The Ford Everest is up to 5th place in New Zealand in May.

The New Zealand new vehicle market continues on its splendid run, with May sales up 10.2% year-on-year to 11,296 units to its strongest level since 2022. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 13.2% to 58,066. Toyota (+3.1%) trails the market but advances to 21.8% share vs. 19.6% so far this year. Ford (-15.9%) struggles in 2nd place but holds 11.5% of the market vs. 10.8% year-to-date. Kia (+17.7%) is solid at #4 but the biggest gainers are below: BYD surges 528% YoY to crack the Top 5 for the fourth time in NZ history after December 2023 (#5), June 2025 (#5) and March 2026 (#4). MG (+33.1%) and GWM (+37%) also impress below while newcomer Chery is up to a record #12, also reached in October 2025. 

Model-wise, the top 3 vastly underperform with double-digit drops. The Ford Ranger is down -23% in first place, followed by the Toyota Hilux (-14.7%) and RAV4 (-20.3%). The Tesla Model Y surges to #4, its second Top 5 finish of the year after ending March in third position. The Ford Everest (+22.7%) is up 16 spots on April to #5, its best ranking since last November (also #5). The Kia Sportage (+115.1%), Toyota Corolla Cross (+106.9%) and Mitsubishi Triton (+102.5%) all more than double their sales year-on-year and fit inside the Top 10. Finally, the BYD Shark 6 is back inside the Top 15 at #15.

Previous month: New Zealand April 2026: GWM breaks into Top 5

One year ago: New Zealand May 2025: Nissan up 61.9%, rentals push Ford Ranger back to #1

Full May 2026 Top 20 brands and Top 25 models below.

New Zealand May 2026 – brands:

PosBrandMay-26%/25Apr2026%/25PosFY251Toyota2,46521.8%+ 3.1%111,40119.6%– 4.1%112Ford 1,30011.5%– 15.9%26,27110.8%+ 14.5%223Mitsubishi9798.7%+ 7.8%35,1298.8%+ 2.1%334Kia7196.4%+ 17.7%43,8216.6%+ 7.9%445BYD6285.6%+ 528.0%62,7174.7%+ 115.3%5106Tesla4904.3%+ 775.0%n/an/an/an/an/a187MG4544.0%+ 33.1%82,2133.8%+ 23.2%698GWM3783.3%+ 37.0%51,9493.4%+ 40.2%8119Suzuki3693.3%+ 7.3%71,9373.3%– 3.2%9510Mazda2852.5%– 10.7%91,7062.9%+ 1.5%10611Honda2562.3%+ 21.3%111,3652.4%– 12.3%121212Chery1751.5%new139941.7%new132313Subaru1571.4%– 22.3%178031.4%– 16.7%141414Hyundai1521.3%– 56.1%101,6522.8%+ 19.1%11815Volkswagen1451.3%– 12.1%197531.3%– 24.8%181316Mercedes1421.3%– 8.4%207591.3%– 11.0%171517Isuzu1361.2%+ 52.8%167921.4%+ 17.7%151618Nissan1331.2%– 68.4%182,0753.6%– 10.3%7719BMW1321.2%– 9.0%157631.3%– 3.3%161720Audi1261.1%+ 26.0%145971.0%+ 27.8%202121Dongfeng1181.0%new22n/an/anewn/a5622Lexus1131.0%– 12.4%216451.1%+ 0.5%1919

New Zealand May 2026 – models:

PosModelMay-26%/25Apr2026%/25PosFY251Ford Ranger 8097.2%– 23.0%14,0477.0%+ 15.3%122Toyota Hilux7766.9%– 14.7%23,0795.3%– 10.4%233Toyota RAV45314.7%– 20.3%32,4044.1%– 36.8%314Tesla Model Y4153.7%n/an/a8951.5%n/a15225Ford Everest3403.0%+ 22.7%211,2012.1%+ 39.2%966Mitsubishi Triton3222.9%+ 102.5%41,4972.6%+ 14.0%577Mitsubishi ASX2822.5%– 38.3%101,5342.6%– 10.7%448Kia Sportage2562.3%+ 115.1%91,0251.8%+ 187.1%13219Mitsubishi Outlander2412.1%+ 44.3%51,3172.3%– 6.8%6510Toyota Corolla Cross2111.9%+ 106.9%71,1862.0%+ 88.3%102011Toyota Hiace1991.8%+ 48.5%81,2592.2%+ 75.8%71012GWM Haval H61911.7%+ 36.4%69941.7%+ 70.5%141713MG ZS1671.5%+ 3.1%111,0701.8%+ 24.9%121214Toyota Prado1651.5%+ 43.5%13n/an/an/an/a1815BYD Shark 61571.4%+ 220.4%n/a6381.1%– 9.8%181416Hyundai Tucson1511.3%+ 46.6%141,1532.0%n/a111517BYD Atto 31421.3%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a18MG 41411.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a19Suzuki Swift1411.2%– 11.9%157401.3%– 19.0%171620Toyota Corolla1411.2%+ 182.0%16n/an/an/an/a1321Kia Seltos1311.2%– 52.2%n/an/an/an/an/a822Toyota Yaris1161.0%n/a18n/an/an/an/an/a23Toyota Yaris Cross1151.0%+ 29.2%207681.3%n/a161124Chery Tiggo 4 Pro1060.9%n/an/a3670.6%n/an/an/a25Ford Transit960.8%– 5.0%244990.9%+ 2.7%n/a2526Kia EV3960.8%newn/an/an/anewn/an/an/aIsuzu D-Max790.7%+ 172.4%n/a5260.9%+ 58.9%19n/an/aKia Tasman500.4%newn/an/an/anewn/an/an/aGWM Cannon350.3%n/an/a2550.4%n/an/an/an/aLDV Deliver 9310.3%n/an/a1450.2%n/an/an/a

Source: MIA