Chinese shipments propel Tesla Model Y to #3, GWM Haval #11, market up 12.3% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Tesla Model Y is the third best-selling vehicle in Australia in September.

The Australian new vehicle market confirms it is on the mend with a 12.3% year-on-year gain in September to 93,555 units. This is the best September result since 2018. The year-to-date tally is now virtually stable at -0.6% and 811,130 registrations. These are particularly strong results given the stock shortage issues are still far from being resolved and most models have a 3 months to 2 years (!) wait time. Passenger Cars skid -5.6% to 17,490 units and 18.7% market share vs. 22.2% a year ago and 25.7% in September 2020. Light Commercials lift 11.1% to 22,252 and 23.8% share vs. 24% in 2021 and 22.9% in 2020 and SUVs soar 21.6% to 49,643 units and 53.1% share vs. 49% a year ago and 47.3% in 2021. Looking at country of origin, we have a big change this month. Below Japan at 23,880 (-17.3%) and Thailand at 20,363 (+20.3%), China advances to #3 for the first time with 14,889 units (+127%) thanks to Tesla shipments as we’ll see further down. South Korea follows at 14,443 (+33.3%) ahead of the U.S. at 4,116.

Petrol sales account for 50.9% of all light vehicles sold in Australia this month with 47,620 units while diesel holds 31.4% at 29,377. EVs break an all-time record at 7.7% and 7,247 sales. Hybrid (4,616) and PHEV (525) follow. Sales to private buyers gain 23.7% to 50,889 units, a good indication of the health of the market but also the sign carmakers are prioritising this more profitable channel. Business fleets are up 4.3% to 31,027, rental sales drop -9.7% to 5,304 and government sales flounder -17.7% to 2,165. As for sales by state and territory, the two biggest states pull the market up with New South Wales up 20.8% to 28,945 and Victoria up 2.9% to 25,367. Queensland is also up but vastly trails the market at +2.9% to 20,634, with the Australian Capital Territory up a spectacular 67.7% to a limited 1,498 sales. Strikingly, all other states are in negative: Northern Territory (-9.8% to 832) is the hardest hit followed by Western Australia (-6% to 8,644), South Australia (-2.2% to 6,005) and Tasmania (-0.9% to 1,630).

The H6 helps GWM Haval break all its records this month.

Toyota posts an uncharacteristically low month with sales down a damning -26.5% year-on-yar to just 15.9% share, its lowest in 5.5 yeats: since January 2017 (14.8%). It still sells more than the #2 and #3 carmakers combines and holds a commanding 21.7% share year-to-date. Kia (+41.4%) enjoys a very strong month and climbs to a record #2 overall, also hit last June. Mazda (+10.7%) drops to #3 and can’t match the overall sales growth. Mitsubishi (+47.3%), Ford (+15.2%) and Hyundai (+19.1%) all outpace the market. Tesla is up to a record 6.4% share with just under 6,000 sales, with the rest of the Top 10 posting lukewarm results: MG (+8.3%), Subaru (+3.4%) and Volkswagen (-2.5%) all disappoint. Just outside the Top 10, GWM Haval (+69.4%) breaks records for the 2nd month in a row and climbs to #11 with just above 3,000 sales and 3.3% share, all highest ever marks. Genesis (+137.5%), Ram (+101.7%), Ssangyong (+70.9%), Volvo (+62.8%), BMW (+38.7%) and Honda (+35.9%) impress below. Newcomers Cupra (#31) and Polestar (#34) are both up on their August ranking.

Over in the models ranking, the Toyota Hilux (+42.2%) escapes the brand’s gloom and manages to stay above the Ford Ranger (+16.7%) that now has its new generation in full swing. Note the Ranger outsells the Hilux in the lucrative 4×4 ute segment with 4,381 sales vs. 3,544. Launched last month, the Tesla Model Y is up 20 spots to land at a historical third place, the highest ever rank reached by an EV in Australia. Keep in mind we are looking at a quarter worth of sales concentrated over a month as is always the case with Tesla figures. The Mazda CX-5 (+72.4%) and Mitsubishi Triton (+310.4%) round out the Top 5 in spectacular fashion, while the Kia Sportage (+217.5%) and Mitsubishi Outlander (+80.2%) shine in the remainder of the Top 10. There is only one passenger car in the Top 10 (vs. 5 SUVs and 4 utes): the Hyundai i30 (-14.8%) at #10. The Toyota Corolla (-55.4%) is knocked down to #14. Also benefiting from China shipments, the Tesla Model 3 ranks #12 for the month. Justifying the brand’s stellar month, the GWM Haval H6 breaks into the Australian Top 20 for the first time at #17 and scores highest ever volumes and share at just under 1,300 sales and 1.4% of the market.

