New car sales results YTD May 2025

The new car sales results for the YTD May have been released. A total of 105,285 vehicles were delivered for the month.

This is down on last year but still up on 2023 figures.

SUVs remain the dominant class with over 60% of sales. Light commercial vehicles, Utes and vans, were next with 22%, passenger cars with 13.5% and heavy trucks make up the rest.

Of the top ten selling vehicles, three were Utes and the rest were SUVs. Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger continue their seesawing for the top spot with HiLux taking the honours for May.

Petrol remains the dominant fuel source with 41 % . Diesel is second with 30%. Electric cars are less than 5 % of sales. All these are trending down, and the growth is in Hybrids and PHEVs. They now represent 20% of total sales.

Toyota remains number one with over 20% market share. Mazda, Ford Kia, and Hyundai follow them. The next five spots go to Mitsubishi, Nissan GWM, MG, and Isuzu Ute.

Another interesting trend is that China has become the third largest manufacturer of vehicles sold in Australia after Japan and Thailand.

It seems that new Chinese brands are popping up all the time. However, the ones that are establishing a strong presence here like BYD, GWM and MG, have hybrids as part of their product range.

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