Vfacts August 2011

[Sorted]

Originally Posted by Wretched

Some figures

that's an ORSM post - only took 57 posts for comprehensive vfacts to appear even with a comparison lol

[csv8]

LPi September ?? will it?? it keeps being delayed..lets hope so..

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Mad_Pom

This months VFACTS are in :-
Territory - 1625
Falcon - 1665
Falcon Ute - 593

Excellent, that's so close to 4,000 combined for the month and
considering the five day and new build rate of 209/day, it's right on target.
Fresh Territory is manning up and pulling production up by it boot straps.


Top 10 sales - August 2011

Mazda3 4234
Holden Commodore 3682
Holden Cruze 3234
Toyota Corolla 3100
Toyota HiLux 2823
Hyundai i30 2418
Mazda2 1966
Ford Falcon 1665
Ford Territory 1625
Toyota Camry 1607

[Mad_Pom]

Originally Posted by csv8

LPi September ?? will it?? it keeps being delayed..lets hope so..

Fingers crossed and let's hope for some good news very soon !!!

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by csv8

LPi September ?? will it?? it keeps being delayed..lets hope so..

Yes and T6 Ranger too....

My guess would be FG II October release....

[janddbone]

So they are going to launch the LPI, and then one month later refresh the lot including the LPI, to FG II... Just brilliant marketing! They actually pay people to come up with this crap???

[FPV GTHO]

The brief for LPi was get it to market ASAP

[buggerlugs]

Said on the news this morning that Australians are deserting the local car market with 8 out of 10 cars sold in August being imported models...........

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by brett.r.johnstone

So they are going to launch the LPI, and then one month later refresh the lot including the LPI, to FG II... Just brilliant marketing! They actually pay people to come up with this crap???

Wont matter neways all the LPI cars sitting in Campbellfield are sold to Telstra and other large corporations.. There will be a few private lease ones but not many.

[Joe5619]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Said on the news this morning that Australians are deserting the local car market with 8 out of 10 cars sold in August being imported models...........

I'm not sure why the media has to be so negative.. 5 of the top 10 are Australian built cars!!

[bobthebilda]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Said on the news this morning that Australians are deserting the local car market with 8 out of 10 cars sold in August being imported models...........

With 88000 vehicles bought in August, my rough estimate puts the total australian made cars at 14000 cars. Thus making it about 15.9% of the vehicles sold. 15.9% aint a bad average when you consider it had fallen to about 12 to 14% over the last few years. But one must remember that 4% of that 15.9% is made up of cruze production. 14000 cars a month aint sustainable in itself.

The biggest issue isnt how many locally made cars australians buy, its how many locally made cars get exported, and how many of those locally bought ones are $30,000 wholesale commodores and Falcons, or $16,000 cruzes.

[SteveJH]

I have to say, if I was looking for a new small-medium sized car i'd definately look at a Cruze. Only thing missing from the range is a true sports/performance model.

The SRi doesnt count since its less powerful then the diesel.

[stang65]

Go the Terry and now with the Lpi the numbers are only going to get better.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by brett.r.johnstone

So they are going to launch the LPI, and then one month later refresh the lot including the LPI, to FG II... Just brilliant marketing! They actually pay people to come up with this crap???

LPi has been in production for over a month already, deliveries to dealers should start this week or next. FGII will probably be November, so you're looking at around a 4 month gap. And most of the orders will be pent up fleet demand anyway, fleet orders are taking priority.

[Dave R]

3200 odd sales between Falcon and Territory, not bad.

[KuRT12]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

3200 odd sales between Falcon and Territory, not bad.

