Sales remain slow
New vehicle registrations continue to be subdued. For April, the Motor Industry Association says 8839 new vehicles were registered, which is just over four per cent fewer than in April 2024 when 9223 were registered.
MIA chief executive, Aimee Wiley, says April’s results continue an overall declining trend for the beginning of the year.
“Registrations to the end of April totalled 41,380 vehicles – a 3.9 per cent drop on the 43,079 registered over the same period in 2024. This is likely due to continuing tight economic conditions impacting spending behaviour.”
For cars and SUVs, registrations at 6092 were down slightly (0.3 per cent) while light commercial (2367 units) were down 5.8 per cent on the numbers registered to the end of April 2024.
Top 10 total new vehicle registrations
Month of April 2025
1 Toyota 2172 25%
2 Ford 917 10%
3 Mitsubishi 842 10%
4 Kia 548 6%
5 Nissan 399 5%
6 Suzuki 336 4%
7 MG 302 3%
8 Mazda 273 3%
9 Hyundai 260 3%
10 BYD 244 3%
Top three YTD
YTD April 2025
1 Toyota 9493 23%
2 Mitsubishi 4115 10%
3 Ford 3930 9%
Top 10 new passenger car/SUV registrations
Month of April 2025
1 Toyota 1334 22%
2 Mitsubishi 693 11%
3 Kia 548 9%
4 Suzuki 332 5%
5 MG 302 5%
6 Mazda 270 4%
7 Hyundai 240 4%
8 GWM 186 3%
9 Nissan 181 3%
10 Ford 163 3%
Top three YTD
YTD April 2025
1 Toyota 6246 21%
2 Mitsubishi 2961 10%
3 Kia 2930 10%
Top 15 new commercial vehicle registrations
Month of April 2025
1 Toyota 838 31%
2 Ford 754 27%
3 Nissan 218 8%
4 Mitsubishi 149 5%
5 BYD 119 4%
6 LDV 105 4%
7 Isuzu Trucks 52 2%
8 RAM 42 2%
9 Fuso 38 1%
10 Mercedes-Benz 37 1%
Top three YTD
YTD April 2025
1 Toyota 3247 27%
2 Ford 2846 24%
3 Mitsubishi 1154 10%
Top five new car/SUV models in April
1 TOYOTA RAV4 697
2 MITSUBISHI ASX 329
3 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 253
4 KIA SELTOS 219
5 MG ZS 151
Top three YTD
1 TOYOTA RAV4 3140
2 MITSUBISHI ASX 1261
3 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 1246
Top five new commercial vehicles in April
1 FORD RANGER 674
2 TOYOTA HILUX 644
3 NISSAN NAVARA 218
4 TOYOTA HIACE 163
5 MITSUBISHI TRITON 149
Top three YTD
1 TOYOTA HILUX 2528
2 FORD RANGER 2460
3 MITSUBISHI TRITON 1154
