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03-10-2013, 12:20 PM | #1 | ||
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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 |
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03-10-2013, 12:39 PM | #2 | ||
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Are they the best numbers we have seen for the Ranger since the PX was introduced?
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03-10-2013, 02:33 PM | #4 | ||
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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.
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03-10-2013, 02:54 PM | #5 | ||
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A couple of months back there was only around 700 Focus ST's sold.
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03-10-2013, 08:20 PM | #8 | ||
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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... |
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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? |
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03-10-2013, 10:25 PM | #13 | ||
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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. |
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Not good figures for Kuga. Mondeo??
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03-10-2013, 11:59 PM | #16 | ||
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Good to see the local Fords aren't going down without a bit of a fight.
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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?
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Sales for business has taken a dive, in particular the light comercial sector. Reflection of busines confidence?
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04-10-2013, 01:05 AM | #19 | ||
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Hybrids outselling LPG by a mile....
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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.
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Kuga looks to be well up on last year from what I can read.
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04-10-2013, 07:04 AM | #22 | ||
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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. |
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04-10-2013, 08:19 AM | #24 | ||
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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. |
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Sales are up but Ford must be disapointed with sales of Kuga. Weren't Ford expecting better sales with Kuga ??
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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.
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04-10-2013, 10:27 AM | #27 | ||
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Maybe they can't get enough of them?? They come from Europe don't they?
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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. |
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