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February New Vehicle Sales Indicate The Commercial Sector Has Significantly Weakened
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 10:11 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that February 2020 registrations are down 2.2% (261 units) compared to the same month last year, with 11,438 new vehicles registered. “The month of February was up for passenger and ... More >>
The New Decade Starts Down Compared to the End of the Last
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:53 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that January 2020 registrations are down 6.2% (860 units) compared to the same month last year, with 13,078 new vehicles registered. “As expected, the new year has continued the downward ... More >>
Big decrease in emissions from new vehicles
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 8:29 am | Motor Industry Association
Average greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles sold last year have dropped at a significantly faster rate than in the previous five years. More >>
November New Vehicle Sales Confirms Slower 2019 Market
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 9:24 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that November 2019 registrations came in at 3.5% under November 2018 with 13,850 vehicles registered, down 509 units on November 2018. More >>
October New Vehicle Sales Back to Reality
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 9:09 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that after a big October, October 2019 registrations came in at 10% under October 2018 with 14,956 vehicles registered, down 1,705 units on October 2018. October 2018 was always going to be ... More >>
EVs and Rentals Dominate September New Vehicle Sales
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 8:44 am | Motor Industry Association
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that sales of rentals and EVs helped to push it to a record month of September coming in at 4.2% higher than September last year. There were 500 sales of pure electric vehicles during the ... More >>
New Vehicle Market Down 5% Year to Date
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 8:36 am | Motor Industry Association
For the fourth month in a row, fewer new vehicles were sold in August compared to the same month last year confirming that the overall market for the year will be down on 2018. More >>
New Vehicle Market Continues its Bumpy Ride for 2019
Friday, 2 August 2019, 6:47 pm | Motor Industry Association
Fewer new vehicles were sold in July compared to the same month last year continuing our expectation that the overall market for the year will be down on 2018. More >>
MIA worried about future of vocational training
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 3:13 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says it’s concerned that industry and employers will lose influence over vocational training because of a major overhaul of vocational education and training announced by the Government today. More >>
New car sector welcomes Clean Car discussion
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:23 am | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says we welcome sensible discussions on ways to make vehicles cleaner and greener and the new car sector will work constructively with the Government on what we believe are the best mix of policies to achieve that outcome. More >>
Heat Comes Off New Vehicle Market
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 5:02 pm | Motor Industry Association
Fewer new vehicles were sold in June compared to the same month last year confirming that the overall market for the year will be down on 2018. More >>
Ban on unsafe used imports desperately needed
Monday, 17 June 2019, 12:03 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says it would welcome discussion on sensible policies to ban unsafe used vehicles from being imported into New Zealand as part of the government’s new road safety strategy. More >>
Worksafe and ACC experimenting with farmers’ lives
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 5:18 pm | Motor Industry Association
Government agencies are experimenting with farmers’ lives in their call for untested CPDs (crush protection devices) to be fitted on ATVs. Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says international research suggest there is no credible ... More >>
Worksafe recommendations on quad bikes misguided
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 9:11 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says there is a lack of credible evidence and independently certified safety standards to support the recommendation by Worksafe that all ATVs (quad bikes) be fitted with their recommended so-called crush protection devices ... More >>
May 2019 New Vehicle Registrations Significantly Down
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 8:34 am | Motor Industry Association
David Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association says, “May 2019 registration figures of 12,259 vehicles were down 13.5% (1,910 units) on the same month in 2018, indicating a significant softening of the vehicle market. ... More >>
MIA supports call for ATV safety review
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 4:16 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says it would welcome the opportunity to work with users and officials to review guidance on the safe use of ATVs (all terrain vehicles) and ROVs (recreational off-highway vehicles). This follows a call from the Coroner ... More >>
MIA supports call for ATV safety review
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 1:59 pm | Motor Industry Association
The Motor Industry Association says it would welcome the opportunity to work with users and officials to review guidance on the safe use of ATVs (all terrain vehicles) and ROVs (recreational off-highway vehicles). More >>
April 2019 New Vehicle Registrations A Record
Friday, 3 May 2019, 9:32 am | Motor Industry Association
David Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association says, “April 2019 registration figures of 10,640 vehicles were up 2.0% (217 units) on the same month in 2018, continuing the up and down monthly trend for 2019 year to date. The ... More >>
March 2019 New Vehicle Sales Soften
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 9:36 am | Motor Industry Association
David Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association says, “March 2019 registration figures were down 5.4% (757 units) on the same month in 2018. Year to date the market is down 3.7% (1,485 units) on the first three months ... More >>
February 2019 New Vehicle Sales Up Slightly on 2018
Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 9:31 am | Motor Industry Association
David Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association says, “The February 2019 figures shows the new vehicle is up slightly on the same month in 2018. There were 11,699 vehicles registered in the month of February up 1.5% (168 units) ... More >>