Australian New Car Sales March 2012

Australian New Car Sales March 2012 : New motor vehicle sales in Australia increased 4 percent from a month earlier in seasonally adjusted terms in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.

The number of vehicles sold during the month totaled 89,694 units. This was also 4 percent higher than March last year.

Sales of passenger vehicles rose 3.3 percent month-on-month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Demand for sports utility vehicles rose 7.5 percent and other vehicles increased 1.4 percent.

Light Car Segment Winners :
Toyota Yaris (1,753 – 13.5%)
Mazda2 (1,510 – 11.7%)
Hyundai i20 (1,456 -11.2%)

Small Car Segment Winners:
Mazda3 (3,818 – 17.8%)
Toyota Corolla (3,120 – 14.5%)
Holden Cruze (2,880 – 13.4%)

Medium Car Segment Winners:
Toyota Camry (2,341 – 40.4%)
Mazda6 (561 – 9.7%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class (520 – 34.9% of medium segment above 60k)

Large Car Segment Winners:
Holden Commodore (3,187 – 62.5%)
Ford Falcon (1,275 – 25%)
Toyota Aurion (300 – 5.9%)

Upper Large Car Segment Winners:
Holden Caprice (191 – 100% of upper large under 100k)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class / Porsche Panamera (7 – 22.6% of upper large over 100k each)

People Mover Segment Winners:
Kia Carnival (338 – 38.9%)
Hyundai iMAX (135 – 15.5%)
Honda Odyssey (126 – 14.5%)

Sports Segment Winners:
Hyundai Veloster (306 – 27.5% of Sports cars under 80k)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe (186 – 16.7% of Sports cars under 80k)
BMW 1 Series Coupe/Conv (116 – 10.4% of Sports cars over 80k)

Supercars (200k+) Segment Winners:
Porsche 911 (28 units – 29.2%)
Jaguar XK Series (15 units – 15.6%)
BMW 6 Series (12 units – 12.5%)

SUV Small Segment Winners:
Subaru XV (1,002 – 19.6%)
Nissan Dualis (854 – 16.7%)
Hyundai ix35 (835 – 16.3%)

SUV Medium Segment Winners:
Nissan X-Trail (1,769 – 19.9%)
Mazda CX-5 (1,419 – 16%)
Toyota RAV4 (1,158 – 13%)

SUV Large Segment Winners:
Toyota Prado (1,776 – 19.1%)
Ford Territory (1,335 – 14.4%)
Toyota Kluger (1,128 – 12.1%)

SUV Upper Large Segment Winners:
Toyota Landcruiser Wagon (1,185 – 79.8%)
Nissan Patrol Wagon (300 – 20.2%)

Pickup 4×2 Segment Winners
Toyota HiLux 4×2 (986 – 24.5%)
Holden Utility 4×2 (693 – 17.2%)
Mitsubishi Triton 4×2 (535 – 13.3%)

Pickup 4×4 Segment Winners
Toyota Hilux 4×4 (2,575 – 24.9%)
Nissan Navara 4×4 (2,324 – 22.4%)
Mitsubishi Triton (1,186 – 11.5%)

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