New vehicle industry peak lobby group, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), reported a 4.3 per cent increase in sales and registrations for January 2018 compared to the same month last year.
VFACTS data released today recorded 88,551 sales for the first month of the calendar year. By comparison, the tally for January 2017 – a year in which the all-time annual sales record was broken – was 84,910.
January often gives a good guide to which brands started 2018 without a backlog of dealer demonstrators, opposed to those that had to clear the previous-year’s registered stock.
As has become familiar, SUVs were the dominant vehicle type, snagging 42.8 per cent market share. Passenger vehicles (hatchbacks, sedans, wagons, people-movers, coupes and convertibles) grabbed 36 per cent, and vans/utes 18.9 per cent.
Pictured: Toyota Australia chief, Matthew Callachor
Top brands January 2018
Perennial market leader Toyota grabbed 17.3 per cent market share with 15,306 sales, up 22 per cent. Joining it on the podium were Mazda (10,113, up 0.5%) and Hyundai (7124, up 6.2%).
Rounding out the top 10 were Holden (5719, down 20.4%), Ford (5645, down 4.5%), Mitsubishi (5263, up 3.7%), Nissan (4707, down 6.1%) Honda (4581, up a massive 32%), Kia (4531, continuing last year’s growth trend to be up 12.9%) and Subaru (4253, up 6.1%).
Other smaller-scale brands that performed comparatively well included Alfa Romeo (79, up 71.7%). Isuzu Ute (1526, up 39.4%), Jeep (556, up 28.1% over its dreadful 2017 tally), LDV (351, up 154.3% as the T60 ute and D90 SUV hit showrooms), Mercedes-Benz (3270, up 9.9%) and Mini (322, up 13%).
Brands that struggled beyond those already mentioned included Audi (1578, down 22.1% and continuing its downward trend after a poor 2017 showing), Citroen (25, down 32.4%), Fiat (117, down 33.5%), Haval (24, down 17.2%), Infiniti (33, down 36.5%), Jaguar (144, down 46.9%), Land Rover (950, down 12.9%) and Renault (742, down 14.1%).
Top 20 car brands by volume, January 2018
Top models January 2018
There were a few regular ‘faces’ missing from the national top 20 models, notably the Holden Commodore (871) and Toyota Camry (754) as they enter the first year as imports. These figures include runout locally made stock, but that’ll be gone soon.
Out of the top 20 models, nine were SUVs, six were passenger vehicles and five were utes. However, as has become familiar, the top-two overall were the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger.
Top 20 models by volume, January 2018
Winners by segment
Micro cars:
Light cars:
Small cars:
Medium Cars:
Large Cars:
People Movers:
Sports Cars:
Small SUV:
Medium SUV:
Large SUV:
Upper Large SUV:
Vans:
Utes:
Miscellaneous data
- States/territories: NSW 28,995, Vic 25,961, Qld 17,246, WA 7401, SA 5314, ACT 1561, Tas 1418, NT 655.
- Top five segments by share: Small cars 19.3, Medium SUVs 18.8, 4×4 Utes 13.8, Small SUVs 11.6, Large SUVs 11.1.
- Fastest-growing segments: Upper Large cars (up 52.9 %), 4×4 Utes (up 26.6 %), Small SUVs (up 25.5 %), Medium SUVs (up 19.2 %), Medium Vans (up 13.9 %).
- Fastest-shrinking segments: Large Cars (down 43.3 %), Sports Cars (down 20.7 %), Medium Cars (down 12.1 %), Large SUVs (down 10.6 %), Light Cars (down 4.9%).
- Overall buyer-type split: Private 45,482, business 36,772, government 2609, rental 1662
- Fuel-type split: Petrol 58,524, diesel 29,211, hybrid 731, EV/PHEV 85 (excluding Tesla, which refuses to disclose figures)
- Top-five origin countries: Japan 26,846, Thailand 23,482, Korea 13,732, Germany 7187, USA 3141
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