Previous month: Australia August 2022: Market up 17.3% to best August in 5 years, Tesla Model 3 #4, GWM breaks records

One year ago: Australia September 2021: Market up 20.8%, Ford Ranger leads, Mazda BT-50 in Top 10

Full September 2022 Top 50 all-brands and Top 30 models below.

Australia September 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Sep-22	%	/21	Aug	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota	14,852	15.9%	-26.5%	1	176,410	21.7%	-0.2%	1	1
2	Kia	7,290	7.8%	41.4%	3	60,200	7.4%	12.9%	4	5
3	Mazda	7,259	7.8%	10.7%	2	73,894	9.1%	-11.6%	2	2
4	Mitsubishi	6,784	7.3%	47.3%	5	60,523	7.5%	16.1%	3	6
5	Ford	6,635	7.1%	15.2%	6	45,475	5.6%	-16.2%	6	4
6	Hyundai	6,501	6.9%	19.1%	4	58,103	7.2%	7.3%	5	3
7	Tesla	5,969	6.4%	n/a	7	14,023	1.7%	n/a	16	19
8	Volkswagen	3,698	4.0%	-2.5%	11	21,643	2.7%	-33.0%	11	8
9	MG	3,261	3.5%	8.3%	8	33,860	4.2%	17.3%	7	9
10	Subaru	3,167	3.4%	3.4%	9	25,946	3.2%	-9.8%	9	10
11	GWM Haval	3,050	3.3%	69.4%	13	16,371	2.0%	24.0%	15	14
12	Isuzu Ute	2,818	3.0%	-10.0%	12	27,155	3.3%	-4.5%	8	11
13	Mercedes	2,646	2.8%	7.6%	10	24,790	3.1%	-5.3%	10	12
14	BMW	2,032	2.2%	38.7%	14	18,186	2.2%	-4.1%	13	13
15	Nissan	1,885	2.0%	-33.1%	16	20,989	2.6%	-33.7%	12	7
16	Suzuki	1,729	1.8%	18.7%	15	16,911	2.1%	27.0%	14	16
17	LDV	1,640	1.8%	19.5%	17	11,469	1.4%	5.2%	17	18
18	Audi	1,431	1.5%	27.3%	18	10,529	1.3%	-16.8%	19	17
19	Honda	1,258	1.3%	35.9%	19	11,067	1.4%	-17.8%	18	15
20	Volvo	1,001	1.1%	62.8%	21	8,131	1.0%	10.8%	20	22
21	Renault	684	0.7%	30.5%	20	7,119	0.9%	39.9%	21	24
22	Ram	603	0.6%	101.7%	23	4,153	0.5%	45.0%	25	27
23	Jeep	576	0.6%	-27.5%	22	5,324	0.7%	-10.9%	23	23
24	Skoda	566	0.6%	-7.5%	25	4,733	0.6%	-38.9%	24	21
25	Lexus	408	0.4%	-40.8%	24	5,358	0.7%	-28.1%	22	20
26	Ssangyong	400	0.4%	70.9%	26	2,565	0.3%	17.2%	29	29
27	Mini	344	0.4%	14.7%	28	2,613	0.3%	-12.7%	28	28
28	Porsche	330	0.4%	10.0%	29	4,099	0.5%	18.9%	26	26
29	Chevrolet	268	0.3%	18.1%	30	1,711	0.2%	11.7%	30	31
30	Land Rover	229	0.2%	-47.1%	27	3,446	0.4%	-39.5%	27	25
31	Cupra	199	0.2%	new	32	364	0.0%	new	38	–
32	Peugeot	140	0.1%	-71.2%	31	1,577	0.2%	-20.7%	31	30
33	Genesis	114	0.1%	137.5%	33	755	0.1%	71.6%	34	34
34	Polestar	85	0.1%	new	38	779	0.1%	new	33	–
35	Fiat	72	0.1%	-62.3%	35	861	0.1%	-33.0%	32	32
36	Maserati	68	0.1%	74.4%	37	464	0.1%	14.0%	36	36
37	Jaguar	58	0.1%	-44.2%	34	615	0.1%	-43.1%	35	33
38	Alfa Romeo	58	0.1%	-26.6%	36	443	0.1%	-9.8%	37	35
39	Bentley	24	0.0%	14.3%	41	169	0.0%	-6.1%	40	37
40	Lamborghini	22	0.0%	100.0%	39	118	0.0%	9.3%	42	42
41	Aston Martin	13	0.0%	0.0%	42	102	0.0%	3.0%	43	41
42	Rolls-Royce	8	0.0%	300.0%	45	48	0.0%	37.1%	46	45
43	Citroen	7	0.0%	0.0%	44	204	0.0%	114.7%	39	39
44	Iveco Bus	2	0.0%	n/a	47	4	0.0%	n/a	48	–
45	Chrysler	1	0.0%	-93.8%	48	79	0.0%	-43.2%	44	40
46	Ferrari	0	0.0%	-100.0%	40	144	0.0%	7.5%	41	38
47	Lotus	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	62	0.0%	5.1%	45	44
48	McLaren	0	0.0%	-100.0%	43	41	0.0%	-36.9%	47	43
49	Alpine	0	0.0%	n/a	–	4	0.0%	-55.6%	49	46
50	Caterham	0	0.0%	n/a	46	2	0.0%	n/a	50	46

