Sales increased in most states and in both territories in September 2014, compared to September 2013.
Australian Capital Territory sales increased by 4.9%, New South Wales by 5.9%, Northern Territory by 6.1%, Queensland by 2.1%, South Australia by 4.3% and Victoria by 0.9%.
Only Tasmania and Western Australia saw sales fall by 5.5% and 2.7% respectively.
Despite YTD sales across the nation being down 2%, the Australian new motor vehicle industry is tracking to sell over 1.1 million vehicles for the third consecutive year, says the FCAI.
In the first nine months of 2014, Australians have bought 832,953 new vehicles.
The Mazda3 was the top selling vehicle in September 2014 with 4014 vehicles sold confirming that it is continuing its push to overtake Toyota as Australia’s number one car seller.
In second spot was the Toyota Corolla (3893), followed by Toyota Hilux (3430), Holden Commodore (2616) and Hyundai i30 (2539).
Toyota maintained the overall lead in market share for June 2014 (18.8%), followed by Mazda (10%), Hyundai (9.3%), Holden (9%) and Ford (6.6%).
Holden, Hyundai and Volkswagen continue to be the only three companies in the top 10 best seller list for September enjoying stronger sales in 2014 than for the same period last year.
Top selling brands year to date:
Toyota (151,109)
Holden (82,949)
Mazda (76,987)
Hyundai (75,353)
Ford (61,587)
Nissan (49,214)
Mitsubishi (49,017)
Volkswagen (41,095)
Subaru (29,266)
Honda (23,633)
The 10 best selling cars for September:
Mazda3 (4014)
Toyota Corolla (3893)
Toyota Hilux (3430)
Holden Commodore (2616)
Hyundai i30 (2539)
Ford Ranger (2446)
Toyota Camry (2173)
Mazda CX-5 (2093)
Mitsubishi Triton (2029)
Hyundai ix35 (1802)
The 10 best selling cars year to date:
Toyota Corolla (33,106)
Mazda3 (33,083)
Toyota Hilux (28,648)
Holden Commodore (23,784)
Hyundai i30 (23,316)
Ford Ranger (20,134)
Mitsubishi Triton (16,867)
Mazda CX-5 (16,643)
Toyota Camry (15,781)
Volkswagen Golf (14,402)
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