Australia (FCAI): New car sales in 2018 – 3% decrease from the previous year

Australia (FCAI): New car sales in 2018 – 3% decrease from the previous year

Sydney

February 27, 2019

Australian Federation Automobile Industry Chamber (FCAI)

Presentation (January 4), the number of new cars sold in 2018 was 1,153,111 units, down 3.0% from the record high 2017.

New car sales by segment: (See Table 1)

Share of passenger cars: 32.8%, down by 5.0 points from 37.8% in the previous year

Share of SUV: 43.0%, expanded from 39.2% in the previous year

New car sales by manufacturer: (see Table 2)

1st place: Toyota accounted for 18.8% of domestic market

Second place: Mazda (share: 9.7%),

3rd place: Hyundai (8.2%),

4th: Mitsubishi Motors (7.4%),

5th: Ford (6.0)

Ranking by vehicle type:

Second place: Toyota “Hilux” (51, 705 vehicles, up 9.8% from the previous year) Continued the most popular model in the previous year

Second place: Ford ‘Ranger’ 42,144

3rd place: Toyota “Corolla” 35,230 units

4th place: Mazda “Mazda 3” 31,065 units

5th: Contemporary “i30” 28,188 units

– JETRO

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