New vehicles in Australia fell 7.8 per cent in July over the same month last year, to 85,551 units. Every state and territory dipped, with the sole exception of Tasmania (up 5.9 per cent).
The poor showing in July — generally a hangover month after June’s end-of-financial-year promotional campaigns — means the annual tally for 2018 is now 0.2 per cent lower than 2017’s. Figures show 691,073 new vehicles have been sold this year (692,306).
As has become familiar, it was the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger atop the charts, ahead of the runout Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3 small cars.
Next were the Mazda CX-5 (the nation's #1 SUV), Hyundai i30 (if we included the Elantra sedan the total would be ahead of the Mazda), Toyota RAV4, Volkswagen Golf, Nissan X-Trail and Hyundai Tucson.
From the top 20, there are six Utes, six Medium SUVs, five Small Cars, three Small SUVs, two large SUVs, and one of the following: Medium Car, Upper Large SUV and Light Car.
VFACTS: July 2018 new vehicle sales | CarAdvice
