Read our monthly update on VFACTS new car sales results.
- Weekly Market Update 17th February 2025
- VFACTS: New Car Sales Insights January 2025
- Monthly Truck & Equipment Update December 2024
- Weekly Market Update 10th February 2025
New Car Sales
- January 2025 saw a total figure of 86,804 new car sales for Australia as reported by VFACTS.
- Figures show new car sales were down -3.3% in January 2025 versus January 2024.
- Sales between states were largely down with ACT seeing a 5% decrease compared to January 2024.
- PHEV sales skyrocketed in January 2025, seeing a cumulative increase of 95%.
- Electric vehicles (-38%) sales and Diesel vehicles (-12%) decreased in January 2025.
New Car Sales Trends
The top 5 models with the greatest increases so far in 2025 are:
- Toyota RAV4 (+2,865 units)
- Toyota Prado (+1,101 units)
- Chery Tiggo 4 Pro (+1,018 units)
- Ford Everest (+503 units)
- Kia Picanto (+438 units)
The bottom 5 models with the greatest decreases so far in 2025 are:
- Toyota Landcruiser Wagon (-1,050 units)
- Hyundai i30 (-878 units)
- Toyota Kluger (-842 units)
- Tesla Model 3 (-723 units)
- Toyota Camry (-704 units)
The top segment increases so far in 2025 compared to 2024 are:
Conversely, some of the largest decreases are:
- Light Buses => 20 Seats (+200%)
- Upper Large > $100K (+173%)
- Micro (+159%)
- SUV Small > $45K (+70%)
- Sports < $90K (+56%)
- Medium > $60K (-71%)
- Medium < $60K (-62%)
- Large < $70K (-55%)
- SUV Upper Large < $120K (-48%)
- PU/CC 4X2 (-25%)
- Small < $45K (-25%)
- Sports > $90K (-25%)
Please note that VFACTS has made some changes to the price groupings as shown in the table below:
| VFACTS Grouping 2025 | VFACTS Grouping 2024 |
| Small < $45K | Small < $40K |
| Small > $45K | Small > $40K |
| Sports < $90K | Sports < $80K |
| Sports > $90K | Sports > $80K |
Sales by Import Country
- Sales of imported vehicles from Japan continue to skyrocket with an increase of 2,219 units compared to 2024
- Sales of imported vehicles from Germany have made a strong showing in January 2025 with an increase of 466 units compared to 2024
- Sales of imported vehicles from Thailand seeing the largest decrease of 1,652 units compared to 2024
- Sales of imported European vehicles continue to see declines
By Tanim Ahmed, Head of Product at Datium Insights
Tanim is a Macquarie University alumni with degrees in Finance and Economics. He has spent a decade in the Leasing and Finance industry, specializing in Residual Value risk.
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