In spite of supply chain challenges and delivery delays Australia’s automotive industry delivered more than one million new vehicles to owners in 2022. And the Ford Ranger became the best-selling vehicle for the month of December.
A total of 1,081,429 vehicles were delivered in a year when demand exceeded supply according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
Toyota was the top selling car brand with 21.4% of the market for 2022 (231,050) while the top selling vehicle for the last 12 months was the Toyota Hilux (64,391).
According to the FCAI, SUVs and light commercials accounted for 76.8% of sales and comprise eight of the top 10 vehicles. Battery electric vehicles accounted for 3.1% of sales in 2022.
The December 2022 market of 87,920 new vehicle sales is an increase of 9,518 vehicle sales or 12.1% against December 2021 (78,402). There were 25 selling days in December 2022 compared to 24 in December 2021, resulting in an increase of 250.1 vehicle sales per day.
The passenger vehicle market is up by 445 vehicle sales (3.1%) over the same month last year; the sports utility market is up by 8,746 vehicle sales (21.7%); the light commercial market is down by 371 vehicle sales (-1.9%) and the heavy commercial vehicle market is up by 698 vehicle sales (19.2%) versus December 2021.
Toyota was market leader in December, followed by Mazda and Ford. Toyota led Mazda with a margin of 7,774 vehicle sales and 8.8 market share points.
Top 10 models sold December 2020:
- Ford Ranger 4663
- Toyota Hilux 4271
- MG ZS 3056
- Toyota Land Cruiser 2482
- Toyota RAV4 2193
- Mazda CX3 2068
- Mitsubishi Outlander 2052
- Toyota Corolla 1843
- Tesla Model 3 1806
- Hyundai Tucson 1643
Top 10 models sold calendar year 2020:
- Toyota Hilux 64,391
- Ford Ranger 47,479
- Toyota RAV4 34,845
- Mitsubishi Triton 27,436
- Mazda CX5 27,062
- Toyota Corolla 25,284
- Toyota Land Cruiser 24,542
- Isuzu Ute D-Max 24,336
- MG ZS 22,466
- Hyundai i30 21,166
Top 10 brands 2020 calendar year
- Toyota 231,050
- Mazda 95,718
- Kia 78,330
- Mitsubishi 76,991
- Hyundai 73,345
- Ford 66,628
- MG Motor 49,852
- Subaru 36,036
- Isuzu Ute 35,323
- Volkswagen 30,946
