The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2022

The Toyota Aqua 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
259,473
2022
Most popular
Aqua
11,871 Toyotas
Top electric
Model Y
4,164 registered
Top used import
Aqua
11,706 registered

The top 20, 2022

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2021.

  1. 1ToyotaAqua11,871Up 3
  2. 2MitsubishiOutlander11,621Same place
  3. 3FordRanger11,572Down 2
  4. 4ToyotaHilux9,812Down 1
  5. 5MitsubishiTriton6,086Up 6
  6. 6ToyotaRAV46,053Same place
  7. 7ToyotaCorolla5,956Down 2
  8. 8ToyotaPrius5,847Up 5
  9. 9SuzukiSwift5,306Up 3
  10. 10MazdaCX-54,628Down 2
  11. 11MazdaAxela4,554Down 2
  12. 12NissanX-Trail4,306Down 5
  13. 13TeslaModel Y4,164New entry
  14. 14NissanLeaf3,740Up 6
  15. 15MitsubishiEclipse Cross3,617Up 19
  16. 16MitsubishiAsx3,320Down 6
  17. 17MGZS3,319Up 6
  18. 18KiaSportage3,106Up 12
  19. 19VolkswagenGolf2,928Down 5
  20. 20ToyotaHiace2,855Down 2

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger11,422Same place
  2. 2ToyotaHilux9,640Same place
  3. 3MitsubishiOutlander8,968Same place
  4. 4MitsubishiTriton6,050Up 2
  5. 5ToyotaRAV45,805Down 1
  6. 6TeslaModel Y4,163New entry
  7. 7SuzukiSwift3,863Up 4
  8. 8MitsubishiEclipse Cross3,612Up 14
  9. 9MGZS3,315Up 5
  10. 10MitsubishiAsx3,307Down 5

Used imports

  1. 1ToyotaAqua11,706Same place
  2. 2ToyotaPrius5,767Up 1
  3. 3MazdaAxela4,505Down 1
  4. 4NissanLeaf3,451Up 6
  5. 5ToyotaCorolla2,726Up 9
  6. 6MitsubishiOutlander2,653Up 1
  7. 7NissanX-Trail2,650Down 3
  8. 8HondaFit2,642Down 3
  9. 9VolkswagenGolf2,523Down 3
  10. 10MazdaCX-52,344Down 2

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2022. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1TeslaModel Y4,164
  2. 2NissanLeaf3,740
  3. 3TeslaModel 32,702
  4. 4BYDAtto 31,660
  5. 5MGZS1,082
  6. 6HyundaiKona806
  7. 7KiaEV6672
  8. 8HyundaiIoniq 5473
  9. 9Peugeot208353
  10. 10KiaNiro338

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaAqua11,811
  2. 2ToyotaPrius5,803
  3. 3ToyotaCorolla4,299
  4. 4ToyotaRAV43,901
  5. 5MitsubishiOutlander3,449
  6. 6MitsubishiEclipse Cross2,671
  7. 7ToyotaC-HR2,058
  8. 8HondaFit1,944
  9. 9HondaJazz1,840
  10. 10ToyotaHighlander1,256

Over the years

Where 2022's top ten placed each year since 2013. Tap a year for its list.

Car2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Toyota Aqua––––––21841
Mitsubishi Outlander1413119887622
Ford Ranger4331211113
Toyota Hilux3444334234
Mitsubishi Triton353419141310911115
Toyota RAV45868666366
Toyota Corolla1112122757
Toyota Prius––442819151514138
Suzuki Swift22234434129
Mazda CX-51615161714141210810

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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