VFACTS April 05

JR. · 04-05-2005, 02:41 PM

Ford
Ford Courier 4X2 303
Ford Courier 4X4 377
Ford Econovan Van 34
Ford Escape 219
Ford Explorer 42
Ford F250 4X2 11
Ford F250 4X4 177
Ford F350 4X2 2
Ford F350 4X4 3
Ford Fairlane 169
Ford Falcon 4174
Ford Falcon Ute 1382
Ford Fiesta 395
Ford Focus 559
Ford LTD 35
Ford Territory 2093
Ford Transit 232
Ford Transit Bus 49
Ford Transit C/C 37
TOTAL Ford 10293

Holden
Holden Adventra 56
Holden Astra 2846
Holden Astra Convertible 93
Holden Barina 736
Holden Caprice 49
Holden Combo 111
Holden Commodore 5773
Holden Cruze 199
Holden Jackaroo 5
Holden Monaro 198
Holden Rodeo 4X2 1367
Holden Rodeo 4X4 911
Holden Statesman 235
Holden Utility 4X2 1240
Holden Utility 4X4 79
Holden Vectra (4 cyl) 159
Holden Vectra CDX 99
Holden Zafira 62
TOTAL Holden 14218

The April 2005 industry volume of 76,330, sets a new record for an April month, the previous record of 71,305 was set last year, and is up, 5,025 vehicles or 7.0% on April 2004. April 2005 (25.0) had 3.0 more selling days than April (22.0) 2004, resulting in a decrease of 187.9 vehicles per day or 5.8%.

The April 2005 market is down 10,096 (-11.7%) on March (86,426 vehicles). April (25.0) had 0.4 of a selling day more than March (24.6), resulting in a decrease of 460.1 vehicles per day or 13.1%.

The Passenger Vehicle Market increased by 2,566 vehicles (5.8%) versus the same month last year, whilst the Sports Utility Vehicle Market, increased by 1,398 (11.3%), the Light Truck Market, increased by 929 vehicles (7.4%) and the Heavy Commercial Vehicle Market increased by132 vehicles (5.9%) over April 2004.

Toyota was market leader in April, followed by Holden and Ford. Year to Date Toyota lead Holden with a margin of 1,935 vehicle sales, or 0.6 market share points.

ford.boy · 04-05-2005, 02:46 PM

Only 4K falcons. I thought there'd be more than that moved.

smoo · 04-05-2005, 02:46 PM

wow, is that with the V6 Adventra too, or is it only available as a V8?

paul7v7 · 04-05-2005, 03:05 PM

hmmm not a good month at all...have we got the toyota figures? i am curious to know how they went.

Smoke Pursuit · 04-05-2005, 03:11 PM

Interesting to see the LTD has got back up there again...

Wonder if thats just because alot of dealerships have put the new MARK II on as a demos?

JR. · 04-05-2005, 03:12 PM

Light Car Segment Top 10
Toyota Echo 1378
Hyundai Getz 1261
Holden Barina 736
Kia Rio 632
Suzuki Swift 591
Honda Jazz 523
Mazda2 430
Ford Fiesta 395
Mitsubishi Colt 265
Toyota Prius 100

Small Car Segment Top 10
Toyota Corolla 3279
Holden Astra 2846
Mazda3 2390
Nissan Pulsar 1354
Hyundai Elantra 1149
Mitsubishi Lancer 983
Subaru Impreza 887
Volkswagen Golf 811
Honda Civic 611
Ford Focus 559

Large Car Segment Top 5
Holden Commodore 5773
Ford Falcon 4174
Toyota Camry V6 868
Mitsubishi Magna V6 618
Toyota Avalon 293

Sports Car Segment Top 5
Holden Monaro 198
Holden Astra Convertible 93
Hyundai Tiburon 77
Honda Integra 64
Mini Cooper Cabrio 53

