New-car sales bounced back last month, even with stock shortages and increased interest rates – with sales results boosted by Tesla and Ford Ranger deliveries. A total of 95,256 vehicles were sold last month, bringing the year-to-date total to 717,575. This figure represents an increase by 17.3 per cent compared to August 2021.
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Chief Executive Tony Weber said,
“The August VFACTS sales are the best August result since 2017. This gives hope that the supply of vehicles to the Australian market is beginning to show signs of improvement.”
Sales by Brand
Toyota remained Australia’s favourite new-car brand, reporting 20,616 vehicles as sold in August, Mazda followed with 8824 new vehicles sold, Kia 6780, Hyundai 6643 and Mitsubishi sold 6380 new cars last month. Tesla managed to climb the ranks to seventh, reporting 3397 cars delivered; outselling Subaru, MG, and Volkswagen; attributed by multiple shipments hitting the shores in the space of a month.
The Toyota HiLux continued to lead sales charts, on track to become Australia’s best-selling new vehicle by year’s end, the longest win streak since the 15-year reign of the Holden Commodore that ended in 2012 – a new record for the Ute. The Ford Ranger placed second, after a ramp up of deliveries for the new model. The Toyota RAV4 came after in third, Tesla Model 3 in fourth and Mazda CX-5 in fifth.
Sales by Models
The Passenger Vehicle Market is up by 15.3 per cent with 2,658 vehicle sales, over the same month last year; the Sports Utility Market is up by 18.5 per cent with 7,590 vehicles sold. The Light Commercial Market is up by 16.8 per cent with 3,236 new vehicle sales and the Heavy Commercial Vehicle Market is up by 15.7 per cent with 573 vehicle sales, versus August 2021.
EVs
In the spark of electric cars, 4.4 per cent of all new vehicles sold in August were EVs, thanks to increased Tesla deliveries – the highest ever recorded in a single month in Australia. In August, there were 4235 electric vehicles sold versus 370 in August 2021.
“We have seen strong sales of battery electric vehicles in August, with Tesla alone selling 3397 vehicles. In the month, EV sales were 4.4 per cent of the total market. This is the highest market share for pure battery electric vehicles ever recorded in a single month in Australia.”
Weber said.
“Year-to-date EV sales are 2 per cent of the total market, hybrids are 7.6 per cent and plug in hybrid vehicles are 0.6 per cent. Combined electrified vehicles are now just over 10 per cent of total sales in 2022”.
Rising petrol prices are partly responsible for the electric boom, though state-based incentives, such as those in NSW, VIC and QLD, have also played a part.
Sales by State
- • ACT increased 49.8 per cent with 1,410 vehicles sold
- • New South Wales increased 40 per cent with 30,501 vehicles sold
- • Northern Territory gained 4.2 per cent, 816 vehicles sold
- • Queensland up 11.7 per cent, 21,379 vehicles sold
- • Victoria was up 18.4 per cent, 25,053 vehicles sold
- • South Australia fell 9.7 per cent with 5,702 vehicles sold
- • Tasmania decreased 3 per cent with 1,611 vehicles sold
- • Western Australia fell 6.5 per cent with 8,784 vehicles sold
Top 10 Cars in August 2022
Top 10 Cars
| Rank | Model | Volume August 2022 | Change year-on-year |
| 1 | Toyota HiLux | 6214 | up 39 per cent |
| 2 | Ford Ranger | 4497 | up 13.6 per cent |
| 3 | Toyota RAV4 | 2482 | down 21.7 per cent |
| 4 | Tesla Model 3 | 2380 | N/A |
| 5 | Mazda CX-5 | 2325 | up 3.8 per cent |
| 6 | Toyota Corolla | 2115 | down 40.6per cent |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Triton | 2087 | up 152.4 per cent |
| 8 | Hyundai i30 | 1975 | down 3.5 per cent |
| 9 | Isuzu D-Max | 1928 | up 0.7 per cent |
| 10 | Toyota Prado | 1903 | down 30.3 per cent |
Top 10 Brands in August 2022
| Rank | Brand | Volume August 2022 | Change year-on-year |
| 1 | Toyota | 20,616 | up 3.3 per cent |
| 2 | Mazda | 8824 | up 15.4 per cent |
| 3 | Kia | 6780 | up 33.9 per cent |
| 4 | Hyundai | 6643 | up 32.4 per cent |
| 5 | Mitsubishi | 6380 | up 32.9 per cent |
| 6 | Ford | 5839 | up 15.4 per cent |
| 7 | Tesla | 3397 | N/A |
| 8 | MG | 3074 | up 2.1 per cent |
| 9 | Subaru | 2960 | down 8.4 per cent |
| 10 | Volkswagen | 2868 | down 24.4 per cent |
