The global semi-conductor shortage and pandemic constricted supply chain was reflected in the new vehicle market for October 2021 which saw an 8.1% decrease to 74,650 sales.
The Ford Ranger was Australia’s best-selling vehicle in October with 4135 units registered followed by the Toyota Hilux with 2031 registrations, the Toyota Corolla with 1989 registrations and the Hyundai i30 with 1946 registrations.
Toyota was the market leader in October with 15,395 vehicles sold. Hyundai followed in second place with 6115 and third was Ford with 5462. Mazda took fourth place selling 5181 cars and Kia came in fifth with 4853.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries believes the supply of new vehicles to Australia will stabilise in 2022.
Sales in the Australian Capital Territory were down 22.3% on October 2020. Western Australia recorded a decrease in sales of 15.4%, followed by the Northern Territory with a decline of 12.4% in vehicles sold. NSW recorded a fall of 12.2% and South Australian figures were down 11.9% compared to the same month last year.
Queensland recorded 10.3% less vehicles sold compared to October 2020 figures. Tasmania recorded a decrease of 1.6% vehicles sold and Victoria saw an increase of 6.3% on last year’s figures.
FCAI chief executive Tony Weber says while sales were down overall, the number of electric vehicles sold continues to rise. This correlates with more State and Territory incentives for EVs coming online throughout the country.
“We have seen Victoria and NSW release comprehensive legislation to support electric vehicles which was followed just last week by South Australia,” Weber says.
“All of these jurisdictions worked proactively with industry to provide infrastructure investment and consumer incentives. We look forward to working with Governments at all levels to form nationally consistent policies which will make electric vehicles more accessible to the Australian motorist,” he says.
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