The most popular cars in New Zealand in 2024

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

First registered
217,473
2024
Most popular
Ranger
11,761 Fords
Top electric
Leaf
1,089 registered
Top used import
Aqua
9,302 registered

The top 20, 2024

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2023.

  1. 1FordRanger11,761Up 2
  2. 2ToyotaRAV411,013Up 2
  3. 3ToyotaAqua9,355Down 2
  4. 4ToyotaHilux7,296Up 2
  5. 5ToyotaPrius7,081Down 3
  6. 6ToyotaCorolla7,048Down 1
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander4,644Same place
  8. 8SuzukiSwift4,568Same place
  9. 9MitsubishiTriton4,212Up 11
  10. 10NissanX-Trail4,190Up 4
  11. 11MazdaCX-53,944Up 5
  12. 12MazdaAxela3,764Down 3
  13. 13MitsubishiAsx3,750Up 30
  14. 14ToyotaC-HR3,432Down 1
  15. 15NissanNote3,266Down 4
  16. 16SubaruImpreza3,171Up 7
  17. 17KiaSeltos3,118Up 20
  18. 18HondaFit3,002Down 1
  19. 19MazdaDemio2,931Up 3
  20. 20ToyotaHiace2,770Up 1

New and used imports

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

New

  1. 1FordRanger11,663Same place
  2. 2ToyotaRAV410,481Same place
  3. 3ToyotaHilux7,236Same place
  4. 4MitsubishiTriton4,201Up 7
  5. 5MitsubishiAsx3,749New entry
  6. 6ToyotaCorolla3,310Down 2
  7. 7MitsubishiOutlander3,231Down 2
  8. 8KiaSeltos3,114Up 12
  9. 9SuzukiSwift2,679Down 2
  10. 10MitsubishiEclipse Cross2,374Down 2

Used imports

  1. 1ToyotaAqua9,302Same place
  2. 2ToyotaPrius7,067Same place
  3. 3MazdaAxela3,754Same place
  4. 4ToyotaCorolla3,738Same place
  5. 5NissanNote3,261Up 1
  6. 6SubaruImpreza3,119Up 4
  7. 7NissanX-Trail3,104Up 6
  8. 8HondaFit3,000Down 1
  9. 9MazdaDemio2,919Down 1
  10. 10ToyotaC-HR2,816Down 1

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2024. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1NissanLeaf1,089
  2. 2TeslaModel Y826
  3. 3TeslaModel 3506
  4. 4FordMustang450
  5. 5BYDAtto 3382
  6. 6VolkswagenID.4262
  7. 7VolkswagenID5225
  8. 8KiaEV9195
  9. 9HyundaiIoniq 5174
  10. 10BYDDolphin173

Hybrid

  1. 1ToyotaRAV410,893
  2. 2ToyotaAqua9,352
  3. 3ToyotaPrius7,079
  4. 4ToyotaCorolla6,661
  5. 5ToyotaHilux3,464
  6. 6ToyotaC-HR3,428
  7. 7HondaFit2,588
  8. 8NissanSerena2,167
  9. 9ToyotaYaris Cross1,960
  10. 10HondaVezel1,522

Over the years

Where 2024's top ten placed each year since 2015. Tap a year for its list.

Car2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Ford Ranger3121111331
Toyota RAV46866636642
Toyota Aqua––––2184113
Toyota Hilux4433423464
Toyota Prius44281915151413825
Toyota Corolla1212275756
Mitsubishi Outlander11988762277
Suzuki Swift23443412988
Mitsubishi Triton19141310911115209
Nissan X-Trail2619181816137121410

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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