Strong sales in July have the Australian new car market on-track for a new full-year sales record in excess of 1.1 million vehicles.
Last month was a new record for July new car sales in Australia with the total of 92,308 2.3 per-cent higher than the previous mark set in July 2013.
Last month was the fourth record month so far this year.
With July sales of 16,840 vehicles, Toyota has extended its lead over second-placed Mazda to more than 50,000 (118,554 to 65,947).
Toyota Corolla remained Australia’s best-selling car in July with some 3,573 moving out the doors of Toyota dealerships – Mazda3 was number two with sales of 2,825.
Mazda was number two in July with sales of 9,356 vehicles ahead of Hyundai which a personal July record with sales of 8,511 sales.
Holden ranked number four in July with 7,895 vehicles sold ahead of Ford (5,747).
Year to-date, behind Toyota (118,554), the rankings are Mazda (65,947), Holden (59,632), Hyundai (58,610) and Mitsubishi (41,055).
Top ten brands July 2015:
- Toyota — 16,840
- Mazda — 9356
- Hyundai — 8511
- Holden — 7895
- Ford — 5747
- Mitsubishi — 5189
- Nissan — 4937
- Volkswagen — 4908
- Subaru — 3354
- Mercedes-Benz — 3052
Top ten models July 2015:
- Toyota Corolla — 3573
- Mazda 3 — 2825
- Hyundai i30 — 2750
- Toyota HiLux — 2579
- Mitsubishi Triton — 2238
- Mazda CX-5 2223
- Toyota Camry — 2124
- Holden Commodore — 2030
- Ford Ranger — 1983
- Volkswagen Golf — 1693