If you include the ute, which you should, its closer to 4000.
Which has been pointed out already above somewhere i think

[vztrt]

http://www.caradvice.com.au/136544/n...s-august-2011/

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2011
By Alborz Fallah | September 6th, 2011

August 2011 Australian New Car Industry Sales Figures
1 Toyota 15,885
2 Holden 11,534
3 Mazda 9,138
4 Ford 8,341
5 Hyundai 7,417
6 Nissan 5,587
7 Mitsubishi 4,851
8 Volkswagen 3,813
9 Subaru 2,704
10 Kia 2,102
11 Honda 2,035
12 Suzuki 1,966
13 Mercedes-Benz 1,965
14 BMW 1,370
15 Audi 1,080
16 Jeep 825
17 Great Wall 803
18 Isuzu 613
19 Lexus 567
20 Land Rover 471
21 Peugeot 402
22 Renault 401
23 Volvo 378
24 Dodge 299
25 Skoda 250
26 MINI 241
27 Chery 169
28 Porsche 147
29 Proton 135
30 Citroen 132
31 Fiat 124
32 Ssangyong 121
33 Alfa Romeo 105
34 Jaguar 56
35 Smart 26
36 Chrysler 20
37 Maserati 14
38 Ferrari 12
39 Saab 8
40 Aston Martin 7
41 Bentley 7
42 Lotus 6
43 Morgan 2
44 Lamborghini 1
45 Rolls-Royce 1
46 Hummer 0

Light Car Segment Winners :

1. Mazda2 (1,966 – 18.0%)
2. Toyota Yaris (1,599 -14.6%)
3. Hyundai i20 (1,163 – 10.6%)

Small Car Segment Winners:

1. Mazda3 (4,234 – 21.0%)
2. Holden Cruze (3,234 – 16.0%)
3. Toyota Corolla (3,100 – 15.4%)

Medium Car Segment Winners:

1. Toyota Camry (1,607 – 30.6%)
2. Ford Mondeo (615 – 11.7%)
3. Mercedes-Benz C-Class (559 – 17.6% of medium car above 60k)

Large Car Segment Winners:

1. Holden Commodore (3,682 – 55.6%)
2. Ford Falcon (1,665 – 25.1%)
3. Toyota Aurion (848 – 12.8%)

Upper Large Car Segment Winners:

1. Holden Caprice (180 – 95.2% of upper large under 100k)
2. Porsche Panamera (13 – 22.4% of upper large over 100k)
3. BMW 7 Series (13 – 22.4% of upper large over 100k)

People Mover Segment Winners:

1. Kia Carnival (395 – 43.5%)
2. Hyundai iMAX (151 – 16.6%)
3. Honda Odyssey (107 – 11.8%)

Sports Segment Winners:

1. Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cpe/Conv (221 – 43.6% of Sports cars above 80k)
2. BMW 1 Series Coupe/Conv (153 – 25.9% of Sports cars under 80k)
3. Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe (107 – 18.1% of Sports cars under 80k)k)

Supercars (200k+) Segment Winners:

1. Porsche 911 (23 units – 30.3%)
2. Maserati (14 units – 18.4%)
3. Ferrari (12 units – 15.8%)

SUV Compact Segment Winners:

1. Nissan X-Trail (1,342 – 12.0%)
2. Subaru Forester (1,289 – 11.5%)
3. Toyota RAV4 (1,091 – 9.7%)

SUV Medium Segment Winners:

1. Ford Territory (1,625 – 23.6%)
2. Toyota Prado (937 – 13.6%)
3. Holden Captiva 7 (901 – 13.1%)

Large SUV Segment Winners:

1. Toyota Landcruiser Wagon (1,116 – 81.6%)
2. Nissan Patrol Wagon (252 – 18.4%)

SUV Luxury Segment Winners:

1. Jeep Grand Cherokee (501 – 18.9%)
2. Audi Q5 (210 – 7.9%)
3. BMW X5 (205 – 7.7%)

[vztrt]

As mentioned above with the top 8 cars being sold last month from O/S article.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/sa...905-1jua4.html

Sales of Australian-made cars in reverse
Andrew Heasley
September 6, 2011

AUSTRALIAN motorists are turning their backs on locally made cars, with more than eight out of every 10 vehicles sold last month made overseas.

Latest new-car sales figures show that of 88,082 vehicles sold in August, 73,891 were imported from Asia, Europe and the Americas - an 84 per cent market share.

Highlighting the precarious state of local manufacturing, only 14,191 of the vehicles sold in August, or 16 per cent, were made in Australia.
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Of them, Holden sold 7853 (Commodore and the new Cruze four-cylinder), Ford sold 3883 (Falcon and Territory wagon) and Toyota sold just 2455 locally made vehicles (Camry and Aurion).

