September 2013 Sales

[bobthebilda]

http://m.smh.com.au/drive/motor-news...003-2uv42.html

Car buyers are coming back in droves in the wake of the federal election.

The Australian car industry remains on track for a record year of new car sales despite a slight softening of the market in September in the wake of the federal election.

The Coalition’s changes to industry policy, including the reversing of Labor’s adjustments to the fringe benefits tax, have been cited as a key factor for the surge in buyer confidence. In a dose of good news for local manufacturing, Ford has announced it will return to full production of its Falcon and Territory variants on the back of a strong month.

According to industry figures released on Thursday, Australians purchased 92,622 vehicles for the month of September, bringing year-to-date sales to almost 850,000 – a 3.3 per cent increase on a record 2012 calendar year.

While the monthly result represents a 3.9 per cent decrease on September 2012, industry officials remain bullish about the prospect of a record year of sales given the election turnaround. Vehicle sales traditionally slow in the lead-up to a federal election.

The Toyota Corolla was the best-seller for the month of September with 3443 sales, edging out the Toyota Hilux (3341) and Mazda3 (3052). The new VF Holden Commodore finished fourth with 2869 sales – its best performance of the year.

Jeep continued its sales renaissance outside the top-sellers, lead by strong sales of its Grand Cherokee (1402).

The Ford Falcon, in particular, enjoyed a significant turnaround in sales in the weeks since the Coalition’s reversal of changes to the fringe benefits tax.

The Falcon rose to 846 sales, up from its lowest ever result of 573 for the month of August, and the Ford Territory rose to 1130.

Ford spokeswoman Sinead Phipps said the result reflected recent changes to the FBT, as well as a welcome return in consumer confidence. Phipps said the result meant Ford would not schedule any more down days at its Broadmeadows plant, having shut production for 12 days during August and September because of poor sales.

“Both the Falcon and the Territory have come back significantly since last month… sales of local production is up 37 per cent in comparison to August,” she told Fairfax Media.

“We believe a lot of that turnaround is due to the FBT changes being reversed. I can also confirm that there will be no more down days between now and the end of the year because of the rebound local production sales.”

The biggest year-to-date increases in demand were in the ever-popular SUV segment (up 8.9 per cent), light commercials (up 5.2 per cent) and Sports car segment, up 3,292 (20.6%).

Toyota was the top-selling marque for the month of September with 17492 sales, ahead of Holden (9614), Mazda (7615) , Hyundai (8803) and Ford (7505).

- With David McCowen

Top 10 makes
Toyota 17492

Holden 9614

Mazda 7615

Hyundai 8803

Ford 7505

Nissan 5556

Mitsubishi 5993

Volkswagen 4466

Honda 2180

Subaru 2752

Top 10 models
1 Toyota Corolla 3443

2 Toyota Hilux 3341

3 Mazda3 3052

4 Holden Commodore 2869

5 Hyundai i30 2675

6 Nissan Navara 2278

7 Toyota Camry 2223

8 Ford Ranger 2037

9 Holden Cruze 1851

10 Mitsubishi Triton 1761

[Rob 351]

Are they the best numbers we have seen for the Ranger since the PX was introduced?

[Struggo]

Top-selling model for the month was the Toyota Corolla (3443), which extended its annual lead over segment rival, the Mazda3, in the race to be Australia’s top-selling car for 2013 (32,039 sales YTD versus 30,781).

Toyota’s HiLux gave the Japanese brand a one-two finish for the month with 3341 sales, ahead of the Mazda3 (3052 sales). The Australian-made Holden Commodore continued its strong recent form since the launch of the new VF generation earlier this year, with 2869 sales (up 13.3 per cent).

The Hyundai i30 was next with 2675 sales (albeit down 14.9 per cent), ahead of the Nissan Navara (2278 units), locally-made Toyota Camry (2223 units), Australian-designed Ford Ranger (2037 units), Volkswagen Golf (1852 sales) and Australian-made Holden Cruze (1851 sales).

It was a mixed bag for those other Australian-made cars not yet mentioned: the Ford Territory was up 3.1 per cent to 1130 sales on the back of a big national advertising campaign, but the Falcon (846 sales, down 28.8 per cent) continued its now terminal decline.

The Toyota Aurion is also a concern, with only 537 units delivered for the month, down 25.5 per cent.

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...257BF900136FC2

[Wretched]

Brilliant numbers for Ranger and Territory. This is what happens when you build a car that people want. It sells.
Be interesting to see Focus sales, they're everywhere, I see ST model quite often.

[DJM83]

A couple of months back there was only around 700 Focus ST's sold.

