Industry Sales Results
Industry Sales Results

VFACTS: June 2019 sales figures

Sales of new vehicles in Australia fell almost 10 per cent in June compared to the same month in 2018, making it 15 successive months of decline.


The June tally of 117,817 vehicles was 9.6 per cent less than the 130,300 sold in June 2018. It’s also the worst June tally since 2012.

At the halfway point of the year, sales across the six months sit at 554,466 units, which is 8.4 per cent fewer (equating to 51,056 units) than the same period in 2018.

The seemingly inexorable market-share growth of SUVs continued. According to VFACTS figures 45.4 per cent of all vehicles sold were SUVs - even higher once you strip out heavy commercial trucks as the below table does.

 

Brands

Regular number-one Toyota sat atop the charts with 21,200 units, enough for 18 per cent market share despite a sales dip of 8.5 per cent.

Mazda (10,806, down 13.3 per cent), Hyundai (10,001, down 4.2 per cent), Mitsubishi (8891, down 13.1 per cent) and Kia (7200, up 1.9 per cent against the grain) made up the rest of the top five spots.

Rounding out the top 10 were Ford (7155, down 4.5 per cent), Honda (6232, down 11.1 per cent), Volkswagen (5793, down 8.5 per cent), Nissan (5514, down 16.5 per cent) and former favourite Holden (4817, down a whopping 34.8 per cent).

There were some bright spots among the gloom. China’s MG jumped into the top 20, beating Lexus and Renault, to amass 1014 sales (up three-fold). Skoda grew by 34.7 per cent to 865 units, Volvo by 23.6 per cent to 795 and Porsche 15.4 per cent to 456.

Other good performers included LDV (803, up 30.4 per cent), Peugeot (383, up 6.7 per cent) and Haval (up more than three-fold to 186).

 

Models

The top 20 models list comprised five utes, 11 SUVs and four passenger cars.

Toyota HiLux - 5396

Ford Ranger - 4851

Hyundai i30 - 3343

Toyota Corolla - 2911

Mazda CX-5 - 2911

Kia Cerato - 2832

Mitsubishi Triton - 2695

Mazda 3 - 2533

Toyota RAV4 - 2449

Hyundai Tucson - 2344

Mitsubishi ASX - 2206

Holden Colorado - 2149

Nissan X-Trail - 2148

Toyota Prado - 2045

Isuzu D-Max - 2027

Subaru Forester - 2014

Honda CR-V - 1987

Mitsubishi Outlander - 1892

Honda HR-V - 1769

Mazda CX-3 - 1708

 

Drive

Top 3 models per segment

Micro (876 units, down 16.3 per cent):

Kia Picanto (737), Mitsubishi Mirage (87) and Fiat 500 (52)

Light (6799, down 10.5 per cent):

Hyundai Accent (1308), Toyota Yaris (896) and Mazda 2 (816)

Small under $40k (16,985, down 19.7 per cent): 

Hyundai i30 (3343), Toyota Corolla (3137) and Kia Cerato (2832)

Small over $40k (1398, up 6.9 per cent):

Mercedes A-Class (622), BMW 1 Series (288) and Audi A3 (272)


Medium under $60k (2194, down 22.9 per cent): 

Toyota Camry (1242), Mazda 6 (299) and Skoda Octavia (271)

Medium over $60k (1635, down 18.4 per cent): 

Mercedes C-Class (708), BMW 3 Series (339) and Audi A4 (111)


Large under $70k (876, down 39.5 per cent): 

Holden Commodore (550), Kia Stinger (200) and Skoda Superb (126)


Large over $70k (279, down 22.7 per cent):

Mercedes E-Class (125), BMW 5 Series (96) and Maserati Ghibli (24)


Upper Large (128, up 26.7 per cent):

Chrysler 300 (49), Mercedes S-Class (23) and Mercedes-AMG GT 4 Door (16)


People Movers (1165, down 18.8 per cent): 

Kia Carnival (639), Honda Odyssey (181) and VW Multivan (108)


Sports under $80k (700, down 34.9 per cent): 

Ford Mustang (369), BMW 2 Series (97) and Toyota 86 (52)


Sports over $80k (476, down 25.3 per cent): 

Mercedes C-Class (238), Mercedes E-Class (54) and BMW 4 Series (32)

Sports over $200k (170, up 8.3 per cent): 

Porsche 911 (58), Ferrari range (18) and Mercedes-AMG GT (16)

SUV Small under $40k (13,769, down 4.8 per cent): 

Mitsubishi ASX (2206), Honda HR-V (1769) and Mazda CX-3 (1708)

SUV Small over $40k (1618, down 20.5 per cent): 

BMW X1 (303), Volvo XC40 (276) and Mercedes-Benz GLA (273)


SUV Medium under $60k (20,143, up 1 per cent): 

Mazda CX-5 (2911), Toyota RAV4 (2449) and Hyundai Tucson (2344)


SUV Medium over $60k (3436, down 6 per cent): 

Mercedes GLC/coupe (828), BMW X3/4 (640) and Audi Q5 (369)


SUV Large under $70k (10,843, down 11.2 per cent): 

Toyota Prado (2045), Toyota Kluger (1085) and Isuzu MU-X (970)


SUV Large over $70k (1856, down 12.9 per cent): 

BMW X5 (379), Lexus RX (273) and Range Rover Sport (260)

SUV Upper Large under $100k (1563, up 5 per cent): 

Toyota LandCruiser wagon (1363) and Nissan Patrol (200)


SUV Upper Large over $100k (281, up 22.7 per cent): 

BMW X7 (82), Audi Q8 (49) and Lexus LX (42)

Vans under 2.5t (433, up 9.1 per cent):

Volkswagen Caddy (295), Renault Kangoo (112) and Citroen Berlingo (15)


Vans 2.5-3.5t (2373, up 5.7 per cent): 

Toyota HiAce (884), Hyundai iLoad (506) and Renault Trafic (267)


4x2 utes (4085, down 6.1 per cent): 

Toyota HiLux (1505), Isuzu D-Max (699) and Mazda BT-50 (461)


4x4 utes (19,130, down 9.1 per cent): 

Ford Ranger (4396), Toyota HiLux (3891) and Mitsubishi Triton (2333)

 

Observations

Sales in every State and Territory went backwards, with the sole exception of Tasmania (where 1 more unit was sold this June compared to last). The biggest losers were NSW (down 4550 units), Queensland (down 3172) and Victoria (down 2771).

The five biggest segments by market share were Medium SUVs (20 per cent share, meaning one-in-five vehicles sold came from this category), 4x4 utes (16.2 per cent share), Small Cars (15.6 per cent share)m, Small SUVs (13.1 per cent share) and Large SUVs (10.8 per cent share).

Sales to private buyers measured 56,969 units (down 9.3 per cent), business fleets made up 45,856 units (down 10.5 per cent), rental companies sold 7901 units (down 6.7 per cent) and government fleet departments bought 3019 units (down 14.4 per cent).

In the passenger space, hybrid cars (1430) outsold diesel (852) among fuel-savers.

Quotes

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) CEO Tony Weber reckons June's result reflects the "tough market conditions and highlights the sensitive nature of the new vehicle market".

“Over the past six months we have seen various conditions and circumstances which adversely affected the market. These include a tightening of financial lending, environmental factors such as drought and flood, and a strongly contested federal election," he said.

“In addition, the continuing incursion of Luxury Car Tax on a federal level, and now in some cases on a state level as well, is a major disincentive. It could just be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for the new car buyer."

 

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