New car numbers fell in November

New car registrations totalled 6,286 in November, a fall of 19.3 per cent on the previous month and down 0.3 per cent from a year earlier, Land Transport New Zealand said today.

Used car registrations -- generally imported used cars -- totalled 9,831 last month, 22.8 per cent below a year ago, the government agency said in a statement.

New commercial vehicle registrations during the month were 1,808 up from the 1,538 recorded a month earlier, but down 10 per cent on November 2005.

The top selling make for the month was Ford with 996 new cars, followed by Toyota with 913 new cars.

- REUTERS