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New car registrations totalled 7077 in September, up 4.1 per cent from the previous month but down 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, Land Transport New Zealand said today.
Used car registrations - generally imported used cars - totalled 9311 last month, 4.1 per cent ahead of a year ago, the government agency said in a statement.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 1978, down from the 2087 recorded a month earlier, but up 7.5 per cent on September 2006.
The top selling make for the month was Toyota with 1521 new cars, followed by Ford with 977 new cars.
- REUTERS
