The underlying strength of the new vehicle market continued during September with 110,702 sales recorded, representing an 18.3% rise on the corresponding period in 2022 and a new September record.
That’s according to Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) chief executive Tony Weber who reckons almost 900,000 new sales had been achieved so far this year and four of the past five months had been record months.
“The record result shows that Australian car buyers value a broad choice of vehicles in a range of price brackets that suit the family or business budget,” he says.
“Consumers have a choice of vehicles across 20 light vehicle segments – from small passenger cars through to larger utes – confirming Australia’s position as one of the most open and competitive new vehicle markets in the world.
“Our advice is that the supply of vehicles into Australia, including electric vehicles, continues to improve so those consumers who want to buy a new vehicle should visit a dealer or manufacturer.”
The Toyota Hi-Lux was the top selling vehicle (5776 sales), followed by the Ford Ranger (5429), Tesla Model Y (3811), Isuzu Ute D-Max (2885) and Toyota RAV4 (2798).
Toyota was the highest selling marque with 20,912 sales. Mazda followed with 8031, then Ford (8015), Kia (7303) and Hyundai (6217).
Sales of SUVs and light commercial vehicles made up 79.4% of sales with passenger vehicles 16.8%.
Every state and territory had new vehicle sales rise in September compared with the same month in 2022.
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) sales were 20.6% (1806), New South Wales 24.3% (35,968), Queensland 13.5% (23,415), South Australia 11.2% (6676), Tasmania 21% (1972), Victoria 16% (29,426); Western Australia 22.4% (10,577) and Northern Territory 3.6% (862).