[Wretched]

2013 2012
Ford
Ford Escape 0 50
Ford Falcon 846 1,188
Ford Falcon Ute 390 531
Ford Fiesta 714 834
Ford Focus 1,642 1,687
Ford Kuga 391 67
Ford Mondeo 237 366
Ford Ranger 4X2 512 520
Ford Ranger 4X4 1,525 1,281
Ford Territory 1,130 1,096
Ford Transit 53 52
Ford Transit Bus 3 12
Ford Transit Heavy 62 80
Ford Total 7,505 7,764

change -3.3%

Holden
Holden Barina 702 783
Holden Barina Spark 145 47
Holden Caprice 184 93
Holden Captiva 5 409 483
Holden Captiva 7 898 764
Holden Colorado 4X2 258 328
Holden Colorado 4X4 1,144 1,369
Holden Colorado 7 93 0
Holden Combo 0 13
Holden Commodore 2,869 2,532
Holden Cruze 1,851 1,951
Holden Epica 0 0
Holden Malibu 224 0
Holden Monaro 0 0
Holden Trax 325 0
Holden Utility 4X2 508 592
Holden Volt 4 0
Holden Total 9,614 8,955

change 7.4%

Hyundai
Hyundai Accent 566 453
Hyundai Elantra 868 595
Hyundai Grandeur 0 0
Hyundai i20 1,566 1,002
Hyundai i30 2,675 3,144
Hyundai i40 251 309
Hyundai I45 0 233
Hyundai iLOAD 315 292
Hyundai iMAX 79 149
Hyundai ix35 1,667 935
Hyundai Santa Fe 456 375
Hyundai Veloster 360 328
Hyundai Total 8,803 7,815

Change 12.6%

Jeep
Jeep Cherokee 0 341
Jeep Compass 271 202
Jeep Grand Cherokee 1,402 881
Jeep Patriot 184 147
Jeep Wrangler 191 219
Jeep Total 2,048 1,790

Change 14.4%

Chrysler
Chrysler 300 350 170
Chrysler Voyager 11 16
Chrysler Total 361 186

Change 94.1%

Mazda
Mazda BT-50 4X2 312 373
Mazda BT-50 4X4 634 751
Mazda CX-5 1,670 1,809
Mazda CX-7 0 8
Mazda CX-9 260 421
Mazda MX5 11 9
Mazda RX8 0 0
Mazda2 1,113 1,801
Mazda3 3,052 4,276
Mazda6 563 645
Mazda Total 7,615 10,093

Change -24.6%

Toyota
Toyota 86 492 119
Toyota Aurion 537 721
Toyota Camry (4 cyl) 2,223 2,267
Toyota Coaster 27 35
Toyota Corolla 3,443 3,133
Toyota FJ Cruiser 149 241
Toyota Hiace Bus 196 236
Toyota Hiace Van 494 582
Toyota Hilux 4X2 859 1,113
Toyota Hilux 4X4 2,482 2,366
Toyota Kluger 969 1,110
Toyota Landcruiser PU/CC 546 487
Toyota Landcruiser Wagon 838 789
Toyota Prado 1,133 1,204
Toyota Prius 43 56
Toyota Prius C 229 159
Toyota Prius V 70 111
Toyota RAV4 1,508 1,116
Toyota Rukus 33 58
Toyota Tarago 79 67
Toyota Yaris 1,142 1,330
Toyota Total 17,492 17,300

Change 1.1%

Volkswagen
Volkswagen Amarok 4X2 30 43
Volkswagen Amarok 4X4 398 530
Volkswagen Caddy Van 122 151
Volkswagen Caddy/Camper 22 37
Volkswagen Caravelle 11 3
Volkswagen CC 51 83
Volkswagen Crafter 44 80
Volkswagen Eos 25 88
Volkswagen Golf 1,852 1,713
Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet 32 71
Volkswagen Jetta 201 209
Volkswagen Multivan 70 50
Volkswagen New Beetle Cabrio 0 0
Volkswagen Passat 270 350
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack 98 0
Volkswagen Polo 410 480
Volkswagen Scirocco 37 66
Volkswagen The Beetle 93 0
Volkswagen Tiguan 417 490
Volkswagen Touareg 181 267
Volkswagen Transporter 72 153
Volkswagen Up! 30 85
Volkswagen Total 4,466 4,949

Change -9.8%

Sorry about the format, the usual CODE format I used is no longer available.

[Brazen]

Interesting if you added the big local Holdens together: Ute, Commodore, Caprice you would have the biggest selling vehicle.

[jpd80]

Geez, Mazda came a huge cropper last month fit figures falling 24.6%

Good to see Falcon and Territory fighting back, I wonder if more positive help would boost sales further,
maybe winding back the post 2011 FBT statutory limits to previous levels would help all the locals...

