The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2019

The Ford Ranger was the most popular, for the 2nd year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
263,145
2019
Most popular
Ranger
9,375 Fords
Top electric
Leaf
3,069 registered
Top used import
Axela
6,008 registered

The top 20, 2019

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2018.

  1. 1FordRanger9,375Same place
  2. 2ToyotaCorolla8,355Same place
  3. 3SuzukiSwift7,540Up 1
  4. 4ToyotaHilux7,185Down 1
  5. 5MazdaAxela6,126Same place
  6. 6ToyotaRAV45,846Same place
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander5,711Up 1
  8. 8HondaFit5,437Up 3
  9. 9MitsubishiTriton5,230Up 1
  10. 10ToyotaHiace4,896Down 3
  11. 11HoldenColorado4,704Up 1
  12. 12MazdaCX-54,304Up 2
  13. 13NissanTiida4,252Down 4
  14. 14MazdaDemio4,248Down 1
  15. 15ToyotaPrius4,212Same place
  16. 16NissanX-Trail3,899Up 2
  17. 17NissanNavara3,271Down 1
  18. 18VolkswagenGolf3,244Up 1
  19. 19KiaSportage3,223Down 2
  20. 20NissanLeaf3,069Same place

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger9,220Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux6,913Same place
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla6,622Same place
  4. 4ToyotaRAV45,502Same place
  5. 5MitsubishiTriton5,169Same place
  6. 6HoldenColorado4,615Same place
  7. 7MazdaCX-53,273Same place
  8. 8KiaSportage3,192Up 1
  9. 9NissanNavara3,168Down 1
  10. 10SuzukiSwift2,883Same place

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela6,008Same place
  2. 2HondaFit5,371Up 2
  3. 3SuzukiSwift4,657Down 1
  4. 4NissanTiida4,183Down 1
  5. 5MazdaDemio4,150Same place
  6. 6ToyotaPrius3,517Up 1
  7. 7ToyotaHiace3,162Down 1
  8. 8NissanLeaf2,967Same place
  9. 9MitsubishiOutlander2,893Up 3
  10. 10ToyotaAqua2,780Up 19

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2019. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf3,069
  2. 2TeslaModel 3641
  3. 3HyundaiKona386
  4. 4HyundaiIoniq150
  5. 5VolkswagenGolf109
  6. 6JaguarI-Pace93
  7. 7Audie-tron90
  8. 8TeslaModel X85
  9. 9KiaNiro71
  10. 10NissanE-NV20067

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaPrius4,068
  2. 2ToyotaAqua2,712
  3. 3ToyotaRAV41,925
  4. 4ToyotaCorolla1,861
  5. 5ToyotaCamry1,196
  6. 6HondaFit996
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander856
  8. 8HondaInsight612
  9. 9ToyotaEstima274
  10. 10LexusRX450H270

Over the years

Where 2019's top ten placed each year since 2010. Tap a year for its list.

Car2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Ford Ranger10844331211
Toyota Corolla1111112122
Suzuki Swift3322223443
Toyota Hilux2233444334
Mazda Axela281887556755
Toyota RAV465105868666
Mitsubishi Outlander2226241413119887
Honda Fit––402217131312118
Mitsubishi Triton3024343534191413109
Toyota Hiace1111566755710

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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