THE Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) reviews that Australian new-vehicle gross sales decreased by 9.7 per cent in contrast with June final 12 months and that by the half-way mark of 2022, the market had contracted by 5.2 per cent year-on-year.
Though June yielded the second highest new-vehicle gross sales complete of the 12 months (99,974 items, after March’s tally of 101,233) and was 5591 items larger than in Could, it marked the third successive month of decrease month-to-month totals in contrast with the corresponding months in 2021.
Actually, to this point in 2022, solely March’s complete has eclipsed that of its 2021 counterpart.
Final month’s new-vehicle market decreased by 10,690 gross sales (-9.7 per cent) in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021 (110,664) and introduced the year-to-date complete as much as 537,858, in contrast with the primary 6 months of final 12 months, when 567,468 items had been offered (-5.2 per cent).
There have been 25.2 promoting days in June 2021 and 2022, which, given the decrease gross sales complete of the latter, works out to a lower of 424.2 car gross sales per day, the FCAI stated.
Australia’s passenger car market was down by 4911 items (-21.0 per cent), the sports activities utility market slipped again by 1254 items (-2.3 per cent) and the sunshine business market fell by 4698 items (-16.5 per cent) in contrast with June 2021.
Nevertheless, the heavy business car market was up by 173 items (3.5 per cent).
Commenting on June’s figures, FCAI chief government Tony Weber stated the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to hamper automotive manufacturing.
This, mixed with the conflict in Ukraine and delivery points, meant that the provision of recent autos being delivered to Australia’s shores couldn’t sustain with buyer demand.
“Globally, car-makers are persevering with to undergo from plant shutdowns. In Europe, we
have element provide closely impacted by the battle in Ukraine. Microprocessors
proceed to be in brief provide and international delivery stays unpredictable,” stated Mr Weber.
“Whereas demand for brand new vehicles stays sturdy in Australia, it’s unlikely we are going to see
provide chain points resolve within the close to future.”
Gross sales throughout each state and territory had been down, other than the Northern Territory
the place 1115 items had been offered – a rise of 16.3 per cent on June 2021.
Tasmania suffered most, the place gross sales fell by 1572 items (-17.2 per cent), adopted by Queensland – by 21,983 items (-13.2 per cent), Victoria – by 25,764 items (-12.2 per cent); the Australian Capital Territory – by 1486 items (-11.6 per cent), South Australia – by 6214 items (-8.6 per cent), New South Wales – by 32,027 items (-7.5 per cent) and at last, Western Australia – by 9813 items (-2.2 per cent).
Toyota led the new-vehicle market in June with a complete of twenty-two,561 new autos offered, which was 14,081 items greater than second-placed Kia (8480), with Hyundai (8259) in third, adopted by Mazda (6245) and Mitsubishi (5846). FCAI reviews these prime 5 manufacturers had market-share percentages of twenty-two.6 per cent, 8.5 per cent, 8.3 per cent, 6.2 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively.
For the year-to-date, Toyota leads with 121,377 items (a 22.6 per cent share of the market), adopted by Mazda with 49,932 (9.3 per cent), Mitsubishi with 41,748 (7.8 per cent), Kia with 39,419 (7.3 per cent) and Hyundai with 38,167 (7.1 per cent)
Unsurprisingly, the Toyota HiLux was comfortably the best promoting new-vehicle mannequin in June 2022, with 7582 deliveries. Hyundai’s Tucson was subsequent with 2840 items, adopted by Ford’s Ranger (2802), then Toyota’s Landcruiser (2783) and Corolla (2605).
Prime 10 car gross sales by make (June 2022):
Make | Gross sales | Share |
Toyota Kia Hyundai Mazda Mitsubishi Ford MG Subaru Isuzu Nissan | 22,561 8,480 8,259 6,245 5,846 4,972 4,403 3,575 3,457 1,907 | 22.6% 8.5% 8.3% 6.2% 5.8% 5.0% 4.4% 3.6% 3.5% 1.9% |
Prime 10 car gross sales by mannequin (June 2022):
Mannequin | Gross sales | Variance |
Toyota HiLux Hyundai Tucson Ford Ranger Toyota LandCruiser Toyota Corolla Toyota RAV4 Isuzu D-Max Kia Sportage Mitsubishi Triton Hyundai i30 | 7,582 2,840 2,802 2,783 2,605 2,586 2,383 2,044 2,014 1,801 | +40.1% +89.8% -53.7% +30.0% +19.8% +3.4% -24.8% +136.8% -10.1% -22.7% |
State by state (June 2022):
State/Territory | Gross sales | Variance |
New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory | 32,027 25,764 21,938 9,813 6,214 1,572 1,486 1,115 | -6.3% -0.8% -11.3% -9.1% -8.2% -6.8% -11.0% +2.4% |
