The Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger battled it out for the title of 2021 champion in a head-to-head battle. More than 103,000 automobiles were sold by the two companies together last year, accounting for more than 10% of Australia's total vehicle sales of 1,049,831.
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This reflects a 14.5% increase over the car industry's pandemic-fueled and semiconductor-shorted "annus horribilis" of 2020.
- Despite a drop in the last quarter compared to prior years, the data presented by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) remain promising.
- For the first time in Australia, SUVs accounted for more than half of total sales, indicating our growing predilection for high-riding cars.
- Toyota was the market leader in two of the four SUV categories: big SUVs (21,299 sales) and medium SUVs (35,751).
- With 12,873 sales, Mazda won the light SUV war, while MG's ZS model won the compact category with 18,423 sales.
Last year, the Toyota Corolla was the most popular sedan/hatch in the country, with 28,768 registrations in the compact car category. With 13, 081 sales, its larger sibling, the Toyota Camry, leads the medium passenger vehicle class. The Mazda5 comes in second place with, 1491 sales, barely ahead of the Škoda Octavia.
With 33.4 percent of all automobiles sold in Australia, Japan continues to lead Thailand (22 percent) and South Korea (14 percent) (13.8 percent).
The present state of the industry
Given COVID-19 constraints and foreign supply concerns, FCAI CEO Tony Weber feels the 2021 statistics are a good outcome. Mr. Weber pointed out that, despite a 191.1 percent increase in sales over the previous year, electric vehicles still made up a small percentage of the Australian automotive fleet. In the passenger car, SUV, and light commercial divisions, just, 5149 electric cars were sold last year.
It's worth noting that the data exclude Tesla automobiles, as the firm does not provide sales figures. " While this statistic looks impressive, it's worth recalling that, according to VFACTS, overall electric vehicle sales account for just 0.49 percent of the total market share," Mr. Weber points out.
Toyota's dominance in Australia continues, with 223,642 sales marking the Japanese behemoth's twentieth straight year in the top spot. Those sales account for about a quarter of the total market share, more than double that of its closest competitor Mazda, which had 101,119 registrations. Hyundai came in third with 72,878, followed by Ford with 71,380, Kia with 67,964, Mitsubishi with 67,732, and Nissan with 67,732. (41,263).
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Those who won and those who lost
With sales more than tripling to 39,025 units, newcomer MG finished the year in ninth position overall, slightly behind Volkswagen (40,770) and ahead of Subaru (37,015). Great Wall Motors had a fantastic year in 2021, increasing sales from, 5235 in 2020 to 18,384. Hyundai's luxury spinoff Genesis had a year-over-year increase in sales from 229 to 734, although starting from a far lower basis.
However, some businesses had a bad year last year. Honda's sales fell from 29,040 to 17,562, Citroën's 175 vehicles were 128 fewer than in 2020, while Alfa Romeo's 618 registrations were 116 fewer than in 2020. COVID limits had little impact on the city's upper crust, as seen by the number of high-end automobiles that left dealerships last year.
Aston Martin sales increased from 92 in 2020 to 140 in 2021; Maserati sales increased from 467 to 540; Bentley sales increased from 165 to 219; Lamborghini sales increased by 20 in 2020 to 131, and Porsche sales increased by 205 in 2020 to, 4428.