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New Car Sales Figures August 2012

By Alborz Fallah
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August 2012 Australian New Car Sales Figures

1 Toyota 17,996
2 Holden 11,271
3 Ford 7,795
4 Hyundai 7,732
5 Mazda 7,685
6 Nissan 6,487
7 Volkswagen 4,344
8 Mitsubishi 4,075
9 Honda 3,842
10 Subaru 3,204
11 Kia 2,566
12 Mercedes-Benz 1,877
13 Suzuki 1,834
14 Jeep 1,608
15 BMW 1,538
16 Audi 1,247
17 Great Wall Motors 925
18 Isuzu 741
19 Land Rover 568
20 Lexus 512
21 Peugeot 504
22 Renault 484
23 Volvo 447
24 Skoda 412
25 MINI 189
26 Dodge 186
27 Chrysler 185
28 Fiat 143
29 Porsche 138
30 Citroen 136
31 Ssangyong 127
32 Proton 113
33 Alfa Romeo 88
34 Chery 78
35 Jaguar 67
36 Infiniti 38
37 Aston Martin 15
38 Smart 15
39 Lotus 12
40 Ferrari 9
41 Bentley 8
42 Maserati 6
43 McLaren 3
44 Lamborghini 2
45 Rolls-Royce 2
46 Morgan 1
47 Saab 1
48 Caterham 0
49 Hummer 0

(units sold – market share)

Light Car Segment Winners :

  1. Toyota Yaris (1,481 – 13.2%)
  2. Hyundai i20 (1,362 – 12.6%)
  3. Holden Barina (1,225 – 10.9%)

Small Car Segment Winners:

  1. Mazda3 (2,990 – 15.6%)
  2. Toyota Corolla (2,945 – 15.4%)
  3. Holden Cruze (2,628 – 13.7%)

Medium Car Segment Winners:

  1. Toyota Camry (2,130 – 42.6%)
  2. Ford Mondeo (497 – 9.9%)
  3. Mazda6 (492 – 9.8%)

Large Car Segment Winners:

  1. Holden Commodore (2,435 – 49.3%)
  2. Ford Falcon (1,353 – 27.4%)
  3. Toyota Aurion (564 – 11.4%)

Upper Large Car Segment Winners:

  1. Chrysler 300 (176  – 54.7% of upper large under 100k)
  2. Holden Caprice (146 – 45.3% of upper large under 100k)
  3. Porsche Panamera (16 – 28.6% of upper large over 100k)

People Mover Segment Winners:

  1. Kia Carnival (272 – 29%)
  2. Dodge Journey (165 – 17.6%)
  3. Honda Odyssey (157 – 16.7%)

Sports Segment Winners:

  1. Hyundai Veloster (378 – 23%)
  2. Toyota 86 (302 – 18.4%)
  3. Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe (278 – 17%)

Supercars (200k+) Segment Winners:

  1. Porsche 911 (26 units – 27.7%)
  2. BMW 6 Series (19 – 20.2%)
  3. Aston Martin Coupes (13 units – 13.8%)

SUV Small Segment Winners:

  1. Nissan Dualis (1,316 – 26.6%)
  2. Hyundai ix35 (1,113 – 22.5%)
  3. Subaru XV (787 – 15.9%)

SUV Medium Segment Winners:

  1. Mazda CX-5 (1,679 – 19.3%)
  2. Nissan X-Trail (1,358 – 15.6%)
  3. Toyota RAV4 (1,085 – 12.5%)

SUV Large Segment Winners:

  1. Holden Captiva 7 (1,497 – 17.2%)
  2. Ford Territory (1,357 – 15.6%)
  3. Toyota Kluger (1,300 – 15%)

SUV Upper Large Segment Winners:

  1. Toyota Landcruiser Wagon (847 – 75.4%)
  2. Nissan Patrol Wagon (276 – 24.6%)

Pickup 4×2 Segment Winners

  1. Toyota HiLux 4×2 (1,087 – 24.5%)
  2. Holden Utility 4×2 (778 – 17.6%)
  3. Ford Falcon Ute 4×2 (536 – 12.1%)

Pickup 4×4 Segment Winners

  1. Toyota Hilux 4×4 (2,923 – 25.6%)
  2. Nissan Navara 4×4 (1,828 – 16%)
  3. Holden Colorado (1,386 – 12.1%)

 
  • PIZZA

    4,344 people decided to plant their own lemon tree at home…waiting for its fruit in 3 years time…

    • JJ

      Did you divide the Ford and Holden totals incorrectly?

      You low brow types usually make those mistakes.

      • Smart US

         must zee german logic

      • Car Fanatic

        Rotflmao@ JJ. Well said!

    • F1

      Good one.

  • Adam

    Corolla on the heals of Mazda 3. Interesting that Dodge Journey outsold Honda Odyssey.

    • TG

      The new androgynous Corolla will be wearing heals.

      • Nasal Explorer

        . . . heels?

        • JamesB

          How did you guys learn to type before spell?

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Joash-Tan/100000351085371 Richard Joash Tan

            I’m good in spelling

    • Sydlocal

      Yep, however the Corolla still has about 3,000 to catch up year to date.

  • TG

    925 + 78 obviously don’t care about the effects of emphysema.

  • Ben10

    How did holden sell nearly 1500 craptivas? were they giving them away with every two commodores and cruzes sold?

