Toyota Corolla - Five times a winner
Aug 5, 2014 By Toyota Australia.
Toyotas Corolla is Australias best-selling car to date in 2014 after topping the sales charts in each of the past five months.
Combined sales of the popular hatch and sedan totalled 3,800 last month, lifting the Corollas tally to almost 26,000 for the year – enough to give it a narrow overall lead.
Sales success for Corolla and HiLux – which also passed 3,100 sales for the month – were major contributors to Toyotas market-leading result in July.
Australians bought almost 16,500 Toyota vehicles for the month, while no other competing brand reached 9,000 sales.
Eight Toyota vehicles led their individual market segments in July – Yaris, Corolla, Camry, 86, LandCruiser 200, HiLux 4x2, HiLux 4x4 and HiAce bus.
So far this year, Toyota dealers have delivered more than 117,500 vehicles, resulting in a margin of more than 51,000 sales over its nearest rival.
Toyotas executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said Toyota and the industry were benefiting from continued strong demand for new vehicles.
New-vehicle sales remain close to record levels, which is extremely encouraging for the industrys prospects in the second half of the year, Mr Cramb said.
All the signs are that the economy and consumer confidence are solid with no indications of a major upswing or a downturn of any significance, he said.
Toyota is leading the sales charts for what is shaping up as the 12th consecutive year based on strong performances by Corolla and HiLux, as well as RAV4 enjoying its best year on record and Kluger stocks coming freely from the United States.