Toyota has remained the top-selling automotive model in Australia for the seventh yr in a row whereas electrical vehicles have seen an uptick in gross sales, new knowledge exhibits.
The newest Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) knowledge exhibits Toyota automobiles had practically triple the gross sales of different standard manufacturers in Australia.
More than a million vehicles had been bought in 2022 – 1,081,429 to be exact – regardless of post-pandemic provide chain challenges and supply delays, however Aussies had one automotive on their want listing: the Toyota Hi-Lux.
The Toyota model accounted for 21.4 per cent of automobiles bought, whereas greater than 64,000 Hi-Luxes had been bought.
Fellow Japanese producer Mazda got here in an in depth second with greater than 95,718 fashions bought in 2022, about 8.4 per cent of complete gross sales.
South Korean automaker Kia got here in third with 78,330 gross sales and pipped Japanese producer Mitsubishi, which got here in simply behind at fourth with 76,991 gross sales.
In fifth place was South Korea’s Hyundai with 73,345 gross sales.
Despite the Toyota Hi-Lux clearly being one of the vital standard vehicles in Australia, utes and SUVs are hotly in demand.
More than 47,000 Ford Rangers, 34,000 Toyota Rav 4, 27,000 Mitsubishi Tritons and 27,000 Mazda CX-5s had been bought in 2022 – rounding out the highest 5 vehicles.
2022 did not see a document variety of vehicles bought as 2017 nonetheless holds the title however business consultants attribute it to the post-pandemic challenges for distribution.
FCAI chief government Tony Weber mentioned regardless of microprocessor shortages and provide chain points following the bottleneck attributable to the pandemic, numerous vehicles had been bought and 2023 is about to be even greater.
”While 2022 has been a year of resilience and recovery, 2023 is shaping up as one of the most significant in recent history, particularly in terms of the development of policies that set the direction for the future decarbonisation of the light vehicle fleet,” he mentioned.
Aussies had been eager to purchase SUVs and mild industrial vehicles however electrical automobiles additionally noticed an increase in demand, accounting for 3.1 per cent of gross sales.
But despite the fact that electrical automotive gross sales rose in 2022, Weber mentioned the federal government must introduce extra measures to make low-emission vehicles inexpensive as a substitute of being a “luxury” market.
“We need to use the full range of low-emission technologies that are available and affordable for the majority of Australians, not just those who can afford premium vehicles,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, electric-petrol hybrid vehicles accounted for 7.6 per cent of gross sales however petrol vehicles clearly stay the most well-liked with 51 per cent of gross sales.
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