More than 90,614 new vehicles were sold to Australian customers in April 2025 which was a 6.8% decrease on the same period in 2024.
The Toyota Hilux was Australia’s top selling vehicle with sales of 4121 followed by the Ford Ranger (4031), Toyota RAV4 (3808), Ford Everest (2234) and Toyota Prado (2233).
Toyota was the market leader with sales of 19,380 during April, followed by Ford (7,334), Mazda (6,573), Kia (6,303) and Hyundai (5,547).
The latest VFACTS data shows a sharp decline in sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) following the removal of the fringe benefits tax (FBT) exemption for these models at the end of March.
During April, 2601 plug-in hybrids were purchased, representing 2.9% of sales. This is down from 4.7% of sales year to date to March 2025.
For April 2025, sales in the Australian Capital Territory were down 17% on April 2024 to 1198; New South Wales was down 7.5% to 27,071; Northern Territory decreased by 2.4% to 838; Queensland fell 3.2% to 20,203; South Australia was down by 13.6% to 5864; Tasmania had a decrease of 18.5% to 1366; Victoria was down 7.9% to 24,410 and Western Australia decreased 1.4% to 9664.
VFACTS April 2025
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Key Points:
- The April 2025 market of 90,614 shows a decrease in new vehicle sales of 6,588
(-6.8%) compared to April 2024 (97,202). There were 23 selling days in April 2025 compared to 24 selling days in April 2024 resulting in a decrease of 110.3 vehicle sales per day in April 2025. - The Passenger Vehicle Market is down by 4741 vehicle sales (-27.4%) over the same month last year; the Sports Utility Market is up by 44 vehicle sales (0.1%); the Light Commercial Market is down by 990 vehicle sales (-4.6%) and the Heavy Commercial Vehicle Market is down by 901 vehicle sales (-20.8%) versus April 2024.
- Toyota was market leader in April, followed by Ford and Mazda. Toyota led Ford with a margin of 12,046 vehicle sales and 13.3 market share points.
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