May 2007 new car sales

[Dave_au]

From the Wheelmag website:

May top three by market segment:

Light Cars (under $25,000)

1. Toyota Yaris – 2389
2. Hyundai Getz – 1757
3. Suzuki Swift – 1112

Light Cars ($25,000-plus)

1. Peugeot 207 – 180
2. Citroen C3 – 70
3. Fiat Punto – 61

Small Cars (under $40,000)

1. Toyota Corolla – 3558
2. Mazda3 – 2758
3. Ford Focus – 1958

Small Cars ($40,000-plus)

1. BMW 1 Series – 173
2. Mini Cooper – 160
3. Mercedes-Benz B-Class – 124

Medium Cars (under $60,000)

1. Toyota Camry – 2027
2. Mazda6 – 1022
3. Subaru Liberty – 723

Medium Cars ($60,000-plus)

1. BMW 3 Series – 413
2. Lexus IS250 – 381
3. Audi A4 – 205

Large Cars (under $70,000)

1. Holden Commodore – 5001
2. Ford Falcon – 2801
3. Toyota Aurion – 1954

Large Cars ($70,000-plus)

1. Mercedes-Benz E-Class – 199
2. BMW 5 Series – 101
3. Lexus GS – 52

Upper Large Cars (under $100,000)

1. Holden Caprice – 224
2. Holden Statesman – 179
3. Chrysler 300C – 147

Upper Large Cars ($100,000-plus)

1. Mercedes-Benz S-Class – 38
2. Lexus LS – 37
3. BMW 7 Series – 27

People Movers (under $55,000)

1. Kia Carnival – 466
2. Toyota Tarago – 312
3. Honda Odyssey – 247

People Movers ($55,000-plus)

1. Chrysler Voyager – 35
2. Volkswagen Multivan – 30
3. Mercedes-Benz Viano – 21

Sports Cars (under $80,000)

1. Holden Astra Convertible – 123
2. Mazda MX-5 – 100
3. Volkswagen Eos – 76

Sports Cars ($80,000-plus)

1. BMW 3 Series Coupe/Convertible – 271
2. Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class – 107
3. Audi TT – 81

Sports Cars ($200,000-plus)

= 1. Mercedes-Benz CL-Class – 19
= 1. Jaguar XK – 19
2. Aston Martin Coupe – 18

SUV Compact

1. Toyota RAV4 – 1146
2. Nissan X-Trail – 1071
3. Honda CR-V – 1043

SUV Medium

1. Ford Territory – 1665
2. Toyota Prado – 1234
3. Holden Captiva – 971

SUV Large

1. Toyota Landcruiser wagon – 781
2. Nissan Patrol wagon – 631
3. Jeep Commander – 33

SUV Luxury

1. BMW X5 – 401
2. Lexus RX – 266
3. Mercedes-Benz M-Class – 228

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Falcon Freak

Summary for May 2007 (May 2006) {May 2005**:

Ford - Australian manufactured vehicles

Falcon/Fairmont - 2,801 (3,388) {4,530**
Territory - 1,665 (1,809) {2,154**
Utility - 1,109 (1,488) {1,572**
Fairlane/LTD - 147 (73) {209**

Total - 5,722 (6,758) {8,465**

Dark days for Ford Australia as the last two years show a big reduction in sales

Holden - Australian manufactured vehicles

Commodore - 5,001 (4,362) {6,451**
Ute/Crewman - 1,035 (1,317) {1,591**
Statesman/Caprice - 403 (181) {362**
Adventra - 72 (261) {184**
Monaro - 14 (86) {160**

Total - 6,525 (6,207) {8,748**

New VE and WM models have halted the sales slide for Holden. But 2007 figures are well down on 2005 which was when fuel prices were just starting to get silly

FF

Fairlanes come back!!

[Polyal]

LOL at those Captiva links. I drive past a winery on my way to work, and they brought one aswell, I dont understand how that is good for their image.

Yeah sales not good but what do you expect really. Do these figures include exports aswell?

Also WTF, now people decide to buy a friggin Fairlane, I have NFI how people think they will get money back on those one day.

That mondeo cant come soon enough, would slot in nicely with the 6 and camry.

[merlin]

Poor sales result for Ford BUT they must be doing something right if a 5 year old Falcon can beat the latest greatest Aurion by almost 1000 units.

[ClevlndStemer]

Originally Posted by merlin

Poor sales result for Ford BUT they must be doing something right if a 5 year old Falcon can beat the latest greatest Aurion by almost 1000 units.

But shouldn't the Aurion and Camry results be tallied together after all they are the same car. A 4 cyl and 6 cyl. Same as falcon 6cyl and 8cyl. If you do combine them then the falcon is beaten fair and square. Even if you don't then the Aurion on its own, one engine is doing well against 3 engines (6, 6T and 8) offered from Ford.

[perrys]

Toyota got their Aurion classified as large car. In return, Holden got their captiva rated as a medium SUV. I mean what a pretender, its really a poor korean compact part-time 4 wheel drive bugger with an optional V6 engine (which is available on new Outland and will be on Rav4 soon)! Korean cars are often bigger in their class anyways.

[perrys]

Btw, Toyota/Lexus got a place in more than half of all segments top 3 (11/19) while ford only got 3 out of 19... Crazy!

[csv8]

WHAT ? FIAT's are selling !! Light Cars ($25,000-plus)

1. Peugeot 207 – 180
2. Citroen C3 – 70
3. Fiat Punto – 61

[Falcon Freak]

Originally Posted by LSTerritoryGhia

Fairlanes come back!!

That one is beyond explanation.

FF

[Franky]

Ford definately would do well with a medium car such as the modeo. If the Mazda 6 can get 1000 sales then the Mondeo should be able to compete

F.T.T

[Lagom]

Originally Posted by Falcon Freak

That one is beyond explanation.

Fleet sales?

[Falcon Freak]

Originally Posted by Lagom

Fleet sales?

I've seen a lot more Fairlane based taxis in recent times.

FF

[Ghiadude]

Originally Posted by Falcon Freak

I've seen a lot more Fairlane based taxis in recent times.

FF

I like the look of them alot personally !!