February 7, 2025

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Australian sales rise in 2021

Australian sales rise in 2021

Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS info confirmed new auto revenue rose 14.five% yr on yr to one,049,831 units.

FCAI chief govt Tony Weber reported in a statement: “In the context of pandemic limitations limiting entry to dealerships and intercontinental offer difficulties, the new auto marketplace in Australia remained optimistic.

“Despite the pandemic restricting entry to showrooms in 2021, Australian individuals found strategies to obtain new motor vehicles and did so in reliable figures,” Weber additional.

“The world scarcity of microprocessors, compounded by the pandemic, had an impression on the amount of vehicles marketed all over Australia. Automotive manufacturers are continuing to operate to bolster offer chains in 2022.”

Electric auto revenue amplified 191.one% previous yr vs . 2020.

“While this amount may surface amazing, it is critical to take note that total electric auto revenue as documented by means of VFACTS account for just .49% of the total marketplace share,” Weber reported.

“In this context, we ought to recognise the coverage goal should really be to decrease our CO2 emissions fairly than conference revenue targets of specific styles of technologies. The FCAI maintains the want for nationwide management in the form of a technologies agnostic and achievable emissions reduction goal.”

This was constant with the FCAI’s voluntary CO2 emissions regular for Australia’s new auto market which was launched in 2021.

“Give us the goal and we will give you the technologies combine to get there,” Weber additional.

Complete yr 2021 info

Australian consumers’ desire for SUVs and mild business motor vehicles ongoing to enhance all over 2021. A total of 531,seven hundred SUVs had been marketed, up 16.9%.

Light commercials had been up 23.two% yr on yr to 253,254 units.

Passenger auto volume, on the other hand, fell .two% to 221,556.

Toyota was again the top rated providing brand name for the yr with volume of 223,642 motor vehicles resulting in a 21.3% marketplace share. Mazda adopted (101,119 9.six%), in advance of Hyundai (seventy two,872 six.9%). Ford was up coming (seventy one,380 six.8%) while fifth put went to Kia (sixty seven,964 six.five%).