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title: "Haval vs Mercedes-Benz: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Haval or Mercedes-Benz? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car brands set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/haval-vs-mercedes-benz"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Haval vs Mercedes-Benz: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Haval or Mercedes-Benz? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car brands set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Haval and Mercedes-Benz
- **Competitive set**: Car brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Haval Share of Search**: 0.71%
- **Mercedes-Benz Share of Search**: 2.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Haval or Mercedes-Benz?

- In August 2026, Mercedes-Benz had more branded searches than Haval among car brands in New Zealand. Mercedes-Benz was estimated to have 32.5K branded searches compared to Haval’s 8.8K, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus Haval’s 0.71%.
- Mercedes-Benz was ahead of Haval in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Haval’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.88% to 0.71%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10.9K to 8.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mercedes-Benz’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 2.7% to 2.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.4K to 32.5K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Haval fell from 34th to 36th among car brands in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | Haval estimated searches | Haval Share of Search | Haval rank | Mercedes-Benz estimated searches | Mercedes-Benz Share of Search | Mercedes-Benz rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 10.9K | 0.88% | 26 | 33.4K | 2.7% | 14 |
| Nov 2025 | 8.7K | 0.73% | 33 | 33.4K | 2.8% | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 9.3K | 0.84% | 30 | 33K | 2.9% | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | 10.9K | 0.84% | 29 | 38K | 2.9% | 12 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.3K | 0.78% | 31 | 32.5K | 2.7% | 14 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.7K | 0.86% | 30 | 38.5K | 2.6% | 13 |
| Apr 2026 | 10.8K | 0.83% | 32 | 31.5K | 2.4% | 15 |
| May 2026 | 10.8K | 0.82% | 28 | 31.5K | 2.4% | 15 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.6K | 0.81% | 30 | 32K | 2.7% | 13 |
| Jul 2026 | 9.1K | 0.78% | 34 | 29.4K | 2.5% | 14 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.8K | 0.71% | 36 | 32.5K | 2.6% | 14 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Haval’s and Mercedes-Benz’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Haval**: Measured on the search terms “haval”, “haval car”, “haval cars”, “haval h6”, “haval h9”, “haval jolion”, “haval new zealand” and “haval nz”, summed into one figure.
- **Mercedes-Benz**: Measured on the search terms “merc”, “mercedes”, “mercedes benz”, “mercedes-benz”, “mercedes-benz amg”, “mercedes-benz c class”, “mercedes-benz car”, “mercedes-benz cars”, “mercedes-benz e class”, “mercedes-benz eqs”, “mercedes-benz g class”, “mercedes-benz glc”, “mercedes-benz gle”, “mercedes-benz new zealand” and “mercedes-benz nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Haval profile](/demand/nz/brands/haval)
- [Mercedes-Benz profile](/demand/nz/brands/mercedes-benz)
- [All car brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-car-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 87 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Haval or Mercedes-Benz?

In August 2026, Mercedes-Benz had more branded searches than Haval among car brands in New Zealand. Mercedes-Benz was estimated to have 32.5K branded searches compared to Haval’s 8.8K, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus Haval’s 0.71%.

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Brandwave. "Haval vs Mercedes-Benz: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/haval-vs-mercedes-benz

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