Toyota Corolla, Australia’s Top Selling Car in Record 2013 Market

Australians bought a record 1,136,227 cars in 2013. The most popular choice was the Toyota Corolla, with 43,498 sales (3.8 per cent of the market). The Corolla was followed by the Mazda3 (42,082), Toyota HiLux (39,931) Hyundai i30 (30,582) and Holden Commodore (27,766).

Toyota also took the title of top selling brand with 18.9 per cent of the market. It was followed by Holden with 9.9 per cent, Mazda with 9.1 per cent, Hyundai with 8.5 per cent and Ford with 7.7 per cent.

Releasing the 2013 full-year sales results, FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber said he saw some interesting trends in 2013. This included the continuing popularity of the small passenger car, the strong growth in the small SUV market and the significant increase in private buyer purchases of light commercial vehicles.

“Passenger cars remained the largest selling category in 2013 with 49.9 per cent of the market. However, this is a slight decrease compared to 2012, where passenger cars held 51.7 per cent of the market,” Mr Weber said.

“The SUV and light commercial segments increased their share of the market in 2013, holding 29.4 and 18 per cent, respectively, compared to 27.6 and 17.8 per cent in 2012.”

Sales in most states and territories across Australia rose in 2013 compared to 2012; however, sales in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia decreased slightly (by around 1–2 per cent in each jurisdiction). Tasmania saw exceptional growth, up 14.6 per cent compared to 2012. Sales in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales grew by around 2.5 per cent and sales in South Australia and Victoria grew by around 4 per cent.

In 2013, government purchases were down a significant 20.2 per cent, or 10,291 vehicles. Business purchases were also down by a total of 1.1 per cent. However, business purchases in the SUV segment increased by 5.9 per cent.

Private sales were up a total of 8.1 per cent. This included a 37.2 per cent rise in private purchases of light commercial vehicles.

The Australian-made Holden Commodore, Toyota Camry and Holden Cruze were all in the top ten list for sales in 2013. The Ford Falcon also features in the top 20.

The 1,136,227 sales is 2.2 per cent higher than the 2012 sales result of 1,112,032 vehicles.

SALES RESULTS

Source: VFACTS

Top 10 manufacturers (by sales volume):

Rank	Brand	2013	2012	% diff
1.	Toyota	214,630	218,176	-1.6%
2.	Holden	112,059	114,665	-2.3%
3.	Mazda	103,144	103,886	-0.7%
4.	Hyundai	97,006	91,536	6.0%
5.	Ford	87,236	90,408	-3.5%
6.	Nissan	76,733	79,747	-3.8%
7.	Mitsubishi	71,528	58,868	21.5%
8.	Volkswagen	54,892	54,835	0.1%
9.	Subaru	40,200	40,189	0.0%
10.	Honda	39,258	35,812	9.6

Top 10 individual models (by sales volume):

Rank	Vehicle	2013	2012	% diff
1.	Toyota Corolla	43498	38799	12%
2.	Mazda3	42082	44128	-5%
3.	Toyota HiLux	39931	40646	-2%
4.	Hyundai i30	30582	28348	8%
5.	Holden Commodore	27766	30532	-9%
6.	Toyota Camry	24860	27230	-9%
7.	Mitsubishi Triton	24512	18502	32%
8.	Holden Cruze	24421	29161	-16%
9.	Nissan Navara	24108	26045	-7%
10.	Ford Ranger	21752	18097	20%

State/Territory results (by sales volume):

State/Territory	2013	2012	% diff
Australian Capital Territory	17,860	17,435	2.4%
New South Wales	351,050	341,211	2.9%
Northern Territory	11,393	11,598	-1.8%
Queensland	233,139	235,025	-0.8%
South Australia	70,491	67,999	3.7%
Tasmania	19,458	16,981	14.6%
Victoria	307,292	293,778	4.6%
Western Australia	125,544	128,005	-1.9%
*Total*	*1,136,227*	*1,112,032*	*2.2%*

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VFACTS monthly vehicle sales data is available at Midday on the 3rd working day after the end of every month. Select data and media releases on the sales results are available at www.fcai.com.au

Copies of Tony Weber’s speech are available on request.

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