Another month of mixed sales results in Australia, with Toyota, Hyundai and Kia all posting big gains while major players like Ford, Isuzu and Nissan continued to struggle. However, MG had made a special step thanks to its selling records.
Data from Wapcar shows that the market was flat in July, with a July sales total of 84,461, up 0.4 from July 2021. But that wasn’t positive enough for the CEO of the Federal Department of Automotive Industry. Tony Weber, warned of supply problems that vehicle and component production is still affected by the factory shutdown caused by Covid-19. Logistics, including shipping, remain unpredictable. While the weak month-on-month growth in 2021 is encouraging, we do not expect the supply of luxury cars to be stable in the near term, he said.
Despite significant delays for several key models, Toyota once again led the market with shipments of 19,565, 10.9% better than the previous July.
After a record June result for HiLux, the company followed up with another impressive number of 6441 (+39.7%) to stay at the top of the sales chart.
The RAV4 midsize SUV (2437, +3.9 percent) rose to third place, while the Corolla hatchback and sedan (1983, -21.8%) was the only passenger model to appear at the top. 10 months ago was in sixth place. The large 7-seater SUV Kluger topped the list of top 10 models with a large vehicle volume of 1,766 units, an increase of 63.8%.
After falling to 4th place last month, Australia’s number two Mazda brand has returned to its familiar place despite falling sales (7879, -11.7%). It was helped by a steady month for the CX-5 (2.346, -1.8%), landing in fourth place, just 91 units behind its rival, the RAV4.
Hyundai finally recovered last month, recording sales of 6,792 units and up 34.2% compared to July 2021 and enough to hold third place overall. Marking the growing popularity of midsize SUVs, the Tucson (2,186, +72.8%) was one of four such models to break into the top 10 last month, taking fifth place. The i30 small car has just missed the top 10 positions with 8 sales.
Sister brand Kia also had a very successful month, reaching 4th place with 6711 vehicles, up 29%. Sportage continued its strong performance, with sales of 1,837 units, an increase of 201.6% compared to the same month last year. Although it made a comeback when the previous generation version was sold out.
Mitsubishi recorded 5.8% growth in the last month, reaching 5611 sales and placing fifth on the overall sales chart, and this is largely because Triton posted 1879 sales (+18.9). %) in eighth place.
Ford ranked sixth last month and total sales of 4,439 units, down 20.3%, largely due to supply problems for the Ranger (2,934, -27.8%), which remained in second place. The next-generation Ranger debuted in July, and Ford still doesn’t have access to the full lineup of Ranger variants, so it could take some time to find the regular sales model of the Ranger. it.
Other Ford models are finally starting to increase in price, including the Escape midsize SUV (199, +895%), the Puma compact SUV (335, +62.0%) and the Mustang sports car (199, +40.1 %). MG had a rare setback last month, with sales of 3,018 units down 8.9%. This can be attributed to the large drop in ZS (1229, -31.2%) and MG3 (893, -19.8%).