In an industry where every fraction of market share is hard won, it's a significant turnaround from 2005, for example, when locally made cars represented more than one in four vehicles sold, industry VFACTS figures show.

In the past year alone, local car sales have been sliding: Ford has sold 9811 fewer locally made cars so far this year, Toyota 5610 fewer. Only Holden is making headway, having added the Cruze.

Car brands that consist of entirely imported model ranges are enjoying stellar growth - Japan's Mazda set an August sales record of 9138 cars (up 41 per last month's top-selling car.

Korea's Hyundai shifted 7417 cars (up 13.1 per cent), Japan's Nissan sold 5587 vehicles (up 18 per cent) and Mitsubishi 4851 vehicles (up 7.8 per cent).

The Japanese figures are all the more remarkable because the country is still recovering from March's devastating earthquake and tsunami disasters.

Locally, Holden, Ford and Toyota have all lost market share from a year ago. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries defended local manufacturers, saying Australia's new-car market as one of the world's most competitive.

''There are over 60 brands … double the brands available in the much bigger US market, and about the same … available in Europe, where they sell 10 million cars a year, compared to our 1 million,'' said acting chief executive Steve Payne.

''The high Australian dollar is a double whammy, because it makes imported vehicles more attractive.and a large number of Australian vehicles are exported, which makes it harder for Australian manufacturers to win those export markets.

[naddis01]

August 2011 Sales Results

Top Ten Sales By Marque (Marque - Monthly Sales)
1.Toyota - 15,885
2.Holden - 11,534
3.Mazda - 9,138
4.Ford - 8,341
5.Hyundai - 7,417
6.Nissan - 5,587
7.Mitsubishi - 4,851
8.Volkswagen - 3,813
9.Subaru - 2,704
10.Kia - 2,102
Total Market - 88,082

Top Ten Sales By Marque (Marque - YTD Sales)
1.Toyota - 113,993
2.Holden - 84,923
3.Ford - 61,334
4.Mazda - 59,918
5.Hyundai - 57,621
6.Nissan - 44,767
7.Mitsubishi - 41,309
8.Volkswagen - 27,746
9.Subaru - 24,371
10.Honda - 21,645
Total Market - 665,309

Top Ten Sales by Model (Marque/Model - Monthly Sales)
1.Mazda Mazda3 - 4,234
2.Holden Commodore - 3,682
3.Holden Cruze - 3,234
4.Toyota Corolla - 3,100
5.Toyota Hilux - 2,823
6.Hyundai i30 - 2,418
7.Mazda Mazda2 - 1,966
8.Ford Falcon - 1,665
9.Ford Territory - 1,625
10.Toyota Camry - 1,607

Top Ten Sales by Model (Marque/Model - YTD Sales)
1.Mazda Mazda3 - 28,736
2.Holden Commodore - 28,265
3.Toyota Hilux - 24,498
4.Holden Cruze - 22,686
5.Toyota Corolla - 21,378
6.Hyundai i30 - 19,562
7.Nissan Navara - 15,136
8.Mitsubishi Lancer - 12,865
9.Ford Falcon - 12,583
10.Mazda Mazda2 - 12,102

[russellw]

Originally Posted by bobthebilda

With 88000 vehicles bought in August, my rough estimate puts the total australian made cars at 14000 cars. Thus making it about 15.9% of the vehicles sold. 15.9% aint a bad average when you consider it had fallen to about 12 to 14% over the last few years. But one must remember that 4% of that 15.9% is made up of cruze production. 14000 cars a month aint sustainable in itself.

Pretty good guess. Local production for the month was 14,191 from 88.082 total for 16.11%.

YTD local production is 90,490 from 665,309 or 13.6%.

Cheers
Russ

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by SteveJH

I have to say, if I was looking for a new small-medium sized car i'd definately look at a Cruze. Only thing missing from the range is a true sports/performance model.

The SRi doesnt count since its less powerful then the diesel.

