October improvement but overall market bleak
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Though last month showed a slight lift, 2024 is looking set to be a black year for new car sales - with the electric sector looking especially tough.
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Ranger rules, EVs all but absent
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New passenger vehicle uptake lifted slightly in August, but the market is still sluggish.
Read MoreMIA sees hope from July new car tally
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Registrations still down year-on-year, but distributor organisation believes market could be stabilising.
Read MoreMIA chief: EVs still imperative under CO2 revision
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Revised emissions rules make it easier for ICE, but electric needs to run hot as well.
Read MoreSlim pickings in June for new car sector
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EVs, PHEVs again hurt as whole new car sector falls 60 percent year-on-year.
Read MoreIs Clean Car now mucking up sales?
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The new car market is in the mire, and not just because spending money is tight. Environmental mandate to make things better is dirtying the scene for hardest-hit electrics.
Read MoreDesultory April for new vehicle action
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Last month the worst this year for registrations counts.
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Dire February registrations result
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Zap gone from EV market, but fossil fuel sales also desultory unless it was a ute.
Read MoreDecember data backs anticipated rebate trend
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Industry buying appears to have fed last-minute interest in subsidy.
Read MoreICE product freezes out electrics
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Petrol and diesel cars and light commercials dominate January count.
Read MoreDirty vehicle buying habits to return after clean year?
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The organisation speaking for new vehicle distributors says it’s hard to say if a big upsurge in battery car buying will keep on in 2024.
Read MoreClean Car cessation certainty call
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New vehicle industry group says it knows the emissions policy is dead - it just needs the funeral details ASAP.
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Model Y tips Ranger out of No.1
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Ford’s ute lost its usual market leadership last month, though it still dominated the one-tonne sector.
Read MoreCar industry calls out ‘gas guzzler’ report
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Data suggesting big name car makes paying lip service to Clean Car aspiration is “out of date”, MIA boss says.
Read MoreOpel first to start incentive strategy as market dries?
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Industry concern is that distributors will find it harder now after a huge mid-year count.
Read MoreTelsa price adjust a result of changing market
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More competition means more competitiveness, the industry’s voice believes.
Read MoreElectric future enforced by Clean Car revisions
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Mild hybrids losing funding, utes set to be clobbered even harder, carbon neutral zone all but wiped.
Read MoreYear on from ute frenzy, Ranger still rules
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This time last year, Kiwis were hell-bent on beating Clean Car – some trends have changed, yet old habits continue.
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