Car Sales June 2017

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New car sales bounce back to an all-time high
Australians went on a new car buying spree last month.
According to official sales figures released today, more new cars were purchased in June than in any single month before with an all-time high of 134,171 sales re-igniting the automotive economy and putting the industry back on track for a third consecutive annual record.
The June total was 5602 sales better than last June's previous record monthly figure, and inched the year-to-date overall number into positive territory for the first time this year, with 599,552 new cars sold so far in the first six months equating to a 0.2 percent rise for the total market in 2017.
With most leading brands offering significant discounts in line with the end of financial year, it was a month that simply amplified recent industry trends with the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger utes setting the pace as the most popular new vehicles and SUVs continuing to increase their role as the preferred family transport over regular passenger cars.
In a sign of the times, traditional family favourites such as the locally-built Holden Commodore and Toyota Camry - both of which are months away from being replaced by fully-imported models - were outside of the top 10 best-selling models, which consisted only of utes, SUVs and small cars.
In a tight race for the final podium position, the Toyota Corolla just edged out the Hyundai Tucson as Australia's favourite conventional passenger car, leaving small car rivals, the Mazda3 and Hyundai i30, separated by just 19 units in a battle for fifth and sixth places.
Unsurprisingly, Toyota was the best-selling brand for June with 24,546 sales, almost double that of next-best Mazda and Hyundai which both sold over 12,000 vehicles for the first time in a single month. Holden bounced back from a poor start to the year with 9273 sales in June but still sits 12.3 percent lower than last year to the same date while arch rival Ford remains static on the strength of the Ranger and Mustang. Of the mainstream brands, Kia is the biggest mover so far in 2017 with total sales up 35 percent over the same period last year.
At the other end of the scale, Australians continue to buy more luxury cars than ever before with Mercedes-Benz selling almost 5000 new cars in June, with nearly one in five of its cars being from the high-performance AMG brand. Similarly, brands such as Porsche, McLaren, Ferrari and Aston Martin are all sitting on record sales results so far in 2017.
Top 10 selling new vehicles - June 2017
1. Toyota HiLux - 5461
2. Ford Ranger - 5051
3. Toyota Corolla - 3830
4. Hyundai Tucson - 3741
5. Mazda3 - 3490
6. Hyundai i30 - 3471
7. Toyota Camry - 3191
8. Mitsubishi Triton - 2995
9. Mazda CX-5 - 2487
10 Toyota RAV4 - 2460
Top 10 selling vehicle brands - June 2017
1. Toyota - 24,546
2. Mazda - 12,501
3. Hyundai - 12,251
4. Holden - 9273
5. Mitsubishi - 9266
6. Ford - 8853
7. Kia - 6737
8. Nissan - 6690
9. Volkswagen - 6447
10. Subaru - 5201