GM does have access to a 2.0 DI Turbo engine that makes 205 Kw and 390 nm but that engine
goes into the Buick Regal, a version of the Chev Malibu, if GM was interested in an SS Cruze....

[vztrt]

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...25790300277A2C

NZ sales bounce back in August

New Zealand follows Oz with an even bigger new-vehicle sales rebound last month

6 September 2011

By JACQUI MADELIN in NEW ZEALAND

NEW Zealand’s new-vehicle industry has bounced back strongly from the triple whammy of recession, tsunami-led stock shortages and ongoing earthquake disruption.

August sales hit 7465, up 16 per cent over August 2010 thanks to a strong passenger car market with 5767 registrations - up 22.2 per cent on the same period last year. Light commercials dropped one per cent to 1698.

“This is the best result for August since 2007,” said NZ Motor Industry Association CEO Perry Kerr, who is hopeful that supplies will return to normal by October.

Meanwhile, used imported-vehicle registrations fell 8.9 per cent to 7043.

Toyota retains top spot on NZ’s new-vehicle sales table, with a 16.25 per cent share for August. Ford holds second on 9.99 per cent, with Hyundai close behind at 9.12 per cent and a single car ahead of Holden.

Toyota registered 1213 vehicles in August - up 9.9 per cent on August 2010 – its general manager of sales and operations Steve Prangnell saying: “We are still tight on Corolla hatch and in runout on HiLux. But stock arrival is pretty much back on track.”

Mr Prangnell said he expects to catch up some lost sales in the final quarter of this year, on the back of generous incentives.

“We made a loyalty offer to customers whose orders we could not fill. If they delayed purchase we’d extend their warranty from three to five years, and we gave them a three-year service plan, so we have back-orders to fill.

“We delayed a lot of big corporate stuff like Avis and Hertz by putting Signature Class [approved used cars] on short-term lease, so you’ll see a big fourth quarter for us.”

Mr Prangnell predicts Toyota will end 2011 with 18,000 sales in a market totalling 86,000 registrations, growing to 90,000 next year.

Second-placed Ford dropped 5.6 per cent (44 vehicles) to 746. Ford national sales manager Mel Rushton said that was due to a substantial reduction in Ranger sales, “down 74 units year-on-year”, partially offset by a strong month for Fiesta, Focus, Territory and Mondeo, though “Falcon and Falcon ute numbers were down, in keeping with the trend we’ve seen in recent months.”

Mrs Rushton said the last quarter of this year will be strong for Ford in NZ, with the new Focus and Ranger launching in coming weeks, and Kuga entering the small to medium SUV segment.

Hyundai was the biggest mover of the major players, up 58.7 per cent to 681 after a large shipment arrived in August to fill back-orders. Chief operating officer Tom Ruddenklau said month-to-month Hyundai growth would be “less lumpy” given consistent supply.

However, he said August was “our biggest month ever”, with Elantra sales growth being incremental over last year, and a rental order of about 100 cars for the Rugby World Cup.

Holden sales lifted 17.2 per cent to 680, driven by Captiva, Cruze and Commodore, said the company’s managing director Jeff Murray.

Mazda sales rose 0.3 per cent to 606 – the brand’s best August on record as it anticipates the arrival of the facelifted Mazda3, BT-50 and CX-5.

“We knew 2011 would be hard as we had an ageing product mix,” said national marketing manager Glenn Harris. “The natural disasters added extra complexity to the market. A lot of time this year has been spent treading water and it’s nice to get to this point and know the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train, it’s something to look forward to.”

Nissan sales were up 1.1 per cent to 472, with its best-ever Qashqai (Dualis) month offset by Navara shortages. Suzuki numbers climbed 12.9 per cent to 412, while Mitsubishi fell 2.7 per cent to 367 and Volkswagen lifted 37.1 per cent to 288 sales.

Honda rounded out the top 10 - up 15.9 per cent to 269 sales.

