 2018's top ten placed each year since 2009. Tap a year for its list.

Car2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Ford Ranger101084433121
Toyota Corolla1111111212
Toyota Hilux2223344433
Suzuki Swift3332222344
Mazda Axela4228188755675
Toyota RAV486510586866
Toyota Hiace711115667557
Mitsubishi Outlander28222624141311988
Nissan Tiida38323791378799
Mitsubishi Triton30302434353419141310

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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