The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2020

The Ford Ranger was the most popular, for the 3rd year running. New cars and used imports, by the year they were first registered here.

First registered
212,630
2020
Most popular
Ranger
7,949 Fords
Top electric
Leaf
2,255 registered
Top used import
Axela
5,137 registered

The top 20, 2020

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2019.

  1. 1FordRanger7,949Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux5,854Up 2
  3. 3ToyotaRAV45,613Up 3
  4. 4SuzukiSwift5,331Down 1
  5. 5MazdaAxela5,235Same place
  6. 6MitsubishiOutlander4,856Up 1
  7. 7ToyotaCorolla4,430Down 5
  8. 8ToyotaAqua4,273Up 13
  9. 9ToyotaHiace3,934Up 1
  10. 10MazdaCX-53,846Up 2
  11. 11MitsubishiTriton3,650Down 2
  12. 12HondaFit3,619Down 4
  13. 13NissanX-Trail3,605Up 3
  14. 14ToyotaPrius3,593Up 1
  15. 15MazdaDemio3,255Down 1
  16. 16KiaSportage2,899Up 3
  17. 17VolkswagenGolf2,641Up 1
  18. 18KiaSeltos2,563New entry
  19. 19HoldenColorado2,536Down 8
  20. 20MitsubishiAsx2,493Up 2

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger7,781Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux5,642Same place
  3. 3ToyotaRAV45,255Up 1
  4. 4MitsubishiTriton3,588Up 1
  5. 5KiaSportage2,870Up 3
  6. 6KiaSeltos2,562New entry
  7. 7MazdaCX-52,536Same place
  8. 8SuzukiSwift2,532Up 2
  9. 9ToyotaCorolla2,526Down 6
  10. 10HoldenColorado2,431Down 4

Used imports

  1. 1MazdaAxela5,137Same place
  2. 2ToyotaAqua4,147Up 8
  3. 3HondaFit3,569Down 1
  4. 4ToyotaPrius3,381Up 2
  5. 5MazdaDemio3,198Same place
  6. 6SuzukiSwift2,799Down 3
  7. 7ToyotaHiace2,489Same place
  8. 8MitsubishiOutlander2,448Up 1
  9. 9SubaruImpreza2,262Up 7
  10. 10VolkswagenGolf2,169Up 5

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2020. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf2,255
  2. 2TeslaModel 3497
  3. 3HyundaiKona234
  4. 4MGZS Ev114
  5. 5NissanE-NV20097
  6. 6Audie-tron78
  7. 7VolkswagenGolf76
  8. 8JaguarI-Pace62
  9. 9TeslaModel X55
  10. 10MiniHatch52

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaAqua4,165
  2. 2ToyotaRAV43,765
  3. 3ToyotaPrius3,512
  4. 4ToyotaCorolla2,528
  5. 5HondaFit1,568
  6. 6ToyotaC-HR920
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander858
  8. 8ToyotaCamry678
  9. 9ToyotaYaris538
  10. 10HondaInsight516

Over the years

Where 2020's top ten placed each year since 2011. Tap a year for its list.

Car2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Ford Ranger8443312111
Toyota Hilux2334443342
Toyota RAV451058686663
Suzuki Swift3222234434
Mazda Axela18875567555
Mitsubishi Outlander262414131198876
Toyota Corolla1111121227
Toyota Aqua––––––––218
Toyota Hiace115667557109
Mazda CX-5–281615161714141210

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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