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New Zealand new car registrations rose 5 per cent to 7791 in October to be up 3.9 per cent from a year earlier, Land Transport New Zealand said today.
Used car registrations - generally imported used cars - totalled 9003 last month, up 0.6 per cent on the previous month but down 22.8 per cent on the previous year, the government agency said in a statement.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 1538, down from the 1840 recorded a month earlier, and down 17.9 per cent on October 2005.
The top selling make for the month was Toyota with 1702 cars, followed by Ford with 1200 new cars, then Holden with 998.
- REUTERS
