Motor Industry Association - Latest News [Page 10]
June New Vehicle Sales Booming
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:30 am | Motor Industry Association
NZTA June registration figures show new vehicle sales are booming. For both passenger cars and commercial vehicles sales were up over 29% June 2012 verse June 2011. New passenger car registrations of 7,142 were up 33.1% (1,777 units) on June 2011 (5,365). More >>
Support for Changes to ETS for Synthetic Greenhouse Gases
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:42 pm | Motor Industry Association
The new vehicle industry welcomes the Government’s decision to replace with a levy, the Emissions Trading Scheme obligations for synthetic greenhouse gases. “The Motor Industry Association, along with other industry associations, made submissions ... More >>
Strong Sales Continue
Friday, 4 May 2012, 12:46 pm | Motor Industry Association
The new passenger car market continues to perform strongly with April registrations of 5,430 up 27.5% (1,172 units) on April 2011. Year to date this segment is up 17.2%. The commercial sector also had a strong month with 1,618 registrations up 19.7% (266 ... More >>
New Office Bearers for the Association
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 2:35 pm | Motor Industry Association
At the Motor Industry Association’s Annual General Meeting held today, Mr Mark Gilbert Managing Director BMW Group New Zealand was elected unopposed, as President. More >>
Solid start to year continues into February
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 5:21 pm | Motor Industry Association
February 2012 new vehicle registrations continued the strong start to the year. New passenger car registrations of 5,633 were up 16 % on February 2011 (4,844) with commercial registrations holding steady with 1,552 registrations, down by 0.5% on 2011 (1,560). ... More >>
New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Continue Reducing
Monday, 13 February 2012, 6:42 pm | Motor Industry Association
Improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency has seen the National Average Carbon Emission (NACE) figure for all new light vehicles registered in 2011, dropping for the first time below 200 grams to 197.1 grams – down 2.3% on 2010 (201.6 grams). More >>
Strong Start to the Year
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 5:03 pm | Motor Industry Association
New passenger car sales of 7,499 units were the highest monthly total since 2008 and the second highest monthly total since the MIA records began in 1975. More >>
2011 Used Imports – Oldest Average Age on Record
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 5:48 pm | Motor Industry Association
NZTA data covering 2011 fleet and registration statistics shows the average age of a used imported vehicle was 8.64 years – the oldest on record. More >>
ATV and Off Road Motor Cycle Sales Increase
Monday, 16 January 2012, 9:48 am | Motor Industry Association
Strong sales in the ATV (quad bike) ( up 10.9%); off road motor cycles (up 8.9%) and under 50cc on road bike sales ( up 7.3%) saw the motor cycle sector up a total 6.6% on 2010 sales. More >>
New Vehicle Sales Overcome Challenges
Monday, 9 January 2012, 1:47 pm | Motor Industry Association
The New Zealand new vehicle market was up 5.2% on 2010, with total sales of 84,640 units, broken down by passenger cars (64,019 verse 62,029 – up 3.2%) and commercials (20,621 verse 18,424 – up 11.9%). More >>
New Car Market Treading Water
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 12:27 pm | Motor Industry Association
Media Release 6 December 2011 New Car Market Treading Water New car sales are treading water with November registrations down 3.8% (225 units) compared with November 2010 but were up 4% (216 units) on last month (October). The commercial vehicle market ... More >>
Motorcycle Group supports Government ATV Safety Initiatives
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 9:36 am | Motor Industry Association
MIA members importing and distributing new ATV’s (also known as quad bikes) support the Department of Labour’s farm based safety initiatives, which according to a recently released report are working. More >>
New Vehicle Market Remains Soft
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:39 pm | Motor Industry Association
The new vehicle market remains soft as buyers focussed on the Rugby World Cup. Just released NZTA registration data shows total new vehicle sales of 7,026 which was down 3.7% on October 2010. New passenger car sales of 5,428 were down 438 units (7.5%) ... More >>
Off road motorcycle sales continue to grow
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 9:34 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association (MIA) has released motorcycle sales data for the last nine months based on registrations and off road (unregistered) retail sales. The MIA represents the interests of all importers and distributors of major vehicle ... More >>
New Vehicle Market Patchy
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 3:04 pm | Motor Industry Association
September registration data shows that new car sales were down 9.7% (614 units) on the same month last year; however commercial vehicle registrations were up by 18% (298 units) over the same period. More >>
Opportunity for Mandatory Electronic Stability Control
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 3:38 pm | Motor Industry Association
“Estimates of the number of vehicles in Japan with the safety feature electronic stability control, contained in the Safer Journeys New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy 2010-2020 document were wide of the mark” said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer ... More >>
Motorcycle sales showing growth
Monday, 11 July 2011, 3:37 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association (MIA) has released motorcycle sales data for the last six months based on registrations and off road (unregistered) retail sales. The MIA represents the interests of all importers and distributors of major vehicle brands ... More >>
Speed Wobble Affects June Car Registrations
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 3:03 pm | Motor Industry Association
The new passenger car market is still impacted by shortages of stock which were affected by the March Japanese earthquake and tsunami. More >>
Used Importer Traders Losing Market Share
Monday, 4 July 2011, 12:20 pm | Motor Industry Association
Media Release 4 July 2011 Used Importer Traders Losing Market Share Statistics supplied by NZTA show that registered motor vehicle traders dealing in first time used imports have lost 15% market share since 1998. More >>
Stock Shortages Impact on May Registrations
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 2:43 pm | Motor Industry Association
Member rankings and the overall total have been affected by shortages of new vehicle stock, said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer Motor Industry Association, in commenting on May registration data. More >>