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New Zealand motor vehicle registration statistics - 2006

Cars - Table 1

Annual registration of new cars (including ex-overseas), 1926–2006

Year
Total
% variation
 
1926
18,023
-
1927
12,984
-27.96
1928
16,680
28.47
1929
21,405
28.33
1930
15,067
-29.61
1931
6,433
-57.30
1932
3,885
-39.61
1933
3,635
-6.44
1934
9,699
166.82
1935
16,217
67.20
1936
22,789
40.53
1937
29,444
29.20
1938
27,558
-6.41
1939
21,953
-20.34
1940
7,253
-66.96
1941
33,321
359.41
1942
468
-98.60
1943
80
-82.91
1944
66
-17.50
1945
135
104.55
1946
5,107
3682.96
1947
15,691
207.24
1948
14,516
-7.49
1949
10,056
-30.72
1950
17,246
71.50
1951
25,826
49.75
1952
36,298
40.55
Year
Total
% variation
 
1953
23,073
-36.43
1954
36,097
56.45
1955
45,250
25.36
1956
38,161
-15.67
1957
41,323
8.29
1958
30,985
-25.02
1959
27,214
-12.17
1960
33,859
24.42
1961
37,663
11.23
1962
42,680
13.32
1963
58,347
36.71
1964
65,742
12.67
1965
67,189
2.20
1966
63,768
-5.09
1967
56,484
-11.42
1968
48,808
-13.59
1969
56,438
15.63
1970
70,426
24.78
1971
74,646
5.99
1972
90,302
20.97
1973
102,636
13.66
1974
99,217
-3.33
1975
83,613
-15.73
1976
73,527
-12.06
1977
61,824
-15.92
1978
67,149
8.61
1979
70,841
5.50
Year
Total
% variation
1980
78,372
10.63
1981
91,373
16.59
1982
85,479
-6.45
1983
75,851
-11.26
1984
98,437
29.78
1985
84,434
-14.23
1986
80,021
-5.23
1987
89,628
12.01
1988
88,589
-1.16
1989
134,828
52.19
1990
159,746
18.48
1991
102,966
-35.54
1992
92,110
-10.54
1993
97,663
6.03
1994
123,853
26.82
1995
146,656
18.41
1996
176,178
20.13
1997
155,599
-11.68
1998
154,094
-0.97
1999
189,313
22.86
2000
173,742
-8.23
2001
186,855
7.55
2002
200,504
7.30
2003
227,425
13.43
2004
228,797
0.60
2005
230,313
0.66
2006
200,194
-13.08

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