Q3 New Vehicle Market Overview
Australian Market Report
Q3
Mazda, Subaru, Honda grow in September as market remains steady
Full year-to-date
sales are 2.8%
ahead of the
same period
in 2015, with
887,076 units
shifted across
all segments.
H
onda regained some ground
it had lost in recent months
to Korean brand Kia and
Mercedes-Benz, lifting by 5.2 per
cent – largely on the back of huge
results for the HR-V and new Civic –
to regain its position in the top 10.
Kia was pipped to a top-10 spot
by less than 100 units, but its
September haul was 22.8 per cent
ahead of last September, with the
Cerato continuing its growth spurt,
up 44.2 per cent.
The big three German premium
brands were relatively steady last
month, with Audi up by 1.3 per cent,
BMW increasing by only 0.6 per
cent, while Mercedes saw 5.4 per
cent growth.
A number of other premium brands
experienced a lift last month,
including Jaguar (+90.0 per cent),
Infiniti (+81.8 per cent), Lexus (+3.6
per cent), Porsche (+13.3 per cent)
and Volvo (+8.2 per cent).
The all new Tiguan SUV is set to reignite sales for Volkswagen
The September haul of 102,692
units was just 1.3 per cent – or 1304
vehicle sales – ahead of September
2015, with 26 selling days in both
months.
Passenger car sales continued to
slide, dropping 8.7 per cent over last
September, while SUVs continued
to grow, up 6.8 per cent, helping
to narrow the gap of 366,203
passenger car sales compared to
332,103 SUVs for the first nine
months of 2016.
Q3 Commodore sales were steady on 2366,
up 0.8 per cent from Q2
F
ull year-to-date sales are 2.8 per
cent ahead of the same period in
2015, with 887,076 units shifted
across all segments.
While the heavy commercial market
was steady (+0.6 per cent), lightcommercial utes and vans showed
their continued strength with a 17.9
per cent lift over last September.
Sales to private buyers fell by 8.2 per
cent last month, but business
purchases grew by 14.3 per
cent and government sales were
steady, up 1.9 per cent.
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Source: http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/8E9F48F353724615CA257FE700012EDB