Mitsubishi beats Toyota in New Zealand passenger automobile gross sales


The success of the Outlander SUV within the Kiwi market, has seen Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand pip Toyota New Zealand to change into the best-selling passenger automobile model for 2022.
Complete passenger automobile registrations for the 2022 calendar yr in New Zealand have been up 4% for the yr to 116,370 items.
Mitsubishi (17,257) simply pipped Toyota (17,003) for Kiwi market management in passenger vehicles. The Outlander was the best-selling passenger automobile in New Zealand with 9105 registrations in 2022.
New Vitality Car manufacturers Tesla and MG rose to quantity six and 7 respectively within the high 10 passenger automobile desk.
Yr on yr within the high 10, Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand was up 18% in passenger automobile registrations, Toyota was down 5%, Kia was up 10%, Suzuki was up 8%, Hyundai was up 12%, Tesla was up a whopping 113%, MG was up 40%, Mazda was down 26%, Honda was down 4% and Ford was down 10%.
The full quantity of passenger automobile registrations mirror each the constrained provide chain for a lot of manufacturers in addition to the introduction of the Labour Authorities’s Clear Automobile laws which has influenced client purchases.
High 10 passenger model registrations in 2022
- Mitsubishi Motors 17,257
- Toyota New Zealand 17,003
- Kia 11,171
- Suzuki New Zealand 8427
- Hyundai New Zealand 7651
- Tesla 7007
- MG 5319
- Mazda 5289
- Honda 3828
- Ford 3171
High 10 passenger mannequin registrations in 2022
- Mitsubishi Outlander 9105
- Toyota RAV4 5863
- Tesla Mannequin Y 4226
- Suzuki Swift 3931
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 3657
- MG ZS 3375
- Mitsubishi ASX 3372
- Kia Sportage 3111
- Toyota Corolla 2789
- Tesla Mannequin 3 2781