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Record Year For Passenger And SUV’s Driven By 77 Percent Increase In Registrations Of Electrified Vehicles
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 9:38 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 11,840 sales of new vehicles for the month of December 2022, making it the second strongest month of December on record. December registrations were down 4.3% (706 units) on ... More >>
MIA Incredulous That The Clean Car Standard Includes Motorcycles
Monday, 19 September 2022, 1:35 pm | Motor Industry Association
When is a ‘Clean Car’ not a car? When it is a motorcycle. The MIA has been surprised to learn that the Land Transport Clean Vehicles Amendment Act, which enables the Clean Car emissions standard that will come into effect on 1 January 2023, also applies ... More >>
August New Vehicle Registrations Strongest On Record As Back Orders Get Filled
Saturday, 3 September 2022, 12:38 am | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association’s David Crawford says that 14,690 registrations of new vehicles for the month of August is the strongest month of August on record, largely due to shipments arriving allowing back orders to be filled. The month tally ... More >>
July New Vehicle Registrations Significantly Soften
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 6:53 am | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association’s David Crawford says that 11,101 registrations of new vehicles for the month of July shows the market is significantly softer compared to July 2021. The weak market is bought on by raising costs of living, high fuel ... More >>
HAPINZ Report Points To Increasing The Uptake Of Electric And Low-emissions Vehicles
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 5:35 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association (MIA) welcomes the release of the updated HAPINZ report. MIA Principal Technical Advisor Mark Stockdale says the HAPINZ report shows that more can be done to reduce harmful emissions from the current vehicle fleet. ... More >>
New Vehicle Registrations Soften
Monday, 4 July 2022, 5:57 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association’s Mark Stockdale says that 12,049 registrations of new vehicles for the month of June shows the market is weakening in the face of raising costs of living, high fuel prices, continued vehicle supply constraints and ... More >>
New Vehicle Registrations Bounce Back In May 2022
Friday, 3 June 2022, 12:00 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that 13,337 registrations of new vehicles for the month of May were strong given current production constraints, weakening market conditions and geopolitical factors. Registrations of 10,575 passenger ... More >>
Strong New Vehicle Registrations Of Hybrids And PHEVs In April 2022 But Light Commercial Vehicles Crash
Monday, 2 May 2022, 5:37 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that as anticipated following the introduction of the Clean Car Discount fees that became operative on 1 April, registrations of 9,756 vehicles for the month are the weakest month of April ... More >>
Rush To Beat Clean Car Discount Fees Leads To Highest Ever Monthly Sales Of New Vehicles
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 7:01 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that as anticipated in the lead up to the Clean Car Discount fees that became operative on 1 April, the March 2022 figures of 21,044 vehicles are the strongest for any month of the year ... More >>
MIA Urges Motorists Not To Switch To Lower Grade Petrol To Save Money
Friday, 11 March 2022, 3:42 pm | Motor Industry Association
With record high fuel prices, the Motor Industry Association (MIA) is urging motorists not to be tempted to use a lower grade of petrol in an effort to save money. Then MIA says owners of cars that require a higher grade of fuel – 95 or 98 octane – ... More >>
Changes To Clean Car Discount Fees For Used Imported Cars Is An Insult To Sensible Environmental Policies
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:02 pm | Motor Industry Association
Andy Sinclair, President of the Motor Industry Association of New Zealand says “The Government’s decision, announced yesterday, to lesson fees on used imported vehicles under the clean car discount, which comes into effect from 1 April this year, is ... More >>
February 2022 New Vehicle Registrations Remain Strong
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:39 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that the February 2022 figures are the strongest for the month of February ever. Registrations of 12,551 were 0.5% up on February 2021. Year to date the market is down 1.2% (316 ... More >>
January 2022 New Vehicle Registrations Solid
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 8:12 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 13,514 sales of new vehicles for the month of January 2022, a decrease of 2.73% (379 units) on the same month in 2021. The market remains solid despite stock levels remaining ... More >>
Largest Drop In New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Since 2006 Won’t Avoid Future Government Penalties And Price Increases
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 4:06 pm | Motor Industry Association
MIA Chief Executive David Crawford says there were 25,194 new vehicles powered by some form of electrification sold in New Zealand last year. That’s a 94% increase on the previous year, when 12,997 were sold. This increase reduced average greenhouse ... More >>
The December Numbers Are In – A Record Year For New Vehicle Registrations
Thursday, 6 January 2022, 6:28 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 12,097 sales of new vehicles for the month of December 2021, making it the strongest month of December in record. Registrations were up 44.3% (3,714 units) on the same month ... More >>
November 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Break Records
Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:45 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 16,327 sales of new vehicles for the month of November 2021, an increase of 37.3% (4,438 units) on the same month in 2020. It was the strongest month of November on record ... More >>
October 2021 New Vehicle Registrations
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 7:02 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that there were 13,870 sales of new vehicles for the month of October 2021, an increase of 16.8% (1,994 units) on the same month in 2020. Year to date there have been 136,886 registrations, ... More >>
September 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Strongly Rebound
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 7:23 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that September 2021 sales of new 16,518 vehicles showed a strong rebound with the country moving down alert levels, even with Auckland still in Alert Level 3. It was the second strongest ... More >>
August 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Takes a Covid Hit
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 3:14 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that August 2021 sales of new vehicles were heavily affected by the countrywide Alert Level 4 snap lockdown. For the month of August there were 6,746 vehicles sold compared to 10,610 ... More >>
July 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Boosted By EV Rebate Scheme
Monday, 2 August 2021, 5:57 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that July 2021 sales of new vehicles were boosted by the recently introduced rebate scheme. July 2021 registrations were 15,053 units compared to 12,263 units for July 2020. Year to date ... More >>