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New Zealand new car registrations rose for the first time in three months in January, Land Transport New Zealand said today.
A total of 7543 new cars were registered in the month, up 35.6 percent on December and 11.1 percent higher than a year ago, the government agency said.
Used car registrations - generally imported used cars - totalled 9334 last month, down 4.8 percent on a year ago.
New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 1823, up 4.3 percent from a month earlier, and 8.8 percent higher than January 2007.
The top selling make for the month was Toyota with 1557 new cars, followed by Holden with 878 new cars.
- REUTERS
