New car registrations fell 5.84 per cent in February to 5945 compared with the previous month, Land Transport New Zealand said yesterday.
But they were 3.1 per cent above February 2005.
Used car registrations - generally imported used cars - totalled 11,107 last month, 1.6 per cent down on January, but 15.3 per cent below a year ago.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 1800, against 1466 recorded a month earlier, and down 0.6 per cent on February 2005.
The top-selling make for the month was Ford, with 815 new cars, followed by Toyota, with 767 new cars.
- REUTERS
New car registrations fall
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