First quarter 2006 report for Aussie car industry

[Falcon Freak]

As escalating fuel prices are something everybody is aware of, I believe most people are watching to see what impact it has upon the car industry. In particular are the local four manufacturers who have all their eggs in the 'big car' basket.

Here is how they have performed in the first quarter this year verus the same time last year (all figures suplied by FCAI):

Ford

Falcon -11,709 (13,190) -11.2%
Territory - 4,541 (5,815) -21.9%
Falcon Ute - 3,846 (4,413) -12.8%
Fairlane - 288 (379) -24.0%
LTD - 13 (18) -27.8%

Total Ford - 20,397 (23,815) - 14.4%

Holden

Commodore - 13,508 (17,167) -21.3%
Utility 4x2 - 3,854 (4,470) -23.0%
Adventra - 756 (311) +143.1%
Statesman - 548 (796) -31.2%
Monaro - 435 (567) -23.3%
Utility 4x4 - 396 (231) +71.4%
Caprice - 127 (217) - 41.5%

Total Holden - 19,624 (23,759) -17.4%

Toyota

Camry 4cyl - 5,118 (5,945) -13.9%
Camry 6cyl - 2,421 (2,855) - 15.2%
Avalon - 23 (961) - 97.6%

Total Toyota - 7,562 (9.761) -22.5%

Mitsubishi

380 - 2,940 (0) N/A
Magna - 302 (3,700) -91.8%
Verada - 42 (628) -93.3%

Total Mitsubishi - 3,284 (4,328) -24.1%

Total all four - 50,867 (61,663) -17.5%

Before anybody jumps in and says 'but Holden exports a lot more cars', I am planning on adding the export numbers for 2006 first quarter later this week.

All the numbers are looking very ugly.

FF