Dull start to year for new car sellers
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New vehicle sales last month were still trending as they did through most of 2024. What to do?
Read MoreNZ car distributors mulling US tariff action
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Exact repercussion of Trump policy too soon to tell, but local new vehicle sellers’ organisation is watching for ripple effect.
Read MoreAs EV market restores, used values 'will improve'
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Electric vehicle residuals sucked even before distributors began discounting - but the market WILL turn, an industry organisation believes.
Read MoreEV sellers standing firm, distributor body believes
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Last year’s sour market massively affected some big players, but they’re weathering the storm, the Motor Industry Association says.
Read MoreMight last year's electric blackout short-circuit car prices?
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New vehicle purchasers cold-shouldered EVs in 2024 … and that could cost all buyers this year.
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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.
Read MoreRanger 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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