Prestige Car Segment Top 5
Honda Accord 1700
Holden Statesman 235
Nissan Maxima 211
Ford Fairlane 169
BMW 1 Series 151

Luxury Car Segment Top 20
BMW 3-Series 345
Mercedes-Benz C-Class 317
Mercedes-Benz E-Class 229
Audi A4 185
Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 158
BMW 5-Series 130
Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 104
M-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe 94
Lexus GS 76
Audi A6 65
Nissan 350Z 62
BMW 3-Series Coupe 59
Jaguar X-Type 53
Holden Caprice 49
Porsche 911 48
Saab 93 Convertible 46
Lexus IS300 43
Mazda RX8 40
BMW 3-Series Convertible 36
Ford LTD 35

SUV Compact Top 10
Subaru Forester 936
Toyota RAV4 917
Nissan X-Trail 802
Subaru Outback 488
Honda CR-V 424
Mazda Tribute 316
Mitsubishi Outlander 299
Hyundai Tucson 296
Ford Escape 219
Holden Cruze 199

SUV Medium Top 10
Ford Territory 2093
Toyota Prado 1345
Toyota Kluger 662
Mitsubishi Pajero 473
Jeep Cherokee 181
Hyundai Terracan 169
Kia Sorento 161
Land Rover Discovery 160
Jeep Wrangler 112
Mitsubishi Challenger 76

SUV Large Top 3
Toyota Landcruiser Wagon 987
Nissan Patrol Wagon 622
Ford Explorer 42

SUV Luxury Top 5
BMW X5 242
Lexus RX330 208
BMW X3 128
Volvo XC90 125
Mercedes-Benz M-Class 108

paul7v7 · 04-05-2005, 03:17 PM

thanks JR

Teki04 · 04-05-2005, 03:21 PM

Hmmm.... the swift is going really well in its first few months... advertising does wonders, plus a good car to begin with... FORD TAKE NOTE!

JR. · 04-05-2005, 03:23 PM

Ford 2004 2005 + or -
Ford Courier 4X2 889 1055 +166
Ford Courier 4X4 1308 1375 +67
Ford Econovan Van 443 183 -260
Ford Escape 1273 1274 +1
Ford Explorer 404 165 -239
Ford F250 4X2 54 38 -16
Ford F250 4X4 560 730 +170
Ford F350 4X2 9 14 +5
Ford F350 4X4 19 17 -2
Ford Fairlane 721 548 -173
Ford Falcon 21579 17364 -4215
Ford Falcon Ute 6509 5795 -714
Ford Fiesta 805 1756 +951
Ford Focus 4443 3374 -1069
Ford LTD 43 53 +10
Ford Territory 7908 +7908
Ford Transit 683 705 +22
Ford Transit Bus 121 127 +6
Ford Transit C/C 152 135 -17
TOTAL 40016 42616 +2600

So we're up 2600 sales on last year to date, but there are 7908 Territory's we didn't have last year, so we're actually down on a comparitive basis by 5308

Pik0 · 04-05-2005, 04:15 PM

Falcon (-4215) and Focus (-1069) are really hurting us...

WASP · 04-05-2005, 04:50 PM

It's obvious why Ford don't go overboard with the Fairlane. Although they have sold less than Holden, the Statesman and Caprice figures and pretty damn average as well. Looks like the market is changing and the demand for LWB cars are slowing.

Territory is definety Fords rising star.

GTP 320 · 04-05-2005, 04:56 PM

At least it's good news that for the fourth consecutive month FPV has beaten HSV.
Congratulations to Ford and FPV .
Cheers John

WASP · 04-05-2005, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTP 320

At least it's good news that for the fourh consecutive month FPV has beaten HSV.
Congratulations to Ford and FPV .
Cheers John

Agreed and considering HSV now has that great LS2, the result is even more surprising. Is it possible that the 285kW LS1 was for most HSV buyers simply 'good enough'? Great result for FPV regardless.

