A pair of light commercial vehicles, the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, topped the charts in a fairly flat October, today’s industry car sale...
A pair of light commercial vehicles, the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, topped the charts in a fairly flat October, today’s industry car sales revealed.
VFACTS figures revealed today reported that 93,357 new vehicles were sold last month, down 1 per cent over October 2015. Annual sales are still on record pace despite this blip, up 2.4 per cent to 980,433.
Reflecting a growing penchant in Australia for utes as lifestyle transportation, the HiLux and Ranger beat all comers, edging out a trio of small cars — the Toyota Corolla, Hyundai i30 and Mazda 3.
The best-performing vehicle segments were sports cars (up 43 per cent), light vans (37 per cent), upper large SUVs (up 31 per cent) and medium SUVs (up 12.3 per cent).
Going in the other direction were upper large cars (down 42 per cent), medium cars (down 13 per cent), micro cars (down 13 per cent), light cars (down 10 per cent) and small cars (down 10 per cent).
Top brands October 2016
Topping the charts was Toyota (16,348, down 4 per cent), ahead of Hyundai (8704, down 3.3 per cent), Mazda (7921, down 7.2 per cent the month following M Day), Holden (7521, down 7 per cent) and Ford (6508, up 7 per cent, to remain up 17 per cent this year).
Rounding out the top-ten were Nissan (5543, down 7 per cent), Mitsubishi (5227, down 5 per cent), Volkswagen (4869, up 9 per cent), Subaru (4140, up less than 1 per cent) and Kia (3543, up an impressive 24 per cent for the month, and 27 per cent this year).
Knocking on the proverbial door were Mercedes-Benz (3477, up 33 per cent), Honda (3404, up 4 per cent), Audi (1826, down 10 per cent), Isuzu Ute (1806, up 3 per cent) and BMW (1802, down 10 per cent).
Other brands that performed well included Fiat (229, up 17 per cent, reversing its recent declines), Fiat Professional vans (168, up 24 per cent), Infiniti (83, up 98 per cent), Jaguar (264, up 64 per cent), LDV (117, up 11 per cent), Lexus (923, up 7 per cent), Mini (312, up 19 per cent), Renault (1139, up 43 per cent), and Skoda (472, up 15 per cent).
Poor performers included Alfa Romeo (65, down 43 per cent), Chrysler (30, down 59 per cent), Citroen (48, down 30 per cent), Foton (47, down 51 per cent), Jeep (926, down 39 per cent), Land Rover (920, down 14 per cent), Peugeot (166, down 50 per cent), Porsche (317, down 12 per cent) and SsangYong (12, down 84 per cent).
It was a strong month for many upper-echelon brands, such as Bentley (18, up 125 per cent), Ferrari (15, up 67 per cent), Lamborghini (6, up 500 per cent), Lotus (6, up 100 per cent), McLaren (4, up from zero), Rolls-Royce (5, up from zero)
Top models for October 2016
The top-sellers in order were the Toyota HiLux (3352), Ford Ranger 3217), Toyota Corolla (3210), Hyundai i30 (2718), Mazda 3 (2191), Toyota Camry (2135), Holden Commodore (2101), Hyundai Accent (2009), Hyundai Tucson (1845) and Nissan X-Trail (1655).
There are some new faces here, while the Mazda CX-5 is unusually absent, though it still managed a healthy 1612 units and finished third in segment.
Interestingly, the Toyota HiLux also remains the top-selling vehicle for the year, with 34,179 units, ahead of the Corolla by 21 units.
