October results have confirmed only a major catastrophe this month of December will halt Australians from buying more new cars this year than in any year since records began.
“The industry remains on-track for an all-time record approaching 1.1 million sales and with strong demand and supply of vehicles, low interest rates and attractive offers across the board,” explained Toyota’s sales and marketing chief Matthew Callachor. His comments echo similar remarks from Mazda chief Doug Dickson.
Toyota maintains market leadership, racking-up October sales of 18,584 vehicles which is 7.8 per-cent up on October last year. Holden retained second place with October sales of 10,239 while Ford bounced back to third position, accounting for 8,379 vehicles in the month.
So Mazda (7,738) slipped to fourth position, still just ahead of Hyundai (7,576).
Nissan recorded its sixth consecutive record month, chalking-up 6,662 sales to be sixth overall. Year-to-date Nissan sales are up by 17 per-cent and in last month, Dualis, Navara and Micra enjoyed their best-ever October results.
But there’s no getting around Toyota’s dominance. Last month, for the sixth time this year, Toyota Hi-Lux was Australia’s best-selling vehicle outright.
In fact with Toyota Camry the second-best-seller and Toyota Corolla the fourth-best-seller, three of Australia’s top four best-selling vehicles in October were Toyotas. Combined sales for those four Toyota vehicles alone (9,759) were more than for any other brand except Holden in October.
Year-to-date Toyota sales of 177,695 are 19.6 per-cent up on last year and overall the Japanese giant enjoys a sales lead over second-placed Holden of more than 82,000 vehicles
