June sales of 12,519 for new passenger and commercial vehicles were up 17 per cent on June 2013 and 14 per cent for the half-year compared with last year.
"Registrations of 4002 new commercial vehicles for the month of June were phenomenal," he said.
The player of the month was Toyota's RAV4. It was not only the top selling passenger vehicle with 371 registrations but also topped out its small SUV segment.
Also leading medium sized SUVs was Toyota's recently launched Highlander with 308 sales. And celebrations continued at Toyota New Zealand's Palmerston North head office with five vehicles in its range in number one spot and June proving the third highest month for sales since registration records began in 1981.
The Toyota Hilux dominated the commercial segment with 21 per cent of the market at 847 sales, with Ford's Ranger 273 units behind in second place and Holden's Colorado a distant third with 359 registrations.
Toyota sits strongly in number one spot in both passenger and commercial segments and will consolidate that lead with the launch this year of the new Yaris small hatchback.
The Toyota RAV4 was June's top selling passenger vehicle and the best-selling small SUV.
This year's Fieldays and many car Fieldays specials at dealerships helped push sales in June.
One car company told Driven they had expected 75 sales for the four-day event but sold that many vehicles by day one.
Fiat Chrysler NZ was not only celebrating sales but the fact it had won best site for its Jeep demonstration track.
For Fieldays' big player, Hyundai NZ, the event wasn't about sales "but giving our customers a VIP experience," said general manager Andy Sinclair.
Hyundai NZ had 1031 registrations for June, the majority of those in the passenger segment, to keep it in third place for the year -- ahead of Ford NZ.
