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New Zealand API

New-vehicle registrations for New Zealand — new passenger cars, vans and trucks, plus used-import cars — counted automatically from NZTA Waka Kotahi's open Motor Vehicle Register, the register behind the Ministry of Transport's fleet statistics. The former light-vehicle series (new and used together) is archived in data/New Zealand_legacy.csv.

2026-10
Latest period held
15.4%
TTM BEV share (Whole)
4
Variants

Who sells the new cars

Whole · last 12 months (2025-11 → 2026-10) · 110,611 new registrations in total. Units are registrations; Make and model as the entry certifier typed them on the register, upper-cased; a model typed with the brand in front is merged with the plain one. Some models are generic (BMW's electric cars are partly registered as model "I"). BEV / PHEV / HEV / petrol / diesel exactly as in the CSV (LPG, CNG and hydrogen count towards the total only), for Whole — new passenger cars (MA/MB/MC). Used imports (the Nissan Leafs) have their own section below; utes are in neither.

Top brands — % of each powertrain; header: the powertrain's % of all registrationsregistrations; header: the powertrain's total

#BEV15.4%17,028PHEV10.3%11,357HEV37.2%41,144PETROL30.7%33,931DIESEL6.5%7,151
1Tesla21.2%3,612Toyota22.5%2,560Toyota46.6%19,188Mitsubishi26.7%9,067Ford47.7%3,413
2BYD19.9%3,380BYD17.8%2,022KIA10.8%4,453Mazda11.8%4,019Land Rover9.9%710
3MG9.2%1,568GWM9.8%1,113Honda7.1%2,943KIA11.0%3,743BMW7.6%543
4KIA7.4%1,261Chery9.4%1,071GWM6.6%2,727Suzuki5.8%1,968Mitsubishi6.1%433
5Dongfeng6.2%1,064Mitsubishi7.0%795Suzuki5.9%2,441MG5.6%1,909Toyota5.8%413
6Zeekr3.9%661Jaecoo5.7%652Hyundai4.5%1,864Hyundai4.9%1,665Mercedes-Benz4.8%346
7Toyota3.7%632Geely5.3%606MG3.5%1,421Subaru4.8%1,628Isuzu3.6%260
8Jaecoo3.5%602Denza3.0%337Lexus2.3%952Volkswagen3.3%1,118GWM2.9%208
9Geely3.2%548Leapmotor2.8%317Nissan2.1%859Chery2.7%931KIA2.5%180
10GWM2.3%387Lexus2.6%292Mazda1.8%724Nissan2.6%883Lexus1.9%137
rest19.5%3,313rest14.0%1,592rest8.7%3,572rest20.6%7,000rest7.1%508

Top designations — % of each powertrain; header: the powertrain's % of all registrationsregistrations; header: the powertrain's total

#BEV15.4%17,028PHEV10.3%11,357HEV37.2%41,144PETROL30.7%33,931DIESEL6.5%7,151
1Model YTesla19.1%3,260RAV4Toyota22.5%2,560CorollaToyota16.3%6,707ASXMitsubishi12.7%4,322EverestFord44.6%3,188
2Atto 3BYD5.7%964Haval H6GWM7.3%831RAV4Toyota15.5%6,364OutlanderMitsubishi11.9%4,043Pajero SportMitsubishi6.1%433
3Atto 2BYD4.9%826Sealion 6BYD6.8%767SportageKIA6.7%2,738SeltosKIA5.4%1,842DefenderLand Rover5.8%417
4Atto 1BYD4.5%762J7Jaecoo5.5%624Yaris CrossToyota4.9%1,999StonicKIA5.0%1,694X5BMW5.1%367
54MG4.4%752Starray EM-IGeely5.3%606Haval H6GWM4.2%1,724CX-5Mazda4.5%1,536LandcruiserToyota5.1%362
6EV3KIA4.2%707Sealion 5BYD5.1%578LandcruiserToyota3.4%1,384TucsonHyundai3.2%1,100MU-XIsuzu3.6%260
7Sealion 7BYD4.1%691Sealion 8BYD3.8%431SwiftSuzuki2.9%1,191JimnySuzuki3.1%1,068TransitFord3.1%225
8BOXDongfeng3.8%642OutlanderMitsubishi3.8%428HighlanderToyota2.7%1,098ZSMG3.0%1,004TankGWM2.9%208
9J5Jaecoo3.5%602Tiggo 8Chery3.5%400TucsonHyundai2.6%1,078OutbackSubaru2.9%995Range Rover SportLand Rover2.5%179
107XZeekr3.3%556Tiggo 7Chery3.4%382FronxSuzuki2.6%1,072CX-30Mazda2.8%950GLEMercedes-Benz2.5%176
11EV5KIA2.8%484Eclipse CrossMitsubishi3.2%367YarisToyota2.5%1,048Tiggo 4 PROChery2.1%730CarnivalKIA1.9%138
12BZ4XToyota2.7%458Tiggo 9Chery2.5%289Haval JolionGWM2.3%949Eclipse CrossMitsubishi2.1%702LXLexus1.9%137
13ORAGWM2.3%387C10LeapmotorEREV2.3%265ZSMG2.2%898X-TrailNissan2.0%673Q7Audi1.8%132
14EX5Geely2.2%380TankGWM2.3%258CarnivalKIA2.0%839CX-3Mazda1.7%588X7BMW1.7%118
15S5MG2.2%367Atto 2BYD1.7%196ZRVHonda2.0%824MAZDA3Mazda1.6%539TouaregVolkswagen1.4%97
rest30.5%5,190rest20.9%2,375rest27.3%11,231rest35.8%12,145rest10.0%714

