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title: "Lotus vs Porsche: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Lotus or Porsche? 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."
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# Lotus vs Porsche: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Lotus or Porsche? 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**: Lotus and Porsche
- **Competitive set**: Car brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Lotus Share of Search**: 0.27%
- **Porsche Share of Search**: 2.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Lotus or Porsche?

- In August 2026, Porsche had more branded searches than Lotus among car brands in New Zealand. Porsche was estimated to have 30.9K branded searches compared to Lotus’ 3.4K, and held a 2.5% Share of Search versus Lotus’ 0.27%.
- Porsche was ahead of Lotus in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lotus’ estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.26% to 0.27%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.2K to 3.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Porsche’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand held steady at 2.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 31.4K to 30.9K.

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

- In August 2026, Lotus rose from 60th to 58th among car brands in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | Lotus estimated searches | Lotus Share of Search | Lotus rank | Porsche estimated searches | Porsche Share of Search | Porsche rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3.2K | 0.26% | 58 | 31.4K | 2.5% | 17 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.5K | 0.3% | 55 | 30.5K | 2.6% | 16 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.1K | 0.28% | 58 | 26.5K | 2.4% | 17 |
| Jan 2026 | 3.5K | 0.27% | 58 | 26.7K | 2% | 17 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.9K | 0.24% | 62 | 27.8K | 2.3% | 17 |
| Mar 2026 | 3K | 0.21% | 63 | 31.5K | 2.1% | 17 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.1K | 0.23% | 61 | 29K | 2.2% | 16 |
| May 2026 | 3.7K | 0.28% | 59 | 30.9K | 2.4% | 16 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.1K | 0.26% | 60 | 27K | 2.3% | 17 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.9K | 0.24% | 60 | 28.7K | 2.5% | 17 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.4K | 0.27% | 58 | 30.9K | 2.5% | 17 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Lotus’ and Porsche’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.

- **Lotus**: Measured on the search terms “lotus car”, “lotus cars”, “lotus eletre”, “lotus elise”, “lotus emira”, “lotus evija”, “lotus new zealand” and “lotus nz”, summed into one figure.
- **Porsche**: Measured on the search terms “porsche”, “porsche 911”, “porsche boxster”, “porsche car”, “porsche cars”, “porsche cayenne”, “porsche cayman”, “porsche macan”, “porsche new zealand”, “porsche nz”, “porsche panamera” and “porsche taycan”, summed into one figure.

- [Lotus profile](/demand/nz/brands/lotus)
- [Porsche profile](/demand/nz/brands/porsche)
- [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, Lotus or Porsche?

In August 2026, Porsche had more branded searches than Lotus among car brands in New Zealand. Porsche was estimated to have 30.9K branded searches compared to Lotus’ 3.4K, and held a 2.5% Share of Search versus Lotus’ 0.27%.

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