Speed Wobble Affects June Car Registrations

Media Release

6 July 2011

Speed Wobble Affects June Car Registrations

The new passenger car market is still impacted by shortages of stock which were affected by the March Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

June registration data shows total new vehicle registrations of 7,875, which was down 1.6% on June 2010; broken down with passenger car registrations of 5,365 (down 7.3%) and commercial vehicles of 2,510 (up 13.2%). “Shortages of stock are still having an effect on the sale of new passenger cars”, said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “I am however heartened by the number of vehicles crossing the wharf, in June, which show (from Customs clearance statistics) 1,698 cars arriving from Japan, up from 920 in May – with total clearances for the month of 4,841 cars.”

A strong showing at Fieldays and the associated national promotions saw the commercial vehicle sector 13.2% ahead of June 2010 and on a year to date basis (January to June) up 19.3% (1,768 vehicles). Passenger cars were up 3.3% (1,010 vehicles) over the same period.

In the passenger car segment Hyundai took out number one spot with 609 registrations (11.35%) followed by Toyota with 574 registrations (up from sixth place in May) with Holden in third place with 564 registrations (10.51%). In the commercial segment the top three places remain unchanged, Toyota in first place with 696 registrations (30.43%), Ford second with 332 registrations (14.52%) and Nissan third with 329 registrations (14.39%).

The top three selling models for the month were all commercial vehicles with 500 Toyota Hilux registrations, followed by Nissan Navara (319) and Ford Ranger (217). The top selling passenger car was a Holden Commodore (201) followed by the Suzuki Swift (196) and the Hyundai i30 (170).

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