PHEV = plug-in hybrids including range extenders (EREV on the model) · HEV = full hybrid (no plug; counted as ICE in the curves).

Who sells the imported used cars

Used · last 12 months (2025-11 → 2026-10) · 89,696 used-import registrations in total. Units are registrations; Make and model as the entry certifier typed them on the register, upper-cased; a model typed with the brand in front is merged with the plain one. Some models are generic (BMW's electric cars are partly registered as model "I"). BEV / PHEV / HEV / petrol / diesel exactly as in the CSV (LPG, CNG and hydrogen count towards the total only), for Whole — new passenger cars (MA/MB/MC). Used imports (the Nissan Leafs) have their own section below; utes are in neither.

Used imports (the Used variant): passenger cars (MA/MB/MC) first registered abroad — mostly in Japan — at their first New Zealand registration. BEV / PHEV / HEV / petrol / diesel from the register's motive power, exactly as in the Used CSV.

Top brands — % of each powertrain; header: the powertrain's % of all registrationsregistrations; header: the powertrain's total

#BEV4.1%3,642PHEV1.1%989HEV50.1%44,929PETROL43.1%38,652DIESEL1.7%1,483
1Nissan67.8%2,471Mitsubishi63.1%624Toyota62.4%28,038Mazda26.7%10,328BMW26.3%390
2Tesla16.3%593Toyota16.9%167Nissan13.7%6,137Subaru18.4%7,102Toyota18.7%277
3BYD3.6%133BMW10.1%100Honda13.5%6,077Nissan14.0%5,399Mercedes-Benz11.9%177
4Volkswagen1.8%65Mercedes-Benz2.0%20Lexus3.8%1,707Toyota11.6%4,484Mitsubishi10.2%152
5Audi1.7%61Mini1.9%19Subaru2.2%998BMW5.8%2,259Land Rover7.1%106
6Mercedes-Benz1.6%58Volkswagen1.6%16Mazda1.9%841Suzuki3.7%1,443Mazda5.9%88
7Peugeot1.6%57Volvo1.0%10Suzuki1.4%624Mercedes-Benz3.5%1,346Ford4.0%60
8Hyundai1.3%46Land Rover0.8%8Land Rover0.4%171Audi3.2%1,247Audi3.1%46
9Volvo1.1%40Porsche0.8%8Audi0.3%118Honda3.1%1,216Jaguar2.3%34
10BMW0.9%33Lexus0.5%5BMW0.2%72Mitsubishi2.1%798LDV1.5%22
rest2.3%85rest1.2%12rest0.3%146rest7.8%3,030rest8.8%131

Top designations — % of each powertrain; header: the powertrain's % of all registrationsregistrations; header: the powertrain's total

