The vehicle sales figures from VFACTS show that for the month of September the industry is still struggling with sales down 22% compared to September last 2019.
Victoria is down 58% although the recent easing of some restrictions is seen as a positive sign. Tasmania is on average with a decline of 22% but the other states are all below the average figure.
Three states have shown growth for the month over last year.
- Northern Territory, up 10.6 per cent
- ACT, up 3.4 per cent
- Western Australia, up 1.5 per cent
Although in each case the relative numbers are low.
There has been significant growth in the three top selling cars.
Number 1 is the Ford Ranger ute up 20%, number 2 is the Toyota Hilux up 7%. There is a new hi-lux on the market so Toyota will be hoping for better things against the opposition. In third place is the Toyota RAV 4 up a whopping 42%. The rest of the top ten cars are all in decline.
Im David Brown
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