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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 >>
June 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Continue Strong Performance
Friday, 2 July 2021, 3:39 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that June 2021 sales of new vehicles reflects current market opportunities and constraints. As has been the case for the year to date, the market continues to be logistically challenging ... More >>
At Last – Incentives For Electric Vehicles
Sunday, 13 June 2021, 1:28 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that after several years of calling for incentives for low emission vehicles the Minister of Transport Michael Wood has today announced their introduction. We are delighted that at last ... More >>
MIA Cautiously Welcomes The Climate Change Commission’s Report
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 12:46 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says the Climate Change Commission’s report, released today, makes some good suggestions on a package of regulatory tools aimed at accelerating the uptake of low emissions vehicles. These ... More >>
Motor Industry Association Welcomes Budget Initiatives For Cleaner Vehicles
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:22 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that the new vehicle sector welcomes a number of announcements in today’s budget. The provision in Budget 2021 that establishes a $302 million tagged contingency to implement a regime to ... More >>
Stock Arrivals Boost April 2021 New Vehicle Registrations
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 5:18 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that April 2021 was the strongest April on record for sales of new vehicles, which were boosted by arrivals of new stock. Comparing April this year to April 2020 is a statistical challenge ... More >>
March 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Strongest On Record
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 5:16 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that despite March 2021 being the strongest March on record for sales of new vehicles, a year on from our first Covid-19 lockdown restrictions our sector is still operating under disrupted ... More >>
February 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Strongest On Record
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 4:55 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that the February 2021 figures are the strongest for the month of February ever. Registrations of 12,358 were 8.0% up on February 2020. Year to date the market is up 7.1% (1,735 units) compared ... More >>
January 2021 New Vehicle Registrations Show A Good Rate Of Recovery
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 5:32 pm | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that the January 2021 figures reveal a strong start for the new year. Registrations of 13,893 were 6.2% up on January 2020, making it the third strongest January on record. “The ... More >>
MIA Responds To The Climate Change Commission’s Suggested Vehicle Policies
Monday, 1 February 2021, 10:40 am | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association welcomes the Climate Change Commission’s draft report into required pathways to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions. It is a significant contribution to the debate and documents the challenge ahead ... More >>
MIA Has Concerns At The Speed Of CO2 Targets For Vehicles Entering NZ
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 10:56 am | Motor Industry Association
The Government announced today key policy decisions on the proposed clean car policies. The MIA has stated on many occasions that we support well thought out and constructive policies that will lead to an increased rate in the reduction of CO2 emissions from ... More >>