Weather Cools but New Vehicle Sales Remains Hot

Media Release

5 June 2013

Weather Cools but New Vehicle Sales Remains Hot

New passenger car registrations of 6347 vehicles in May were the best registration figures for May since 1990. Commercial vehicle registrations remains extraordinarily strong with monthly registrations of 2577 vehicles, the strongest May sales since 1990.

Year to date passenger vehicle registrations of 32,239 vehicles is 1,236 (4%) ahead of this time last year (31,003 registrations). Year to date commercial registrations of 11,573 is 2,828 (32%) ahead of May 2012 (8,745 registrations).

For the month of May Toyota remains the market leader with 19.4% market share, or 1731 registrations (1072 passenger cars and 659 commercials). Holden was second with 10.1% market share (692 registrations), closely followed by Hyundai with 685 registrations.

The top selling model for the month of May was the Ford Ranger with 483 registrations followed by the Toyota Hilux with 447 registrations reflecting a continued strong sales for light commercial vehicles on 2013.

The top selling passenger car model for the month was the Holden Captiva with 304 registrations, followed by with the Hyundai Santa Fe with 270 registrations, with the 3rd position going to the Toyota Corolla. In the commercial segment the Ford Ranger was the top selling model with 483 registrations, followed by the Toyota Hilux (447 registrations) and Holden Colorado (195 registrations).

For the month of May the SUV segment was the most popular with 30% of total registrations. This was followed by the Pick Up/Chassis segment which accounted for 20% of all registrations.

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