#BEV4.1%3,642PHEV1.1%989HEV50.1%44,929PETROL43.1%38,652DIESEL1.7%1,483
1LeafNissan67.3%2,452OutlanderMitsubishi56.3%557AquaToyota20.0%8,974ImprezaSubaru6.6%2,560LandcruiserToyota17.1%253
2Model 3Tesla10.4%378RAV4Toyota8.3%82PriusToyota12.3%5,550DemioMazda6.1%2,350320DBMW7.3%108
3Model YTesla4.5%162PriusToyota8.1%80CorollaToyota9.8%4,414CX-5Mazda5.4%2,090DelicaMitsubishi6.7%99
4Atto 3BYD1.7%63MiniBMW5.6%55NoteNissan6.4%2,887AxelaMazda5.3%2,059X3BMW6.1%91
5ID.4Volkswagen1.6%58Eclipse CrossMitsubishi4.9%48C-HRToyota5.8%2,604X-TrailNissan4.7%1,809X5BMW5.9%88
6DolphinBYD1.2%43EclipseMitsubishi1.9%19FITHonda4.9%2,219NoteNissan4.0%1,561Range RoverLand Rover3.8%56
7Model STesla1.0%36I3BMW1.8%18SerenaNissan4.9%2,210XVSubaru3.7%1,419V220Mercedes-Benz3.5%52
8E-TronAudi0.8%29GolfVolkswagen1.4%14VezelHonda3.8%1,705SwiftSuzuki3.0%1,160PajeroMitsubishi3.3%49
9Ioniq 5Hyundai0.8%29C350Mercedes-Benz1.2%12YarisToyota3.4%1,514VellfireToyota2.5%974EverestFord3.0%45
10EQAMercedes-Benz0.8%29330EBMW1.0%10XVSubaru1.6%737AtenzaMazda2.2%839DiscoveryLand Rover2.0%30
11E-208Peugeot0.7%27CooperMini0.9%9CamryToyota1.6%724LevorgSubaru2.1%798Q5Audi1.8%27
12SealBYD0.7%24XC90Volvo0.7%7AxelaMazda1.5%670PremacyMazda2.0%770CX-8Mazda1.8%26
13E-2008Peugeot0.6%23225XEBMW0.6%6ShuttleHonda1.2%532LegacySubaru1.8%701523DBMW1.6%24
14C40Volvo0.6%21530EBMW0.6%6CT200HLexus1.1%490OutbackSubaru1.4%558C220Mercedes-Benz1.5%22
15TaycanPorsche0.5%20Range RoverLand Rover0.6%6SAIToyota1.1%482MiniBMW1.4%525HiaceToyota1.5%22
rest6.8%248rest6.1%60rest20.5%9,217rest47.8%18,479rest33.1%491

PHEV = plug-in hybrids including range extenders (EREV on the model) · HEV = full hybrid (no plug; counted as ICE in the curves).

Raw source

Go and check the numbers yourself:

NZTA Waka Kotahi — Motor Vehicle Register (open data) ↗

How the data flows

Origin
Motor Vehicle Register (MVR), run by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Ask the register

The register is an ArcGIS feature service with about 5.8 million records. The fetcher never downloads them; it asks the service for grouped counts (first registration month × import status × motive power), a handful of small JSON requests. The service address changes when NZTA republishes the register, so it is looked up from the stable open-data item on every run. A month is only read once the register's load date is after the month ended.

Pick the vehicles

Every record carries its import status, its vehicle class and the year and month of its first registration in New Zealand. Together they decide the variant, mapped onto the EU classes like every other country.

Import status?
  • NEW or USED (used import)
    Vehicle class?
    • MA, MB, MC — passenger car, passenger van, off-road passenger vehicle (EU M1)
      New or used import?
      • NEWWhole
      • USEDUsed
    • NA — goods vehicle up to 3.5 t (EU N1)
      New or used import?
      • NEWVans
      • USEDin no variant
        used goods vehicles are in no EU-class variant
    • NB, NC — goods vehicle over 3.5 t (EU N2/N3)
      New or used import?
      • NEWHDV
      • USEDin no variant
    • anything else — buses (MD, ME), motorcycles and mopeds (L), trailers (T), tractors and machinesin no variant
  • RE-REG (re-registered) or SCRATCH (scratch-built)in no variant
    not a first registration
Powertrain

The register's motive power is mapped one to one. A label the fetcher does not know is counted in OTHERS and listed in the run report; above 1% of a month it stops the run until someone decides its column.

