Tesla Model 3 climbs to fourth place in August new vehicle sales data

The Tesla Model 3 has shot up the Australian new vehicle sales chart to fourth place overall in August 2022.

Figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show the Toyota Hilux was still the country’s top-selling vehicle for the month with 6214 units, followed in second place by the Ford Ranger with 4497, and the RAV4 was third with 2482 units registered.

The Toyota Land Cruiser took fifth place on the new vehicle charts with 2379 units registered. 

A total of 95,256 vehicles were sold in August bringing the year-to-date total to 717,575.  This result represents a 17.3% increase on the same month in 2021. 

FCAI chief executive Tony Weber says this positive result was encouraging amidst the global economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. 

“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,” Weber says. 

Sales across most States and Territories increased.  The ACT increased 49.8% with 1410 vehicles sold.  New South Wales 40% (30,501); the Northern Territory 4.2% (816); Queensland 11.7% (21,379) and Victoria 18.4% (25,053).  

Sales in all other States decreased.  South Australia declined by 9.7% (5,702); Tasmania declined by 3% (1611) and Western Australia saw a 6.5% drop in new vehicles sales (8784). 

Toyota led the market with a total of 20,616 vehicles sold.  Mazda was next with 8824 followed by Kia (6780), Hyundai (6643) and Mitsubishi (6380).