April New Car Sales Continue to Rise

Media Release

6 May 2010

April New Car Sales Continue to Rise

April new car registrations of 4,585 recorded the highest monthly increase for the year so far of 30% when compared to the corresponding months in 2009. Commercial vehicles however inched along with 1,103 registrations which was down by 8.4% on April 2009.

“The new vehicle industry is very happy with these numbers” said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “April is traditionally a quiet month as sales slow with the Easter break and with school holidays. Dealers I have spoken with are reporting good levels of enquiry, but they are also commenting they do not have enough good quality near new used stock, which is putting pressure on prices.” Mr Kerr added that there was no easy solution for this situation as new vehicle sales throughout 2009 were at an historical low.

In the passenger car segment Toyota retained top spot with 757 registrations followed by Holden (503) and Ford (489). The top three selling models, for the month and year to date remain with the Toyota Corolla in first spot, followed by the Suzuki Swift and the Holden Commodore.

In the commercial sector Toyota was number one with 321 registrations followed by Ford with 167 and Nissan with 117. The most popular light commercial model was the Toyota Hilux followed by the Nissan Navara and the Ford Ranger.

ENDS.
Attachments

Sheet 1: Detailed figures for top 15 distributors, full year 2009, month of April and YTD 2010, total vehicles, new cars and new commercials.

Sheet 2: Detailed figures for top 15 selling models - passenger cars and commercials- full year 2009, month of April and YTD 2010, and the top 15 rental cars for April 2010.

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