Bicycles Outsell Cars in NZ

3 Comments 29 April 2007

By Brendan Moore

04.29.2007

I love interesting statistics, and here is an interesting statistic:

New Zealand residents bought more bicycles than cars in 2006; in fact, 30,000 more new bikes were sold than new cars in NZ last year. Bicycle sales have increased 40% over the last four years according to sales figures supplied by both Statistics New Zealand and the NZ Motor Trade Association. There are approximately 4 million people in New Zealand.

Just that one statistic alone about bicycles outselling cars would make some people want to move there.

Gasoline (petrol) in NZ costs about $4.17 USD per gallon unleaded.

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Chris Haak says:

April 29, 2007 at 22:04

I wonder how many other countries in which this is true. I’m especially curious about developed nations, since I’d guess that it’s most likely that developing nations WOULD sell more bikes than cars.
Desmon says:

May 2, 2007 at 16:14

Enter The Netherlands:
Inhabitants: 16 Mln
Cars sold in 2006: 479.300
Bicycles sold in 2006: 1.32 Mln

http://www.beurs.nl/nieuws/artikel.php?id=212257&taal=nl
http://www.autoweek.nl/verkoopcijfers.php
Anonymous says:

May 6, 2007 at 21:11

Bikes in the Netherlands EVERYWHERE.

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