2013 Sales Figures

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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%