Building on the first two calendar months of improved sales, March new car and commercial registrations continued their growth.
March saw 5,392 new cars registered, up 10.4% on March 2009, and up 9.5% on the year to date numbers. Commercial registrations just scrapped ahead of 2009 numbers with 1,595 registrations for the month (up from 1,564 March 2009).Year to date commercial vehicles are running 2% ahead of 2009.
"We are very happy with the numbers, the market is improving slowly but steadily which is what we were predicting at the beginning of the year" said Mr Perry Kerr Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association.
Highlights:
- Toyota Corolla regains the number one selling model spot for the month ahead of the Suzuki Swift.
- Held back by unfavourable engine / transmission combinations, the Ford Fiesta finally makes it into the top ten selling models.
- Honda's new car market share of 5.21% for March is their best monthly result for 10 months. A possible indication that retail private buyers are starting to return to the market.
- Including commercials, Toyota almost doubled the sales of its closest challenger (Holden) for the month with 1392 sales and 19.92% market share. Holden achieved 741 sales and 10.61% market share.
More information
March 2010 new car sales stats (202 Kb PDF)