Several small players experienced a big leap in numbers. Land Rover was up 268 per cent (to 92) after registering 61 vehicles for the Rugby World Cup. Mini rose 227 per cent after it introduced its first sub-$30,000 car. And Dodge sales soared 246.9 per cent to 111, having leveraged Kiwi-US exchange rates to sell run-out Caliber and Nitro models at much lower prices. General Manager of importer Sime Darby Automobiles, Grant Smith, says he hopes to profit from increased brand interest when the new sub-$40,000 V6 Dodge Journey arrives in November.

Many distributors reported strong results from Christchurch, despite a central city still closed to access and continued seismic activity. The Christchurch region has experienced over 8000 earthquakes since the 7.1-magnitude jolt on September 4 last year – three over 4.0 on the Richter scale last week alone.

Holden’s Mr Murray said his Christchurch dealer, Blackwells, has “gone from strength to strength despite a parts department working out of shipping crates. It is our second largest dealer in NZ and that wasn’t the case 18 months ago.”

Hyundai, Toyota and Mazda are among those reporting stronger than usual sales for the region, often out of temporary premises. Dealer principal for Team Hutchinson Ford, John Hutchinson, says August sales were almost double its target, citing people getting Earthquake Commission cheques, and deciding “they can live with the cracks in the walls a bit longer and they’ll change their car.”

Mr Hutchinson said the initial post-earthquake run on light commercials has swung back to passenger cars.

The most popular vehicle for August, Toyota’s HiLux (340 sales), was followed by Mazda3 (271) and Suzuki Swift (221).

NZ top 10 makes August 2011:
Rank Make Sales % Share
1 Toyota 1213 16.3
2 Ford 746 10.0
3 Hyundai 681 9.1
4 Holden 680 9.1
5 Mazda 606 8.1
6 Nissan 472 6.3
7 Suzuki 412 5.5
8 Mitsubishi 367 4.9
9 Volkswagen 288 3.9
10 Honda 269 3.6

[MrZ]

Originally Posted by vztrt

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...25790300277A2C

NZ sales bounce back in August

The New Zealand new vehicle market is a joke - it's tiny and insignificant. I don't know why they even bother keeping track of the figures. Most people over there buy grey imports from Japan or elsewhere. Only fleet buyers and the wealthy buy "brand-new" cars.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by Davez621

The New Zealand new vehicle market is a joke - it's tiny and insignificant. I don't know why they even bother keeping track of the figures. Most people over there buy grey imports from Japan or elsewhere. Only fleet buyers and the wealthy buy "brand-new" cars.

understandable when virtual new cars are significantly cheaper than new.

i know of several importers that parallel import brand new cars as well.

[phillyc]

Wow, SZ Territory is holding very strongly at that 1500-1650 sales a month mark. Those diesel sales are ticking over very well. It's sales rate is about 1000 a month higher than the SY2 was achieving earlier this year.

Now, to get the FG Falcon back over 2250 a month with the addition of EcoLPi. I think September will see a nice uptick from the current 1650 that we have seen recently.

Ute will hopefully surge back towards 1000 a month with EcoLPi.

Mondeo is continuing to hold 2nd in the medium segment.

[russellw]

The graphical stats and analysis are uploaded now in the Tech portal.

Cheers
Russ

[MrZ]

Originally Posted by russellw

The graphical stats and analysis are uploaded now in the Tech portal.

Cheers
Russ

Hey Russell, just noticed your Impreza sales figure of 1,007 is for July, not August. You are also still spelling it wrong - it doesn't have two z's (you write "Imprezza").

Secondly, why do you state that the 300C with 9 sales maintains it's segment lead? Doesn't the Caprice have the lead of the upper-large segment?

[naddis01]

Also missing the Medium segment graph.

Hyundai I45 must have taken a nose dive in this segment this month if it didn't make the top 5.

[MrZ]

Originally Posted by naddis01

Also missing the Medium segment graph.

Hyundai I45 must have taken a nose dive in this segment this month if it didn't make the top 5.

Well, I'm still loving my i45 and I'm glad it doesn't sell in Camry numbers because who wants to drive a car that everyone else has ? It becomes boring.

I just bought some chrome wheel caps for it on eBay - $69 for the 4! They fit over the existing alloys and look as good as OEM.

[BHDOGS]

I guess holden is officially the number 2 car maker now just like what goes into my toilet