Leaders by segment were as follows:
Micro — 836: Mitsubishi Mirage (318), Kia Picanto (192) and Holden Spark (119)
Light — 7195: Accent (2009), Toyota Yaris (973) and Mazda 2 (794)
Premium Light — 470: Mini (202) and Audi A1 (199)
Small — 15,643: Corolla (3210), i30 (2718) and Mazda 3 (2191)
Premium Small — 1159: Audi A3 (345), Mercedes-Benz A-Class (282) and BMW 1 Series (173)
Medium — 4064: Camry (2135), Subaru Liberty (302) and Ford Mondeo (275)
Premium Medium — 1739: Mercedes-Benz C-Class (556), Mercedes-Benz CLA (281) and BMW 3 Series (231)
Large — 2981: Commodore (2101), Ford Falcon (428) and Toyota Aurion (336)
Premium Large — 385: Mercedes-Benz E-Class (165), BMW 5 Series (43) and Audi A6 (37)
Upper Large — 103: Holden Caprice (73) and Chrysler 300 (30)
Premium Upper Large — 43: Mercedes-Benz S-Class (20) and BMW 7 Series (9)
People Movers — 889: Kia Carnival (335), Honda Odyssey (193) and Volkswagen Multivan (89)
Entry Sports — 1503: Ford Mustang (584), Hyundai Veloster (220) and BMW 2 Series (129)
Mid Range Sports — 646: Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe/convertible (267), BMW 4 Series (102) and Lexus RC (64)
Premium Sports — 123: Porsche 911 (25), Ferrari range (15) and Bentley Continental (14)
Small SUV — 7669: Mitsubishi ASX (1650), Mazda CX-3 (1176) and Honda HR-V (1026)
Premium Small SUV — 1217: Mercedes-Benz GLA (623), BMW X1 (267) and Audi Q3 (234)
Medium SUV — 12,268: Tucson (1845), X-Trail (1655) and CX-5 (1612)
Premium Medium SUV — 2569: Audi Q5 (443), Mercedes-Benz GLC (361) and Lexus NX (354)
Large SUV — 9773: Subaru Outback (1203), Toyota Prado (1049) and Holden Captiva (990)
Premium Large SUV — 1694: BMW X5 (282), Range Rover Sport (220) and Volkswagen Touareg (202)
Upper Large SUV — 1142: Toyota LandCruiser (972) and Nissan Patrol (170)
Premium Upper Large SUV — 150: Mercedes-Benz GLS (74), Lexus LX (35) and Range Rover (31)
Light Vans — 261: Volkswagen Caddy (152), Renault Kangoo (52) Suzuki APV (31)
Medium Vans — 1820: Toyota HiAce (779), Hyundai iLoad (484) and Volkswagen Transporter (185)
4×2 Utes — 3281: HiLux (930), Ranger (466) and Isuzu D-Max (457)
4×4 Utes — 10,500: Ranger (2751), HiLux (2422) and Holden Colorado (1151)
Miscellaneous data
State-by-State: NSW (31,850, up 2 per cent), Victoria (27,546, up 4 per cent), Queensland (16,870, down 7.5 per cent), WA (7580, down 11 per cent), SA (5450, down 6 cent), Tasmania (1937, up 13 per cent), ACT (1411, down 7 per cent) and NT (713, down 9 per cent).
Private vehicle sales fell by 3.5 per cent in October to 42,643, partially offset by business growth (up 2.6 per cent to 38,299).
Passenger vehicle sales were 37,817 (down 7.4 per cent), just ahead of SUVs (36,422, up 5 per cent) and light commercials (16,098, up 0.4 per cent).
Top sources of vehicles: Japan (25,662), Thailand (21,244), Korea (13,891), Australia (7179) and Germany (7158).
Rugged ute-based SUV battleground: Isuzu MU-X (539), Mitsubishi Pajero Sport (390), Holden Colorado 7 (313), Toyota Fortuner (229) and Ford Everest (188).
Top ten brands October 2016
- Toyota — 16,348 (down 3.6 per cent)
- Hyundai — 8704 (down 3.3 per cent)
- Mazda — 7921 (down 7.2 per cent)
- Holden — 7521 (down 7 per cent)
- Ford — 6508 (up 6.7 per cent)
- Nissan — 5543 (down 7 per cent)
- Mitsubishi — 5227 (down 5.1 per cent)
- Volkswagen — 4869 (up 8.7 per cent)
- Subaru — 4140 (up 0.7 per cent)
- Kia — 3543 (up 23.6 per cent)
Top ten models October 2016
- Toyota HiLux — 3352
- Ford Ranger — 3217
- Toyota Corolla — 3210
- Hyundai i30 — 2718
- Mazda 3 — 2191
- Toyota Camry — 2135
- Holden Commodore — 2101
- Hyundai Accent — 2009
- Hyundai Tucson — 1845
- Nissan X-Trail — 1655
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