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Vehicle registrations up for April
Vehicle registrations up for April
Vehicle registrations for April were up six percent on last year, according to figures from the Land Transport Safety Authority. There were 21,317 first-time registrations of new and used imported vehicles this April, compared with 20,085 in April 2002 - an increase of 6.1 percent.
Total first-time car registrations were up 5.4 percent, from 15,777 in April 2002 to 16,630 last month. While new car registrations fell by 5.5 percent, from 4,735 to 4,475, used import registrations rose 10.1 percent from 11,042 to 12,155.
The market
share leader for new car registrations last month was Ford
with 16.7 percent, ahead of Holden with 14.5 percent and
Toyota with 13.1 percent. The three most popular new car
models for the month were the Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon
and Mazda 6.
Truck registrations were up 0.9 percent,
from 2,132 in April 2002 to 2,151 this year. Trailer
registrations were up 8.6 percent, from 1,379 to 1,497 while
motorcycle registrations (over 60cc) jumped 39.4 percent,
from 292 to 407. Tractor registrations rose 14.4 percent,
from 153 to 175, while bus registrations rose 14.5 percent,
from 69 to 79.
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