04-05-2005, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JR

Ford LTD 35

I'm happy to say 2 were from Smithfield, one of which is mine!

FPV have outsold HSV swb sedans fro the 5th month now.

Homer1 · 04-05-2005, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTP 320

At least it's good news that for the fourh consecutive month FPV has beaten HSV.
Congratulations to Ford and FPV .
Cheers John

Where's the stats for those?? Do they just count them as Falcon and Commodore sales?

rick69 · 04-05-2005, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTP 320

At least it's good news that for the fourh consecutive month FPV has beaten HSV.

Any figures for this??
Don't forget all the GT courtesy cars which were given to Typhoon owners would also count as sales.....

XplosiveR6 · 04-05-2005, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick69

Any figures for this??
Don't forget all the GT courtesy cars which were given to Typhoon owners would also count as sales.....

here we go again....

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GTP 320 · 04-05-2005, 06:49 PM

Just talking about FPV and HSV vechicles these figures were given last night at our meeting of the FPV & XR club of Vic. by Gordan Barfield

GTP 320 · 04-05-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick69

Any figures for this??
Don't forget all the GT courtesy cars which were given to Typhoon owners would also count as sales.....

Out of 133 Typhoon's released before a hold was put on them,only 35 took up the option of a courtesy car,the rest had no issue's at all as they were not going to thrash their cars anyway.
Cheers John

Olympus · 04-05-2005, 06:53 PM

ROFL ! @ Holdens Adventra sales !!
Thumbs up for the Terry !!!

davocol · 04-05-2005, 07:29 PM

Thats a cheap shot, there was definitely an issue with the clutch, its been admitted and addressed by ford, it's in the past; lets move on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTP 320

Out of 133 Typhoon's released before a hold was put on them,only 35 took up the option of a courtesy car,the rest had no issue's at all as they were not going to thrash their cars anyway.
Cheers John

**russellw** · 04-05-2005, 09:09 PM

The usual graphical analysis of the statistics is available HERE

Cheers
Russ

GTP 320 · 05-05-2005, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davocol

Thats a cheap shot, there was definitely an issue with the clutch, its been admitted and addressed by ford, it's in the past; lets move on.

You have misunderstood me,what i said was in regards to the ones that did not bother to take up the offer of courtesy cars,they are the ones that had no issue to get a replacement cars.Of course there was an issue with the clutch as Ford have admitted and rectified it.
Cheers John

05-05-2005, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RATT

FPV have outsold HSV swb sedans fro the 5th month now.

After a meeting with David Flint and co tonight it was revealed that HSV actually outsold FPV for the first time this year in April.
But since F6 is now back it may not happen again for HSV for a while.

zetec · 05-05-2005, 12:37 AM

Go FPV Go!!!

rick69 · 05-05-2005, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTP 320

35 took up the option of a courtesy car

That is my point..... Thats 35 sales that shouldn't really count as genuine sales.

rick69 · 05-05-2005, 01:50 AM

THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT FIGURES!!!

05-05-2005, 10:30 AM

I believe FPV sold 97 SWB sedans vs about 115 for HSV in April.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick69

That is my point..... Thats 35 sales that shouldn't really count as genuine sales.

Rick honestly without having a go at you this question was asked back in January and the same answer was given. SWB FPV's outsold HSV SWB sedans since December so those 35 cars, of which some were already registered as demos, would not have had any major impact. And if they did it would have been up until January only.

Why is it so hard to believe that FPV is outselling HSV?

WASP · 05-05-2005, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RATT

I believe FPV sold 97 SWB sedans vs about 115 for HSV in April.

oh well, it was still pretty close and as you mentioned the F6 will change all that I imagine.

**Grunter** · 05-05-2005, 11:03 AM

It would be interesting to see how Falcon wagon sales are being affected by the Territory.

I know quite a few businesses (including ours) who are now purchasing RWD Territory's over the Falcon wagon.