The latest vehicle sales figures for Australia covering the month of October 2019, show a decline of 9.1% which is higher than the yearly average.
This is the 19th consecutive month of declining sales in the Australia automotive market.
Sales are down across all buyer types, with private sales down 5.2 per cent, business sales are down 8.2 per cent and government sales are down 7.3 per cent.
Diesel engined vehicles are suffering a bad reputation and excluding heavy vehicles diesel sales are down nearly 11% for the month.
Electric and hybrid vehicle sales have increase over 150% but the absolute numbers are only small.