Toyota says it is the first brand to sell more than 100,000 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in Australia in the 12 months to June 30, 2024.
The distributor says its dealers delivered 100,761 HEVs in the last financial year.
The RAV4 led the hybrid charge over the past 12 months with a new high of 38,632 deliveries, representing 93.1% of the SUV’s record 41,512 sales.
Strong hybrid totals were also recorded by Corolla (20,375), Camry (16,872), Corolla Cross (7876), Kluger (7311) and Yaris Cross (6077).
Toyota Australia spokesperson Sean Hanley says the latest sales figures reflected the vast improvement in supply by global production teams over the past 12 months.
“We knew that supply constraints were masking the true level of demand for Toyota vehicles, particularly hybrids,” Hanley says.
“Substantially higher production this year has enabled us to deliver 121,298 vehicles by the end of June – 31.5% than the 92,235 vehicles we delivered in the same period last year.
“The significance of this improvement is that our dealers have been able to satisfy an average of 1117 customers a week by delivering their new Toyota vehicle in the first half of 2024,” he says.
Average wait times for hybrid models are now around three months for C-HR, four months for RAV4, five to six months for Corolla and Yaris Cross, and seven to eight months for Kluger and Yaris.
Among other models, Hilux has also improved to three to four months, and the LandCruiser 300 is under six months. These times can vary depending on a customer’s location and the vehicle specification they have chosen.
Hanley says Toyota’s order intake had confirmed that demand for hybrids would inevitably push their sales to 100,000 vehicles in a year.
“Importantly, the stock keeps coming – and our order intake remains strong,” he says.
In the first half of 2024, HEV deliveries reached a record high of 56,759 cars, accounting for 46.8% of Toyota’s total sales. Adding the bZ4X BEV and Mirai FCEV brings Toyota’s electrified share to 47.3% in 2024. In June, Toyota delivered more than 10,000 electrified vehicles or 48% of its 20,903 tally for the month.
The RAV4’s sales in 2024 have risen 88% to 25,404 vehicles, of which 23,934 or 94.2% are hybrids. In June alone, the RAV4 hybrid share was 96.6%.
Toyota announced last month that, due to customer demand, it is no longer taking orders for petrol-only variants of RAV4 and all other models where HEVs are available.
The Hilux remains Toyota’s best-selling vehicle this year, with 28,515 sales made in the first half of 2024, including 24,980 Hilux 4×4 variants. The Hilux led Toyota’s June result with 5,630 deliveries.