[Bossxr8]

Commodore sales still aren't something to crow about with such a significantly revised new model.

Only 110 more VF utes than FG utes too.

[DanielXR8]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Commodore sales still aren't something to crow about with such a significantly revised new model.

Only 110 more VF utes than FG utes too.

I trust if the 2014 Falcon can muster a 13 percent increase next year, like VE has over sales last year, you will be equally non plussed.


What has happened to Falcon has happened. Let it go. Its not Holdens fault.

[ILLaViTaR]

Originally Posted by bobthebilda

http://m.smh.com.au/drive/motor-news...003-2uv42.html

Car buyers are coming back in droves in the wake of the federal election.

The Australian car industry remains on track for a record year of new car sales despite a slight softening of the market in September in the wake of the federal election.

The Coalition’s changes to industry policy, including the reversing of Labor’s adjustments to the fringe benefits tax, have been cited as a key factor for the surge in buyer confidence. In a dose of good news for local manufacturing, Ford has announced it will return to full production of its Falcon and Territory variants on the back of a strong month.

According to industry figures released on Thursday, Australians purchased 92,622 vehicles for the month of September, bringing year-to-date sales to almost 850,000 – a 3.3 per cent increase on a record 2012 calendar year.

While the monthly result represents a 3.9 per cent decrease on September 2012, industry officials remain bullish about the prospect of a record year of sales given the election turnaround. Vehicle sales traditionally slow in the lead-up to a federal election.

The Toyota Corolla was the best-seller for the month of September with 3443 sales, edging out the Toyota Hilux (3341) and Mazda3 (3052). The new VF Holden Commodore finished fourth with 2869 sales – its best performance of the year.

Jeep continued its sales renaissance outside the top-sellers, lead by strong sales of its Grand Cherokee (1402).

The Ford Falcon, in particular, enjoyed a significant turnaround in sales in the weeks since the Coalition’s reversal of changes to the fringe benefits tax.

The Falcon rose to 846 sales, up from its lowest ever result of 573 for the month of August, and the Ford Territory rose to 1130.

Ford spokeswoman Sinead Phipps said the result reflected recent changes to the FBT, as well as a welcome return in consumer confidence. Phipps said the result meant Ford would not schedule any more down days at its Broadmeadows plant, having shut production for 12 days during August and September because of poor sales.

“Both the Falcon and the Territory have come back significantly since last month… sales of local production is up 37 per cent in comparison to August,” she told Fairfax Media.

“We believe a lot of that turnaround is due to the FBT changes being reversed. I can also confirm that there will be no more down days between now and the end of the year because of the rebound local production sales.”

The biggest year-to-date increases in demand were in the ever-popular SUV segment (up 8.9 per cent), light commercials (up 5.2 per cent) and Sports car segment, up 3,292 (20.6%).

Toyota was the top-selling marque for the month of September with 17492 sales, ahead of Holden (9614), Mazda (7615) , Hyundai (8803) and Ford (7505).

- With David McCowen

Top 10 makes
Toyota 17492

Holden 9614

Mazda 7615

Hyundai 8803

Ford 7505

Nissan 5556

Mitsubishi 5993

Volkswagen 4466

Honda 2180

Subaru 2752

Top 10 models
1 Toyota Corolla 3443

2 Toyota Hilux 3341

3 Mazda3 3052

4 Holden Commodore 2869

5 Hyundai i30 2675

6 Nissan Navara 2278

7 Toyota Camry 2223

8 Ford Ranger 2037

9 Holden Cruze 1851

10 Mitsubishi Triton 1761

They should just make it an official religion already. That way they can pull more tax benefits too.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by DanielXR8

I trust if the 2014 Falcon can muster a 13 percent increase next year, like VE has over sales last year, you will be equally non plussed.


What has happened to Falcon has happened. Let it go. Its not Holdens fault.

What's that got to do with anything.

With all the massive upgrades with the VF those increases over what was an ancient VE aren't much of an improvement. Surely Holden would have been expecting a lot more.

Especially with the half billion dollar investment. Not to mention the huge price cuts. Which in reality mean those 2900 odd cars or so they sold are really only of an equivalent value to maybe 2500 VE's?

[LTDmonger]

Wow!
Didn't expect Mazda to take such a hit,
VW also with such a huge range.
Interesting with the Malibu...I'm still yet to see on on the road.
Chrysler/Jeep continue to surprise.

