The Toyota Corolla Cross is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand in September.

The New Zealand new light vehicle market shoots up 22.2% year-on-year in September to 16,374 units. This is a spectacular result as September 2025 was already up 19.1% on the year prior. Passenger cars (cars and SUVs) are up 27.9% YoY to 13,244, notably pushed by rental sales, while light commercials are up 2.9% to 3,130. Year-to-date volumes are up 15.6% to 111,759.

Toyota (+11.9%) trails the market growth but still manages a strong 24.6% share vs. 21.6% so far this year. Mitsubishi (+2.5%) stays in 2nd place while Kia (+44.2%) overtakes Ford (-7%) for #3. BYD surges 482.9% YoY to land in 5th position with 6.7% share. Tesla (+185.1%) jumps to #6 vs. #10 year-to-date, and is followed by MG (+63.2%) and GWM (+49.9%). Geely surges 750% to #14.

Model-wise, we have a surprise on top: the Toyota Corolla Cross (+716.3%) spectacularly takes the lead with 6.4% share for its first ever win: its previous best was #4 achieved just last month. It is now #4 year-to-date (+209.4%). The Mitsubishi Outlander (+19%) also posts a splendid result at #2, last hit in October 2022. The Ford Ranger (+1.9%) is stuck at #3 but outsells its archenemy the Toyota Hilux (+7%). The Tesla Model Y (+209.5%) rallies back up to #7 with the Kia Sportage (+82.2%) and Stonic (+76.1%) also lodging fantastic scores.

More complete brands data will be uploaded to this article when made available to us.

Previous month: New Zealand August 2026: Hilux and RAV4 push Toyota to 28.7% share

One year ago: New Zealand September 2025: Mitsubishi (+51.6%) at highest in over three years, sales up 19.1%

Full September 2026 Top 15 brands and models below.

New Zealand September 2026 – brands:

PosBrandSep-26%/25Aug2026%/25PosFY251Toyota4,02924.6%+ 11.9%124,09721.6%+ 3.2%112Mitsubishi2,15013.1%+ 2.5%210,3659.3%– 0.4%333Kia1,4438.8%+ 44.2%47,8917.1%+ 12.5%444Ford 1,2757.8%– 7.0%310,8489.7%– 2.0%225BYD1,0906.7%+ 482.9%65,7845.2%+ 99.6%5106Tesla6504.0%+ 185.1%n/a3,0262.7%+ 143.1%10187MG6123.7%+ 63.2%93,9873.6%+ 27.5%698GWM5533.4%+ 49.9%73,9783.6%+ 41.4%7119Mazda4262.6%– 18.5%53,1412.8%– 8.1%9610Suzuki3772.3%– 10.0%83,3483.0%– 10.4%8511Honda3322.0%+ 31.2%102,5612.3%– 2.1%131212Chery2851.7%+ 26.7%112,0641.8%+ 354.6%142313Nissan2671.6%+ 20.8%182,8122.5%– 28.6%11714Geely2381.5%+ 750.0%n/an/an/an/an/a4115Hyundai2251.4%– 46.6%172,6052.3%– 10.0%128

New Zealand September 2026 – models:

PosModelSep-26%/25Aug2026%/25PosFY251Toyota Corolla Cross1,0536.4%+ 716.3%43,3573.0%+ 209.4%4202Mitsubishi Outlander9645.9%+ 19.0%63,0772.8%+ 0.5%653Ford Ranger 8435.1%+ 1.9%37,0716.3%+ 0.6%124Toyota Hilux8235.0%+ 7.0%15,9905.4%– 7.5%235Toyota RAV48034.9%– 37.3%25,6135.0%– 25.2%316Mitsubishi ASX6804.2%– 15.5%53,1412.8%– 13.9%547Tesla Model Y5883.6%+ 209.5%n/a2,7942.5%n/a8228Toyota Corolla4502.7%+ 3.7%18n/an/an/an/a139Mitsubishi Triton3922.4%+ 14.6%72,9972.7%+ 17.7%7710Kia Sportage3171.9%+ 82.2%152,1021.9%n/a102111Kia Stonic2731.7%+ 76.1%11n/an/an/an/a2412Ford Everest2591.6%– 28.7%92,1301.9%+ 2.6%9613Toyota Highlander2511.5%n/an/an/an/an/an/a2614BYD Atto 22401.5%n/an/an/an/an/an/a –15MG ZS2331.4%+ 12.6%191,5871.4%+ 3.8%n/a1216GWM Haval H62241.4%+ 33.3%161,9351.7%+ 49.7%n/a1717BYD Shark 62191.3%+ 173.8%n/a1,3421.2%– 10.8%n/a1418Kia Carnival2111.3%n/a17n/an/an/an/an/a19Toyota Hiace1771.1%– 24.0%132,0601.8%+ 35.0%n/a1020Suzuki Swift1741.1%+ 31.8%21n/an/an/an/a16

Source: MTA