The following data are new car sales figures for the month of August 2016. For a detailed market analysis, click here.
August 2016 Australian New Car Sales Figures
Micro (1010, up 2.5 per cent):
Light under $25k (6385, down 25.2 per cent):
Light over $25k (474, down 17.6 per cent):
Small under $40k (16,028, up 2.7 per cent):
Small over $40k (1626, up 4.3 per cent):
Medium under $60k (4448, up 16 per cent):
Medium over $60k (2016, down 8.8 per cent):
The medium-sized van segment grew faster, in percentage terms, than any other part of the new vehicle market in the first half of 2016.
According to VFACTS industry data, the Vans/CC 2.5-3.5-tonne segment shot up 21.4 per cent over the same period last year, to 10,480 sales in total (giving it a little under 2 per cent of the overall new vehicle market).
The Australian new vehicle market is running at an all-time high five months into the 2016 calendar year, up 3.8 per cent over last year, to a tick under 470,000 units.
But which vehicle segments (as classified by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS data) are the engine room of this growth?
Ford Australia grew its sales over the first quarter of 2016 more than any other brand, March VFACTS industry sales figures have revealed.
The Blue Oval brand’s local arm sold 18,641 units between January and March, up 13.7 per cent. This is also 2239 more vehicles than it sold over the same period in 2015, a differential matched by no other brand. Mazda is next with a 2169 differential.
Ford Australia’s sales volumes are showing some welcome signs of recovery in 2016, with growth of 17.2 per cent across the first two months of the year.
Vitally, the turnaround is happening thanks not just to incremental volume gains from brand new model lines, the Everest SUV and sold-out-for-2016 Mustang sports car, but good growth from various existing brand staples such as the Mondeo, Kuga and Ranger.
