Australia recorded 101,992 new-vehicle sales in September 2025, up 5.1% on a year earlier, as battery electric vehicles reached 11.3% of the monthly market, Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) data shows. Year-to-date sales stand at 914,439, 1.4% lower than the same period in 2024.
Automotive distributors are reacting subduedly to a new record for vehicle sales in 2024. Consumers face a tough start to 2025 due to economic and political challenges.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says the softening demand for new vehicles in November 2024 reflects cost-of-living pressures for private buyers. However, the FCAI says the preference for hybrid and plug-in hybrid technology in new vehicles continues.
Australia recorded 98,328 new vehicle sales in August 2024, making it the second-best August result. FCAI chief executive Tony Weber says this was a good result despite August 2024 being down by 10.6% from last year’s August number.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says the market continues to break all-time sales records as more Australians take delivery of more new vehicles than ever before.
A looming increase to the Clean Car fee on July 1 has driven an increase in registrations of light commercial vehicles in New Zealand for the month of May 2023.
In spite of supply chain challenges and delivery delays Australia’s automotive industry delivered more than one million new vehicles to owners in 2022. And the Ford Ranger became the best-selling vehicle for the month of December.
