What supply chain shortage? Over one million new cars will be sold in 2022 after 95,080 vehicles were sold in November bringing the year-to-date total to 993,509. This result represents a 17.9 per cent increase on the same month in 2021.
And for a change, there was a small car in the top five sellers. The Toyota Corolla is back! With a new model that looks like an SUV, Toyota has found a way to make small cars popular again.
“The automotive sector is continuing to recover from pandemic related shutdowns, a global shortage of microprocessors and the general supply chain uncertainty we experienced over the last two years,” FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber said.
“The industry will deliver the one millionth vehicle to the market in 2022 next week.”
“While this is positive news, many customers are still facing extended wait times for their vehicle, with expected delivery dates for some models beyond 12 months.”
In November rental fleets are up 36.3 per cent with 6,599 vehicles sold as operators prepare for the first major holiday period since border restrictions eased.
Sales of battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles continue to rise with a total of 13,415 zero and low emission vehicles sold in November. These were made up of 4,457 battery electric, 8,529 hybrid and 429 plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Federal Government is considering a three-prong approach to increase this uptake, including purchase incentives such as the Treasury Law Amendments Bill (Electric Vehicle Discount), increased fuel quality standards and an emissions target for the light vehicle sector.
“Purchase incentives for zero and low emission vehicles, and increased fuel quality standards are both important levers in reducing CO2 emissions from Australia’s light vehicle fleet,” Mr Weber said.
“These need to be combined with a Federally led emissions target for the light vehicle sector. One which is ambitious, yet achievable and is cognisant of vehicle price, model availability, battery supply and infrastructure requirements.”
Toyota led the market with a total of 20,107 vehicles sold. Mazda was second with 7,549, followed by Ford (7,165), Kia (6,120) and Mitsubishi (5,559).
The top 5 selling vehicles in November 2022 were:
- Toyota HiLux – 5,440 (Produces an estimated 2.63 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per annum**)
- Ford Ranger – 5,073 (Produces an estimated 2.73 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per annum**)
- Toyota Corolla – 3,732 (Produces an estimated 1.13 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per annum**)
- MG ZS – 3,051 (Produces an estimated 2.20 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per annum**. The EV model produces zero CO2)
- Toyota Landcruiser – 2,296 (Landcruiser Prado produces an estimated 2.91 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per annum**)
** The CO2 information is from the Green Vehicle Guide.
