VFACTS: Five interesting things from August sales race

The Australian new vehicle market has cooled off this year, down ever so slightly to 786,294 units as of the end of August. While you can read our latest monthly wrap in all its detail here, here are five smaller factoids that grabbed this writer’s eye from the year’s eighth month. Segment dominators: Sales figures, called VFACTS, break the market up into various segments of similar vehicles. Most segments are closely fought, but a few cars generally dominate their little corner.