Australia September 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	Sep-22	%	/21	Aug	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota Hilux	5,170	5.5%	42.2%	1	49,796	6.1%	22.1%	1	1
2	Ford Ranger	4,890	5.2%	16.7%	2	32,115	4.0%	-14.5%	2	2
3	Tesla Model Y	4,369	4.7%	new	23	5,386	0.7%	new	47	–
4	Mazda CX-5	2,439	2.6%	72.4%	5	21,124	2.6%	-1.0%	5	7
5	Mitsubishi Triton	2,319	2.5%	310.4%	7	23,205	2.9%	43.7%	4	9
6	Isuzu D-Max	1,924	2.1%	5.0%	9	19,244	2.4%	-3.8%	6	6
7	Mitsubishi Outlander	1,879	2.0%	80.2%	13	14,000	1.7%	27.9%	11	15
8	Toyota RAV4	1,856	2.0%	-45.3%	3	27,148	3.3%	-7.2%	3	3
9	Kia Sportage	1,775	1.9%	217.5%	17	13,620	1.7%	124.9%	12	35
10	Hyundai i30	1,733	1.9%	-14.8%	8	17,218	2.1%	-10.0%	9	5
11	Toyota Prado	1,698	1.8%	-21.9%	10	17,626	2.2%	1.7%	8	8
12	Tesla Model 3	1,610	1.7%	n/a	4	8,647	1.1%	n/a	24	26
13	Hyundai Tucson	1,579	1.7%	11.5%	11	12,839	1.6%	27.4%	13	17
14	Toyota Corolla	1,554	1.7%	-55.4%	6	18,805	2.3%	-19.7%	7	4
15	MG3	1,423	1.5%	24.1%	39	11,612	1.4%	13.0%	15	20
16	Mitsubishi ASX	1,408	1.5%	-5.4%	21	9,205	1.1%	-13.3%	20	14
17	GWM Haval H6	1,294	1.4%	210.3%	29	5,328	0.7%	140.3%	49	80
18	Kia Cerato	1,257	1.3%	-4.6%	22	10,770	1.3%	-27.2%	16	11
19	VW Tiguan	1,156	1.2%	36.8%	53	4,160	0.5%	-34.4%	57	37
20	Hyundai Kona	1,098	1.2%	58.9%	34	9,453	1.2%	-6.9%	19	24
21	Mazda CX-3	1,094	1.2%	91.6%	51	7,780	1.0%	-30.8%	29	23
22	Toyota Land Cruiser PU/CC	1,006	1.1%	-23.4%	20	9,083	1.1%	3.2%	21	25
23	MG ZS	994	1.1%	-14.4%	16	14,066	1.7%	2.4%	10	10
24	LDV T60	962	1.0%	65.9%	47	3,931	0.5%	-25.9%	59	44
25	Subaru XV	952	1.0%	22.2%	24	6,640	0.8%	-12.4%	36	31
26	GWM Ute	946	1.0%	57.1%	25	5,600	0.7%	7.6%	43	40
27	Mazda CX-30	942	1.0%	-12.6%	14	11,978	1.5%	14.9%	14	21
28	Kia Stonic	906	1.0%	25.7%	33	7,036	0.9%	25.6%	34	39
29	Isuzu MU-X	894	1.0%	-31.1%	27	7,901	1.0%	-6.3%	28	28
30	MG HS	844	0.9%	20.2%	26	8,182	1.0%	68.3%	26	42

Source: VFACTS