Dip in new car register

New car registrations totalled 5989 in July compared with 6392 in June and down 4.9 per cent from July 2005, Land Transport New Zealand said yesterday. Used car registrations - generally imported used cars - totalled 10,318 last month, 23 per cent down on July a year ago.

New commercial vehicle registrations were 2012, down from the 2574 recorded a month earlier, and down 13.7 per cent on July 2005.

The top selling make in July was Ford with 955 new cars, followed by Toyota with 855 new cars.