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KILSBY AUSTRALIA
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Cars sold in Australia 2007
The following analysis was found in the Sydney Morning Herald on 1 Jan 2008.
New cars in Australia 2007
| Category |
Increase 2006-07 |
Top 3 models |
Sales in 2007 |
| light cars | 10% | Toyota Yaris
Hyundai Getz
Suzuki Swift |
29,663
21,166
13,283 |
| small cars | 6% | Toyota Corolla
Mazda 3
Holden Astra |
47,792
34,394
17,975 |
| medium cars | 5.6% | Toyota Camry
Mazda 6
Honda Accord Euro |
26,336
12,397
8,274 |
| large cars | 2.3% | Holden Commodore
Ford Falcon
Toyota Aurion |
57,307
33,941
22,036 |
| upper-large cars | 27% | Holden Caprice
Holden Statesman
Ford Fairlane |
2,611
2,143
1,703 |
| sports cars | 19% | BMW 3 Series Coupe
Volkswagen Eos
Holden Astra convertible |
2,921
1,436
1,389 |
| compact 4WDs | 19% | Toyota RAV4
Honda CR-V
Subaru Forester |
14,597
12,642
12,554 |
| medium 4WDs | 21% | Ford Territory
Toyota Prado
Holden Captiva |
17,290
13,838
10,436 |
| large 4WDs | -14% | Toyota LandCruiser
Nissan Patrol
Jeep Commander |
6,235
4,681
440 |
| luxury 4W6Ds | 9% | BMW XS
Lexus RX
Mercedes M class |
3,399
3,127
2,459 |
| people-movers | 5% | Kia Carnival
Toyota Tarago
H onda Odyssey |
5,066
3,920
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2,626 |
| utilities | 22% | Toyota Hilux
Nissan Navara
Mitsubishi Triton |
23,392
18,245
9,764 |
How every car brand fared in Australia 2007
An asterisk indicates a brand either new to the market in 2007 or 2006
| Make |
Change 2006-07 (%) |
Make |
Change 2006/07 (%) |
| Skoda* | - | Jeep | +12.6 |
| Hummer* | - | Nissan | +12.4 |
| Caterham* | - | Honda | +11.7 |
| Dodge* | +505.2 | Mercedes Benz | +11.7 |
| Lotus | +91.5 | Mini | +11.3 |
| Fiat | +55.5 | Toyota | +10.7 |
| Aston Martin | +44.1 | Land Rover | +9.3 |
| Ferrari | +43.6 | Overall new car | +9.1 |
| Rolls Royce | +41.7 | Peugeot | +8.6 |
| Suzuki | +36.6 | Citroen | +8.4 |
| Volkswagen | +27.0 | Hyundai | +7.5 |
| Audi | +25.2 | BMW | +7.3 |
| Maserati | +25.2 | Subaru | +2.5 |
| Mazda | +22.1 | Renault | +1.7 |
| Volvo | +21.3 | Kia | +"1.0 |
| Lamborghini | +21.1 | Holden | +0.1 |
| Mitsubishi | +20.7 | Morgan | 0 |
| Porsche | +19.6 | Ssanyong | -3.8 |
| Bentley | +17.6 | Ford | -6.0 |
| Proton | +16.3 | Chrysler | -15.3 |
| Saab | +16.0 | Jaguar | -18.9 |
| Lexus | +14.5 | Smart | -40.6 |
| Akfa Romeo | +13.4 | Maybach | -100 |
Where new cars in Australia 2007 came from
| Country of origin |
Units sold 2007 |
Change 2006/07 (%) |
| Australia | 200,485 | -0.6 |
| Argentina | 34 | -91 |
| Austria | 5,275 | +1.2 |
| Belgium | 20,357 | +3.8 |
| Brazil | 106 | -87.4 |
| Canada | 4 | -99.3 |
| Czech Republic | 418 | -14.9 |
| England | 9,222 | -6,1 |
| France | 14,761 | +7.1 |
| Germany | 41,424 | +26.2 |
| Indonesia | 449 | +36.1 |
| Italy | 4,540 | +15.9 |
| Japan | 369,875 | +0.8 |
| Korea | 106,652 | +11.7 |
| Malaysia | 2,336 | +16.3 |
| Mexico | 5,492 | +12.1 |
| Poland | 1,942 | +18.4 |
| Portugal | 1,875 | +81.3 |
| Siovak Republic | 1,773 | +237.7 |
| South Africa | 34,391 | -11.7 |
| Spain | 18,636 | +31.5 |
| Sweden | 6,004 | +7.3 |
| Taiwan | 4,509 | +114.3 |
| Thailand | 154,979 | +50.2 |
| Turkey | 2,728 | +4.4 |
| USA | 13,576 | +35.4 |
| Other | 28,139 | +17.4 |
Thus 19% of vehicles added to the Australian car fleet in 2007 were the products of the local car industry ("big Aussie sixes", as favoured by fleet buyers), compared to 61% from Asia (and neither China nor India produced any cars for export to Australia in 2007) 12% from Europe and 8% from elsewhere (mainly Volkswagens from South Africa, but also America - north and south).
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