Top 25 makes and models this year so far

New vehicle sales in March may have hit an all-time high, but the market as a whole was actually a little down over the first quarter of 2017.

Sales from January 1 to March 31 sit at 279,345 units. according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS data provided by manufacturers, which is 2.1 per cent down over the same period in last year’s record-breaking annual total.

It’s clearly too early to say whether Australia’s clockwork annual market growth has come to an end, but 2017 is off to a slow start.

Interestingly, though, there have been some major dynamic shifts across the market, most notably the fact that vehicles classified as SUVs have now overtaken passenger cars as the most popular vehicle type.

The market share of SUVs sit at 39.8 per cent for the year to date (YTD), against passenger cars — hatch, sedans, coupe, convertibles, wagons and people-movers — on 38.9 per cent. Passenger car volume dropped more than 8 per cent this year.

Another part of the market that’s growing is the light commercial space, which now has a market share of 18.8 per cent, representing almost one-in-five new vehicles sold.

Combined ute sales are larger than any other market segment with the exception of small cars, and the Toyota HiLux is once again the overall top-selling vehicle in the market (a few spots ahead of the Ford Ranger).

The top-sellers in a handful of key segments (in order) include:

• Small cars: Toyota Corolla, Mazda 3, Hyundai i30/Elantra, Kia Cerato and Volkswagen Golf
• Medium cars: Toyota Camry, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mazda 6, Mercedes-Benz CLA and Ford Mondeo
• Sports cars: Ford Mustang, Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe and convertible, Hyundai Veloster, Toyota 86 and BMW 2 Series
• Small SUV: Mazda CX-3, Mitsubishi ASX, Nissan Qashqai, Honda HR-V and Holden Trax
• Medium SUV: Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Nissan X-Trail, Toyota RAV4 and Kia Sportage
• Large SUV: Toyota Prado, Subaru Forester, Holden Captiva, Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-9
• Utes: Toyota HiLux, Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Triton, Holden Colorado and Nissan Navara

Other miscellaneous facts:

• Top sources of imports: Japan (82,540), Thailand (67,581), Korea (40,316), Germany (21,855) and USA (11,445). Australia-made = 13,142
• Fuel type: Petrol (181,073) versus diesel (88,140) versus hybrid (2907)

 

	TOP 25 BRANDS JAN-MARCH
BRAND	SALES	GROWTH
Toyota	48,514	Up 4.3 per cent
Mazda	30,462	Even
Hyundai	22,406	Down 8.2 per cent
Holden	20,119	Down 10.7 per cent
Ford	18,433	Down 1.1 per cent
Mitsubishi	18,416	Up 1.1 per cent
Nissan	15,057	Down 13.3 per cent
Volkswagen	13,735	Down 5.8 per cent
Kia	12,873	Up 34.8 per cent
Subaru	12,761	Up 8.4 per cent
Mercedes-Benz	10,400	Up 3.3 per cent
Honda	9772	Up 1.8 per cent
BMW	6330	Down 15.4 per cent
Audi	5244	Down 14.9 per cent
Suzuki	4878	Down 5.1 per cent
Isuzu Ute	4495	Down 19.9 per cent
Land Rover	3948	Down 3.5 per cent
Renault	2619	Up 9.8 per cent
Lexus	2255	Up 3.2 per cent
Jeep	1925	Down 49.2 per cent
Porsche	1442	Up 1.8 per cent
Volvo Car	1175	Down 20.8 per cent
Skoda	1097	Up 3.2 per cent
Mini	893	Down 1.7 per cent
Jaguar	820	Up 20.6 per cent

 

TOP 25 MODELS JAN-MARCH
BRAND	SALES
Toyota HiLux	10,333
Toyota Corolla	9909
Mazda 3	9655
Ford Ranger	9398
Hyundai i30	6404
Mazda CX-5	5973
Mitsubishi Triton	5815
Holden Commodore	5607
Hyundai Tucson	5430
Nissan X-Trail	5039
Toyota RAV4	4985
Holden Colorado	4666
Toyota LandCruiser	4657
Kia Cerato	4654
Mazda CX-3	4555
Toyota Camry	4389
Volkswagen Golf	4063
Nissan Navara	3916
Hyundai Accent	3810
Toyota Prado	3766
Mitsubishi ASX	3599
Mazda BT-50	3531
Kia Sportage	3385
Subaru Forester	3150
Mitsubishi Outlander	3148

 

Any sales figures not mentioned here that you want to know? Ask away, in the comments. 

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