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New car registration numbers up

12:43 pm on 6 November 2012

The number of new cars registered in New Zealand rose 10.5% in October in a second consecutive month of gains.

The New Zealand Transport Agency says 7336 new cars were registered last month, a third more than a year ago.

Used car registrations also rose 10.4% from September and 9.6% from the same month last year.

Overall, car registrations were 21.5% higher compared with October last year.

The number of new commercial vehicle registrations slipped 1.1%, but they were up 27.2% from a year ago.