New Zealand - Vehicles in the queue with people gathered around a truck - 1937 - Collins, Tudor Washington Photo The automotive industry in New Zealand - Supplies a market which has always had one of the world's highest car ownership ratios - The distributors of new cars are essentially the former owners of the assembly businesses. - At the dealership level they have maintained their old retail chains in spite of the establishment of the many new independent businesses built since the 1980s by specialists in used imports from Japan. - Toyota entered into direct competition with those used-import businesses refurbishing old Toyotas from Japan and selling them through their own dealers as a special line. - The nation's car fleet is accordingly somewhat older than in most developed countries. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_New_Zealand) Top 10 NZ new vehicles sold in 2019 Ford Ranger – 9,485 Toyota Hilux – 7,126 Toyota Corolla – 6,804 Toyota RAV4 – 5,611 Mitsubishi Triton – 5,319 Holden Colorado – 4,747 Mazda CX-5 – 3,312 Nissan Navara – 3,305 Kia Sportage – 3,273 Suzuki Swift – 2,877 Top 5 EVs sold in 2019 Tesla Model 3 - 657 Hyundai Kona - 395 Hyundai Ioniq - 160 Volkswagen e-Golf - 107 Audi E-Tron - 92 (https://www.aa.co.nz/cars/motoring-blog/top-10-nz-new-vehicles-sold-in-2019/) ------------------- Image source: [Vehicles in queue with people gathered around a truck],Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970, photographer,PH-2013-7-TC-B671-06 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-80999