Fleet & Business sales boost new car market
August 5, 2009 by Matt Brogan
The latest new vehicle sales data shows business sales remain strong and there have been improvements in the small car, sports car and SUV segments.
Official VFACTS data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) shows that 75,333 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles were sold in July 2009.
This result is down 10.3 per cent (8,643 vehicles) compared to July last year.
“There is evidence that there has been some flow-on from the very strong June sales result, particularly from buyers accessing the business tax break on new investments,” FCAI Chief Executive Andrew McKellar said.
“This has been a very successful stimulus measure and small businesses remain eligible for a 50 per cent tax break until the end of the year.
“It’s also important to remember that the tax break remains in place for general businesses at a rate of 10 per cent, which is still a valuable incentive.
“Some brands are reporting that as a result of stronger sales in recent months they have supply constraints on certain models, proving again the success of the Federal Government’s tax incentive.”
Sales of small cars increased 2.7 per cent in July compared to the same month last year, sales of sports cars increased 10.3 per cent, sales in the SUV medium segment were up 2.4 per cent and the SUV luxury segment increased 7.2 per cent.
Year-to-date 530,556 new vehicles have been sold, down 15.3 per cent (96,115) compared to the same period last year.
Toyota continued in the top sales position in July with 16,664 vehicle sales, ahead of Holden with 10,266 and Ford with 7,783.
Source: FCAI
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I see Falcon is back in 3rd place behind Corolla – great news for Ford.
I wonder if this is because Ford are selling more Falcons, or because the front of the Mazda 3 is so preposterously ridiculous that people no longer want to be seen in one haha
Nice to see Cruze selling 2000 – congrats to Holden.
Nice Job Holden! 1982 Cruze is fantastic. No.8 best selling car minus Hilux. Great job. Holden said they’re adding a CDX Turbo-diesel to the lineup, so even more sales. Commodore sales slumped because of V6 arrival. Sales will soar when they’re available. Nice to see Hyundai beat Mazda. Was surprised Mazda 3 didn’t beat Corolla or Commodore. Anyway Go HOLDEN!
Roddy, I’d guess that the improvement for the Falcon is due to improved fleet sales, as they are the major buyers of this vehicle.
No comment on the front end of the Mazda 3, but I am starting to see quite a lot of them on the roads.
Thank god for fleets if your a Commodore or Falcon lover, otherwise they would have next to no sales. Would love to see the breakdown of sales between fleet and private.
Nice to see the local manufacturers’ products continuing to sell well. Anyone who doesn’t like that should leave the country for good!
agreed
Ford are actually selling less to fleets and more to private buyers. Sales of the Fleet XT are only 3% of total Falcon sales. They are selling mostly XR and G6 so they make more money per vehicle. Holden on the other hand are selling mainly to fleets so they make little or no profit but it keeps the figures up.
Can you post a link to those figures, please?
thanks
Big statement Rearmain, where do you get your information from?
Where are these numbers coming from…??? holden mazda ford? no numbers can be found!
with the price of Hyundais it was written on the wall hat they would take on Mazda and then its only up from there.
With the Getz and the i130 selling well and the vans are creaming the opposition Hyundai is the brand that has to be watched.
I hope Mazda’s new 3 wont be an achilles heal for them
Jason Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
“Nice to see the local manufacturers’ products continuing to sell well. Anyone who doesn’t like that should leave the country for good!”
I’d do well too if I kept making losses and receiving government assistance. I bet BHP Billiton and co look at Holden with envy.
Pandering to the car manufacturing industry means Labor holds a number of key seats at Federal elections. Do you really think they contribute more monetarily to our economy than O&G and minerals? Did you realise the humble international student contributes more than any manufacturing sector worker?
The Realist:
Did you realise the humble international student contributes more than any manufacturing sector worker?
How so? Not saying they don’t make a contribution to Australian society.
Here is a link that backs up RearMain
Link to drive
The company was selling a higher percentage of upper specification (and more profitable) XR sports models (50 per cent) and luxury G6E turbos (43 per cent) to private buyers.
That’s a turnaround from the Falcon’s traditional mix, which has typically been about 60 per cent base models, 25 per cent sports models and 15 per cent others.
Frenchie Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
“How so? Not saying they don’t make a contribution to Australian society.”
Just look at any figures for trade and federal revenue to see a breakdown.
thats right rearmain,ford must be making a stack of money on the xr6’s at $36k driveaway…not