June vehicle sales show upward trend
July 3, 2009 by Matt Brogan
The latest new vehicle sales data shows encouraging results with clear signs the market has been boosted by strong, additional demand from business sales, largely the result of tax incentive programs instituted by the Federal Government.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) today released its industry sales summary for June 2009.
Although year-on-year sales are down on last year’s all time record high, the 106,541 units sold represent a 36.3 per cent rise on the month of May, which seasonally adjusted translates to a 11.8 per cent gain. It is also the third highest sales month on record.
Passenger vehicle sales are down by 5659 units compared to the same time last year, or 9.2 per cent, while the SUV market decreased by only 4.5 per cent with a fall of 957 units.
In terms of branding, Toyota sits atop the manufacturer sales table on 21,410 units over nearest competitor Holden on 12,167. Ford sits in third place selling 10,194 vehicles for the month.
The standout in this table is Hyundai, while market share is again dominated by Toyota with a 20.7 per cent chunk of all new vehicle sales. Holden follows with 12.3 percent, Ford on 10.2, then Mazda in fourth place on 8.5 per cent.
Hyundai has been the only manufacturer to rise in standing this month moving ahead of Mitsubishi to secure fifth place with a 6.6 per cent hold.
For a more detailed breakdown of the the statistics for this month, click here.
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Didn’t VW also jump above Subaru this month to 9th? Overall, its a bumper month for everyone, be interesting to see how this affects July’s sales.
edit: Sorry, table is year to date sales, so yeah Hyundai is the only manufacturer to increase its ranking. But from VW sales, obviously Golf is doing well.
Now I can relate to this chart (Because I like pretty pictures).
From what I see here sales for new cars leveled out in August 2008 and decreased in October 2008.
The positive here is that whilst sales declined again this year the trend is up. It would be a worry if the graph showed sales slide to less than the previous month in the same year.
In a nutshell the sales trend is the same as the previous 2 years but the sales qty is lower.
Any chance of seeing the top 20 by model also?
There’s something wrong with this world when Hummer still outsells Smart almost 2 to 1.
“June vehicle sales show upward trend”….
CA, why is the chart going upwards as the months progress?
Is it because the June sales includes the May sales (thus Jan-Jun sales)? If that’s the case then of course the trend is up. Then you need to show us a graph with individual monthly sales to compare the monthly sales figures and it will actually show if the sales in June are more than the previous months. I added the June sales and it came just under 100,000 cars…
And probably do the same thing for 2008 and 2007…
Correct me if I’m wrong…
This is all to do with the government assistance in regards to small business asset assistance up to $150K. I know european dealerships have limited stock due to slow down in manufacturing eg MB down to 3 days per week BMW same.
Courier Mail today reported that sales of Toyota Hilux utes outsold Commodores by 10 units. As MB put it, its all to do with the gov tax incentives for business.
ElecEng – Interesting observation that the 3 year graph showed a steady upward monthly trend. It all evens out in the year though.
Okay, some figures are unbelievable. But still increasing business sales probably means improving economy.
The standout in this table is Hyundai, while market share is again dominated by Toyota with a 20.7 per cent chunk of all new vehicle sales. Holden follows with 12.3 percent, Ford on 10.2, then Mazda in fourth place on 8.5 per cent.
Same happen in Indonesia. June 09 cars sales increase 10% from May sales.
http://indonesia-cars.com/607/.....-increase/
I think the june figures are definitely skewed with businesses trying to get a purchase in the 2009 FY, the JULY figures will be most interesting, maybe expect some premium brands numbers will take a hit?