Motive power?
  • ELECTRICBEV
  • PLUGIN PETROL HYBRID, PLUGIN DIESEL HYBRIDPHEV
  • ELECTRIC [PETROL EXTENDED], ELECTRIC [DIESEL EXTENDED]PHEV
    range extenders, as in the history (no EREV column)
  • PETROL HYBRID, PETROL ELECTRIC HYBRID, DIESEL HYBRID, DIESEL ELECTRIC HYBRIDHEV
    some 48 V mild-hybrid utes included
  • PETROLPETROL
  • DIESELDIESEL
  • LPG, CNG, hydrogen fuel cell, OTHER, blankOTHERS
Check it

The month's total must be within half to twice the same month a year earlier. Every run also recounts the three months before and compares them with the rows already in the chart; a difference above 5% is flagged for review. Only then is the month written — as a new line, never by rewriting earlier ones.

Render

Each new or changed month re-renders the country. Shares are read from the CSV as column ÷ TOTAL and grouped into three curves. A generalized Weibull S-curve is fitted to the BEV and the ICE share, and the charts, the fitted parameters, the twelve-month totals and the uncertainty bands are rewritten.

Which curve does a CSV column count towards?
  • BEVBEV
  • PHEV or EREV (plug-in hybrids, range extenders)
    Does the source split plug-ins from other hybrids?
    • yesPHEV
    • no — one combined hybrid figure (parked in HEV)ICE
      the PHEV curve is left out, never drawn at zero
  • HEV or MHEV (full and mild hybrids — no plug)ICE
  • petrol, diesel, gas, flex-fuel, othersICE

Definitions & scope

AcquisitionAPI — pulled from a structured API / query endpoint
Vehicle scopeFirst registrations in New Zealand by the register's own vehicle class and import status, mapped onto the EU classes like every other country. Before 2026-10 the gallery's New Zealand series was all light vehicles, new and used imports together; that series is archived, not continued.
HEV (full hybrids)PHEV and HEV come from the register's motive power. Range-extended EVs ("ELECTRIC [PETROL EXTENDED]") are counted as PHEV, as in the history. HEV is whatever was entered as a petrol or diesel hybrid — mostly full hybrids, but some 48 V mild-hybrid utes are registered as "DIESEL HYBRID" and count here too.
BackfillWhole, Vans, HDV and Used were counted from the register's 2026-10 snapshot (Whole from 2012-01, the others from 2015-01), with undercount notes on every row before 2026-07. The former data/New Zealand.csv (light vehicles, new and used) is archived in data/New Zealand_legacy.csv — Prof. Ray Willis's rows 2012-01 to 2026-03, the register from 2026-04 (the hand rows for 2026-04..09 were replaced, see §7); it is no longer fetched or rendered.
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Variants

Each variant is its own series with its own CSV. Not every variant is charted in the gallery — the CSV is the authoritative record either way.

VariantWhat it countsHeldRaw data
WholeNew passenger cars — register classes MA (car), MB (passenger van) and MC (off-road passenger vehicle), i.e. EU M1, at their first New Zealand registration.2012-01 – 2026-10
178 rows
data/New Zealand.csv
VansNew goods vehicles up to 3.5 t (register class NA, EU N1) — utes and vans, which dominate New Zealand's light-commercial market.2015-01 – 2026-10
142 rows
data/New Zealand_Vans.csv
HDVNew goods vehicles over 3.5 t (register classes NB and NC, EU N2/N3).2015-01 – 2026-10
142 rows
data/New Zealand_HDV.csv
UsedUsed-import passenger vehicles (classes MA, MB, MC — EU M1) at their first New Zealand registration, mostly from Japan.2015-01 – 2026-10
142 rows
data/New Zealand_Used.csv

History we hold

Every bar is the span actually present in our stored CSV — breaks in a bar are real gaps in the series, not rendering. Cadence is shown on the right.

20122014201620182020202220242026WholeWhole: 2012-01 → 2026-10monthlyVansVans: 2015-01 → 2026-10monthlyHDVHDV: 2015-01 → 2026-10monthlyUsedUsed: 2015-01 → 2026-10monthly

Whole 2012-01–2026-10 (178 rows), Vans 2015-01–2026-10 (142 rows), HDV 2015-01–2026-10 (142 rows), Used 2015-01–2026-10 (142 rows).

Which fuel columns this source fills

A blank column almost never means "no such cars" — it means this source does not split them out, and those vehicles are counted inside another column. Check the caveats for where they land.

BEVPHEVHEVPETROLDIESELOTHERS
Wholereportedreportedreportedreportedreportedreported
Vansreportedreportedreportedreportedreportedalways zero
HDVreportedreportedreportedreportedreportedreported
Usedreportedreportedreportedreportedreportedreported

reported   column exists but is zero in every row   not reported by this source. Hover a cell for the row count.

Caveats