Toyota NZ celebrates big start to 2023 thanks to hybrids

In January, Toyota NZ saw 49 percent of its new car sales were hybrids. Photo: Toyota

Toyota New Zealand is proud to announce record vehicle sales in January 2023, with nearly half of these sales being hybrid electric vehicles.

Last month marked the best January for new vehicle sales for Toyota NZ since 2018. 

Toyota NZ sold 2597 new vehicles in the month of January with an electrification mix of 49 percent and CO2 emissions for new vehicles sitting at 169 g/km, an 11 percent reduction from January 2022. 

Toyota New Zealand Chief Executive Officer, Neeraj Lala, says that with a big month in January, the brand has been able to deliver vehicles to customers who have been waiting.  

“We would like to thank our customers for their ongoing support, as we start to regain stock allocation and deliver vehicles to customers who have been waiting for a while. We are focusing on getting further stock allocation for the rest of the quarter to continue to meet our customer demand,” said Lala.

“I am incredibly proud to see that our customer demand continues to swing towards electrified products with almost 50 percent of our sales in January hybrid electric vehicles.

“However, our goal has always been depth and breadth of our range to ensure we are meeting the needs of all our Kiwi customers, and this includes commercial vehicles like Hilux which meets the needs of a large sector of our customer base. 

“We can still achieve number one for Hilux while maintaining our reduction in CO2  through our balanced portfolio and we will continue to do so throughout the year.”

The top selling vehicle for January was Hilux with 798 vehicles sold, followed by Corolla and RAV4.