    • Guest

      Shut up!

    • Terry

      That was just the Captiva 7 too
      Add in the Captiva 5 and Holden would have sold well over 2000 Captiva’s in total last month – great month for Holden.
      Will be even better when the Colorado hits some bigger sales numbers.

      • FF

        Captiva 7 sold 1497
        Captiva 5 sold 847
        Total Captiva sales for August 2344 making it the No.1 selling SUV by a long shot

        • JamesB

          Putting a Holden badge in those Great Wall cars would easily double their sales.

          • Fairgo

            another idiot

        • Gmmehmedali

          The Captiva is a good value vehicle which is marketed well.
          However what about the Sante Fe this vehicle is really underrated.

    • MattW

      cheap financing deals i believe

    • Fairgo

      idiot

  • Schn

    Infiniti has managed to sell a decent amount considering it opened only, I think, last week or the week before? Just have to wait and see in the coming months how they do. 

    • http://www.caradvice.com.au/ Alborz Fallah

      A few of those would have been vehicles registered by dealers for test drives and other company owned vehicles. 

      • Gibwater

        Alborz,its time the seperate car classes were redefined.The light cars are really small,small cars really medium,and ‘medium’ cars such as Camry……how on earth can that be called medium? Yes the Camry was medium…..in 1988.Not anymore.

        • http://www.caradvice.com.au/ Alborz Fallah

          I just base them on the industry standard VFACTS – it would be far too time consuming to separate them. VFACTS considers the Hyundai ix35 and Kia Sportage as being in two different size classes, that’s how illogical it is. Alas, that’s what the industry uses. 

      • F1

        That’s also the case for everyone else..

  • Tom

    I had a drive of a new Falcon g6. Great car, exceeded my expectations, yet more people buy disposable Mazda 3′s. Buy Australian made, support Australian jobs!

    • Patrick

      As Ford lay off “Australian” workers, imported brands are adding “Australian” workers to their work force……its all swings and round-abouts

      Buying a Ford these days don’t help no-one…..and not many people want them anyway

      • Tom

        look you’re right, but it is nice to have our own unique, Australian designed cars. 

      • chook

        and so one day when your boss lays you off then we can say that no one wanted what you make either…….Ford laid of those workers because some australians , with their complacent scab like attitudes refuse to support australian made…..unfortunately many people here only complain about things when they are directly affected…….what a patriotic nation we dont have !!

        • Gibwater

          Chook,being patriotic dosn’t get factored in when some people shop for a car.They need a car that meets their requirements.Falcon and Terry are too big for many families,hence the popularity of ‘small’ cars such as Mazda3

          • JamesB

            What about the Holden Commodore then? Isn’t that too big for families as well?

          • Fairgo

            I bet you are single don’t have kids and never tried to take them and the wife on holiday in a anything less than a full size vehicle and don’t say an SUV we all know they are nowhere near as safe as large cars

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

        Importing a car does create some jobs, but no where near as much as designing, engineering and manufacturing one. To suggest that buying a local product doesn’t help anyone is far from the truth.

    • Sydlocal

      Tom, I totally agree the Falcon is a great and very under-rated car which deserves to sell a lot more than it does, but what makes the Mazda3 “disposable” considering you specifically targeted it? How is it more disposable than any other modern car? What evidence are you basing that statement off? Is it just because it is a small imported car so therefore implying wouldn’t be able to last the distance? If it is a “small car thing” then are you saying the Australian assembled Cruze that also supports Australian jobs is disposable as well?

      • JamesB

        Quite clearly Tom, you’ll be thowing your Falcon away before your neighbour even thinks about doing the same thing to his Mazda3. Japanese dependability per dollar simply can’t be beaten. Stop this kind of mentality and get real.

      • Tom

        You have a very strong argument, however I’m not implying that only small cars are disposable. Plenty of large cars are also; rarely do you see any late 80s, early 90s Falcons for example, while there are plenty of Corolla’s of the same vintage still going. I really don’t like the Cruze that much, and it’s probably just as ‘disposable’ as the Mazda. The 3 just seems cheap to me. It’s owned by someone who doesn’t care about driving, yet wants to have a fashionable car that will be sold in less than five years. But then again I have never driven one and I am completely biased towards Australian built products. If it was built here, I couldn’t care less how many were sold.

        • Sydlocal

           Thanks for the clarification! :-)

  • Gibwater

    What has happened to Subaru? Ten years ago the blue ribbon brand to be seen in,now they barely register. The Liberty wagon,once the best looking on the market,is now a hideous overdone looking thing.The sedan is just appalling. An Impreza sedan anyone? No wonder they now sit beneath…..Honda!! 

  • JamesB

    Why is the ix35 classified as a small SUV when it’s bigger than the CX-5, which is in the medium segment? And why are the same-bodied Camry and Aurion fall in the medium and large car groups, respectively?

    • Sydlocal

       JamesB, the CX5 is actually a little larger than the ix35. The CX5 is 6cm longer in wheelbase, 13cm longer overall, 2cm wider and up to 5cm taller. I still wonder how they classify what is small or medium though and the Camry/Aurion classification is just plain stupid!

    • http://www.caradvice.com.au/ Alborz Fallah

      The also classify the near-identical Hyundai ix35 and Kia Sportage in two separate SUV size categories.