Car sales recover

The Land Transport Safety Authority Vehicle says registrations for the 2001 calendar year were up nearly 6% from the year before at 260,379, however that figure was not as high as the 264,578 registrations recorded in 1999.

Holden topped the market share for new car registrations last year with 17.3% or 10,092, followed closely by Ford with 16.9% of the new car market and Toyota at 16.4%.

The most popular new car registered last year was the Holden VX Commodore, with 6,185 registrations processed. The Ford Falcon was second with 4,338 registrations and the Toyota Corolla third with 3,495.

Comments from our readers

No comments yet

Add your comment:

Your name:
Your email:	Not displayed to the public
Comment:
Comments to Sharechat go through an approval process. Comments which are defamatory, abusive or in some way deemed inappropriate will not be approved. It is allowable to use some form of non-de-plume for your name, however we recommend real email addresses are used. Comments from free email addresses such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc may not be approved.

Anti-spam verification:

Type the text you see in the image into the field below. You are asked to do this in order to verify that this enquiry is not being performed by an automated process.

Related News:

Genesis Power cranks out bumper profit
US visitor numbers leap 38% in January
Tourism ratings get megabuck boost
Business watchdog ready for busy year
Minimal debt impact from airline recap
Export prices weather uncertainty
Figures show tourism was booming
Court clears path for Commerce Commission
Close watch on hydro lakes
State-owned powercos not for sale