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New car registrations leaped 17 per cent in March to 6,794 but were down 4.5 per cent from March 2006, Land Transport NZ said today.
Used car registrations -- generally imported used cars -- leapt 14 per cent to 10,408 last month, but were 14.8 per cent down on March a year ago, the government agency said in a statement.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 2,414, up from the 1,669 recorded a month earlier, and down 6.9 per cent on March 2006.
The top selling make in March was Ford with 807 new cars followed by Holdenwith 798 new cars.
- REUTERS
