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04-05-2012, 08:59 AM | #1 | ||
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No..I am not knocking Ford..but sales comparisons are interesting..From Drive.
Top 10 sellers in April 2012 1 Toyota HiLux 3565 2 Mazda3 3005* 3 Toyota Corolla 2573 4 Holden Cruze 2315* 5 Holden Commodore 2248 6 Hyundai i30 2147* 7 Toyota Prado 1725* 8 Toyota Camry 1602 9 Nissan Navara 1590* 10 Mitsubishi Triton 1482* *Not in top 10 in 2002 Top 10 sellers in April 2002 1 Holden Commodore 7008 2 Ford Falcon 3623* 3 Toyota Corolla 2738 4 Holden Astra 2148* 5 Toyota Camry 1984 6 Toyota HiLux 1742 7 Hyundai Accent 1725* 8 Mitsubishi Lancer 1386* 9 Nissan Pulsar 1380* 10 Ford Falcon ute 1360*
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04-05-2012, 09:14 AM | #2 | ||
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All hail the AU
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04-05-2012, 09:22 AM | #3 | |||
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04-05-2012, 09:23 AM | #4 | ||
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Comparing individual months does not really show much as individual models vary from month to month.
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04-05-2012, 09:28 AM | #5 | ||
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Can you believe the Falcon ute made the top 10 back in the day.
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04-05-2012, 09:30 AM | #6 | ||
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Shows a stark contrast into what product the buyer is after compared to 10 years ago.
Car markers have introduced a range of vehicles that pretty much fit exactly what families, singles and niche markets want. Even luxury and hyper cars have had to adjust their range to suit the new ultra rich buyer. Times have moved quickly in 10 years of the motoring industry.
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04-05-2012, 09:31 AM | #7 | ||
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How much was fuel back then? 90c? $1.10?
It's fuel prices that are killing the Falcon nothing else.
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04-05-2012, 09:40 AM | #8 | |||
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But she never let me down. She was comfortable to ride and shook her **** when I gave her the boot a bit. |
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04-05-2012, 09:40 AM | #9 | |||
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04-05-2012, 09:41 AM | #10 | ||
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Commodore and Falcon have fallen the same percentage proportionately (more or less)
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04-05-2012, 09:42 AM | #11 | ||
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hatches/SUV's better utilise the space available to a car.
familys *need* to take all their gadgets everywhere in the car now, won't fit in a sedan.
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04-05-2012, 10:02 AM | #12 | ||
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everyone buys dual cab utes instead of normal utes.
I cant think of ANYONE with a family that would buy a normal ute(if they needed a ute)! I have a dual cab, if I didnt have a family I would have an xr6t ute. But i do like the clearance on my Triton too. Kinda fun climbing things, going up gutters without even thinking etc. |
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04-05-2012, 10:06 AM | #13 | ||
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Nearly rolling over when negotiating corners and waiting for a downhill to overtake....... :-)
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04-05-2012, 10:07 AM | #14 | |||
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If your talking about the bigger more expensive SUV's I doubt the "wealthy" owners would be concerned with fuel prices on the rise. My auntie lives in a country where fuel prices are $3.00 a litre, her husband is quite wealthy guess what she drives?? Let's just say it's not a 3.0litre SUV. But I do agree it is a mix of things. People I have asked say Fuel prices are too high and It's a taxi.
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04-05-2012, 12:46 PM | #17 | ||
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hasnt anyone here noticed the amazing stat????
In 2002 the top 2 sellers combined for 10,600 sales. In 2012 the top 2 sellers combined - only 6,500 sales! Even tho the car market would have grown a lot in 10 yrs! It just shows the massive fragmentation of the market with so many sizes of vehicle and so many manufacturers. Basically car manufacturers are trying to cater for so many different segments |
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04-05-2012, 01:19 PM | #18 | ||
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Considering there was no Territory, Ford Australia is actually doing better relative to GMH than it was back in April 2002. Surprisingly though, April 2002 was during the period where Ford Australia had its strongest product ever.
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04-05-2012, 01:38 PM | #19 | |||
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BA only came out in August / September 2002
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04-05-2012, 01:47 PM | #20 | |||
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04-05-2012, 02:20 PM | #21 | |||
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Spot on mate, I said essentially the same on another forum. The proliferation of manufacturers/model choice is the reason and combined with the growth of the SUV segment, our poor ole Falc is rapidly going out of the picture. A more telling stat would be to look at yearly Falcon sales from BA onwards given the AU was largely unloved. If memory serves, BA sales in the hey day was 6K and sometime 7K. |
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04-05-2012, 02:23 PM | #22 | |||
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Interested to know where you found the sales figures. I remember mid '05 when Falcon was strong and Territory was through the roof, would be interesting to see the sales numbers. Good times back then.........
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04-05-2012, 02:37 PM | #23 | ||
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Here you go Gobes -
http://fordforums.com.au/vbportal/mo...category&cid=2 Russelw has done a top job of tracking sales over the years. |
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04-05-2012, 03:26 PM | #24 | ||
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Top 20 - 2005 Full year
Holden Commodore 66,794 Ford Falcon 53,080 Toyota Corolla 46,415 Holden Astra 33,070 Mazda3 32,570 Toyota Camry (4 cyl) 24,446 Ford Territory 23,454 Holden Utility 4X2 18,877 Ford Falcon Ute 18,384 Nissan Pulsar 17,643 Toyota Hilux 4X4 16,959 Hyundai Getz 16,455 Toyota Prado 15,335 Toyota Echo 15,180 Mazda6 14,783 Toyota Hilux 4X2 14,410 Holden Rodeo 4X2 14,213 Mitsubishi Lancer 13,641 Hyundai Elantra 13,353 Subaru Forester 12,320 Top 20 - 2006 Full year Holden Commodore 56,531 Toyota Corolla 46,256 Ford Falcon 42,390 Mazda3 32,432 Toyota Yaris 27,990 Toyota Camry (4 cyl) 24,221 Hyundai Getz 20,853 Toyota Hilux 4X4 20,162 Holden Astra 19,681 Ford Territory 18,364 Ford Focus 17,483 Toyota Hilux 4X2 16,723 Ford Falcon Ute 15,858 Mitsubishi Lancer 15,633 Toyota RAV4 14,834 Nissan Navara 4X4 14,362 Holden Barina 13,635 Honda Civic 13,536 Holden Utility 4X2 13,377 Toyota Prado 13,374 |
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04-05-2012, 03:41 PM | #25 | ||
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Shame. Falcon being beaten by Toyota Camry is like being beaten by a girl.
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06-05-2012, 10:32 AM | #26 | ||
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Was the AUIII seriously that long ago? 10 years???
The last of the AUIII XR8 220's look even better now than they did at the time :-) 10 years on... Swap the dash / door trims for BF items and holy moly... |
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