The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has confirmed there were 95,080 vehicles were sold in November 2022 bringing the year-to-date total to 993,509.
It says this result represents a 17.9% increase on the same month in 2021.
Toyota led the market with a total of 20,107 vehicles sold. Mazda was second with 7549, followed by Ford (7165), Kia (6120) and Mitsubishi (5559).
The Toyota Hilux was the highest selling model with 5440 sales reported.
Ford’s Ranger followed with 5073. Toyota’s Corolla was third with 3732 followed by MG’s ZS (3051) and Toyota’s Landcruiser (2296).
Sales of battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles continue to rise with a total of 13,415 zero and low emission vehicles sold in November. These were made up of 4457 battery electric, 8529 hybrid and 429 plug-in hybrid vehicles.
In November rental fleets are up 36.3% with 6599 vehicles sold as operators prepare for the first major holiday period since border restrictions eased.
Sales across all States and Territories were up. Western Australia increased by 36.5% with 9668 vehicles sold; Queensland, 28.9% (20,621); Tasmania, 23% (1783); Victoria, 19.1% (25,534); the NT, 14.1% (815); South Australia, 12.3% (5673); New South Wales, 7.5% (29,545); and the ACT, 2.5% (1441).
“The automotive sector is continuing to recover from pandemic related shutdowns, a global shortage of microprocessors and the general supply chain uncertainty we experienced over the last two years,” FCAI chief executive Tony Weber says.
“The industry will deliver the one millionth vehicle to the market in 2022 next week.”
“While this is positive news, many customers are still facing extended wait times for their vehicle, with expected delivery dates for some models beyond 12 months.”
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