VFACTS: One of the best-selling automobiles in Australia by state and territory

Australians are shopping for new vehicles in report numbers, with 1,237,287 new automobiles delivered in 2024.

Whereas a handful of fashions have been universally in style nationwide, state and territory gross sales figures reveal remarkably various purchaser preferences throughout the nation.

The venerable Toyota HiLux continues to dominate the gross sales race in Australia’s high finish, whereas electrical automobile (EV) demand is most obvious down south.

VFACTS information from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) and the Electrical Automobile Council (EVC) gives an perception into all this and way more.

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Australian Capital Territory

Australia’s capital has seen the most effective electrical automobile (EV) uptake of any state or territory, with the Tesla Mannequin Y and Mannequin 3 each making the rostrum for 2024 gross sales.

The BYD Seal, BYD Atto 3, and MG4 additionally featured among the many high 20 sellers, reinforcing the ACT’s enthusiasm for EVs.

Hybrid fashions have been additionally in demand, together with the Toyota RAV4, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Hyundai Kona, Toyota Corolla, BYD Sealion 6 PHEV, Nissan X-Path, Subaru Forester, and MG ZS.

Utes have been a much less in style buy in comparison with different components of Australia – neither the Mitsubishi Triton nor the Mazda BT-50 made the highest 20, whereas Australia’s best-selling Ford Ranger ranked fourth.

New South Wales

Extra automobiles have been bought in New South Wales than another state or territory in 2024.

Topping the NSW charts was the RAV4 with 19,204 gross sales, whereas the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux additionally completed nicely away from different rivals.

The Toyota HiAce (4801 deliveries) van was overrepresented in NSW in comparison with different states/territories, whereas the Toyota Corolla (8003) completed among the many high 5 sellers.

Northern Territory

The HiLux got here out on high in Australia’s smallest automobile market, greater than doubling the gross sales of the second-placed RAV4.

Half the highest 10 sellers wore a Toyota badge, together with each LandCruiser fashions and the Corolla, whereas the HiAce, Camry, and Kluger additionally made the highest 20.

Regardless of not making the checklist of high sellers in another state or territory, the Suzuki Jimny notched up twelfth place with 200 deliveries.

The GWM Haval Jolion additionally positioned unusually excessive, rounding out the highest 10 (202 deliveries).

Queensland

A trio of acquainted nameplates claimed the highest three spots, however the remainder of the highest 10 threw up some surprises.

Each Isuzu fashions have been among the many high six sellers, inserting fourth and sixth, respectively. Certainly, the MU-X outsold the Ford Everest regardless of trailing its rival by a major margin nationally.

The Mazda BT-50 (5081) completed ninth, its finest end in any state or territory.

South Australia

There have been no surprises on the high of the South Australia gross sales charts, however a pair of Mazda SUVs – the CX-5 (2051) and CX-3 (1752) have been disproportionately in style in comparison with the remainder of the nation.

Likewise, the Toyota Camry (1593) scored a high 10 end, its finest end in any state or territory.

The Mannequin 3 (981) was Tesla’s finest performer in nineteenth, whereas the MG ZS SUV (1576) was near cracking the highest 10.

Tasmania

Tasmania loves the Subaru Forester, mirrored by a sixth-place end for the Japanese SUV.

The Subaru Crosstrek (382) and Outback (308) additionally bought nicely within the Apple Isle, though the latter was all the way down to fifteenth from seventh in 2023.

Utes featured prominently within the high 20, underlined by the presence of the Volkswagen Amarok, which wasn’t a high vendor in another state or territory.

Victoria

The Ford Ranger’s gross sales supremacy was propped up by an enormous win in Victoria.

The ute completed nicely away from the second-placed RAV4, and greater than doubled Toyota HiLux gross sales. Different utes have been much less in style – the Mazda BT-50 missed out on a high 20 end, whereas the Mitsubishi Triton solely simply made the lower.

As an alternative, each Tesla fashions mixed for over 10,000 gross sales, and the Kia Sportage fell simply exterior the highest 5.

Western Australia

Toyota maintains a stranglehold over a number of states with its best-selling HiLux ute, and that’s true of Western Australia.

Exterior of the same old suspects, the Isuzu MU-X positioned greater than elsewhere in eighth, whereas the MG3 produced its finest consequence (sixteenth, 1988 deliveries).

Gross sales of each the luxurious and trade-focused LandCruiser variants remained excessive, outselling sought-after fashions together with the Tesla Mannequin Y and Mazda CX-5 due to the state’s booming mining sector.

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