[Wretched]

some more figures

Retail Sales By Buyer Type Fuel

Total Market 2013 2012

Passenger Private
Diesel 1,252 1,527
Electric 9 5
Hybrid 442 574
LPG 31 45
Petrol 23,661 23,561

Passenger Non-Private
Diesel 1,974 2,303
Electric 13 3
Hybrid 490 589
LPG 253 248
Petrol 19,024 20,182

SUV Private
Diesel 5,642 4,584
Hybrid 18 22
Petrol 8,789 8,591

SUV Non-Private
Diesel 5,175 5,185
Hybrid 21 19
Petrol 6,554 6,851

Light Commercial Private
Diesel 5,419 3,501
LPG 19 12
Petrol 745 1,006

Light Commercial Non-Private
Diesel 8,743 11,089
LPG 119 151
Petrol 1,439 1,770

Heavy Commercial 2,830 2,809

Total 92,662 94,627

Retail Sales By Buyer Type
Total Market 2013 2012

Passenger
Private 25,395 25,712
Business 15,023 16,788
Gov't 1,701 1,885
Rental 5,030 4,652

SUV
Private 14,449 13,197
Business 10,040 9,863
Gov't 649 931
Rental 1,061 1,261

Light Commercial
Private 6,183 4,519
Business 8,805 10,990
Gov't 1,188 1,369
Rental 308 651

Sub Total
Private 46,027 43,428
Business 33,868 37,641
Gov't 3,538 4,185
Rental 6,399 6,564

Heavy Commercial 2,830 2,809

Total 92,662 94,627

[csv8]

Not good figures for Kuga. Mondeo??

[Pepscobra]

Good to see the local Fords aren't going down without a bit of a fight.

[GCRXR6]

Originally Posted by DanielXR8

I trust if the 2014 Falcon can muster a 13 percent increase next year, like VE has over sales last year, you will be equally non plussed.


What has happened to Falcon has happened. Let it go. Its not Holdens fault.

I can't see any part of Boss's post where the blame is placed at Holden. The post is merely an observation. Feeling touchy are we?

[GCRXR6]

Sales for business has taken a dive, in particular the light comercial sector. Reflection of busines confidence?

[zilo]

Hybrids outselling LPG by a mile....

[MrZ]

Originally Posted by LTDmonger

Wow!
Didn't expect Mazda to take such a hit,
VW also with such a huge range.
Interesting with the Malibu...I'm still yet to see on on the road.
Chrysler/Jeep continue to surprise.

I've seen at least 2 Malibus - one in Ballarat back in May, before it even went on sale, and another a couple of weeks ago on the Monash Freeway in Melbourne. It was a pearl white CDX and was right behind me - really stood out. Nice looking front end.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by csv8

Not good figures for Kuga. Mondeo??

Kuga looks to be well up on last year from what I can read.

[SumoDog68]

Jeep Grand Cherokee is doing really well - outselling Prado and Territory .
Another one that flies under the radar is VW Golf - selling well considering bad publicity for VW lately.

[buggerlugs]

Mazda owners waiting on the new Mazda 3............

[Hally]

The September drive away deals on Golf were great. I bought one for my daily 200 km commute.

90 TSI Comfortline for $26500 I felt was great value for all thine kit you get plus 3 year unlimited km warranty. Now they have moved to capped price servicing helps as well.

[csv8]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Kuga looks to be well up on last year from what I can read.

Sales are up but Ford must be disapointed with sales of Kuga. Weren't Ford expecting better sales with Kuga ??

[BDA074]

Originally Posted by csv8

Sales are up but Ford must be disapointed with sales of Kuga. Weren't Ford expecting better sales with Kuga ??

Have to agree, with all the hype and advertising in a growing segment I would have been hoping near double the current sales... Rav 4 is doing 1,500 per month.

[Road_Warrior]

Maybe they can't get enough of them?? They come from Europe don't they?

[ute83]

Originally Posted by csv8

Sales are up but Ford must be disapointed with sales of Kuga. Weren't Ford expecting better sales with Kuga ??

Indicator stalk is on the wrong side.

[Mercury 8]

Originally Posted by ute83

Indicator stalk is on the wrong side.

Only if you option the tech pack.Plenty of Kuga in stock but some dealers don't seem to want to sell them.

[Kieron]

Originally Posted by BDA074

Have to agree, with all the hype and advertising in a growing segment I would have been hoping near double the current sales... Rav 4 is doing 1,500 per month.

Agreed, in it's segment it's pretty low on the charts -

CX-5 1,670
IX35 1,667
RAV4 1,508
Tiguan 417
Captiva 5 409
Kuga 391


I drove one up in Malaysia a few weeks back and it's a damn nice jigger and sold here for a reasonable price. Big problem there was 'its a Ford' and the perception is low resale value, is it the same here with the 'Falcon car company'?

Same applies to the Focus in it's segment which again is a fantastic car.