Corolla and Toyota top car sales
Jul 5, 2016 By Toyota Australia.
** Toyota on track for 20th year of market leadership **
Toyota's Corolla retained its title as Australia's best-selling car in the financial year ended June 30, according to official sales figures.
Local buyers snapped up more than 40,800 Corolla hatches and sedans during the latest year, eclipsing the popular car's nearest competitor by more than 1,500 sales.
The strength of Corolla - which has also been Australia's top seller in each of the past three calendar years - helped Toyota lift its new-vehicle sales to more than 206,800 for the 12-month period.
This represents an increase of 1.35 per cent over the previous financial year and a leading margin for Toyota of more than 88,000 deliveries over its closest rival.
Toyota dealers closed out the latest financial year with 22,083 sales in June - a figure that is 2.7 per cent higher than June last year and 77.3 per cent ahead of any other brand.
As a result, Toyota dealers increased their retail sales to 102,344 vehicles for the first half of 2016, compared with fewer than 61,000 sales for the second-placed company.
Toyota leads seven individual market segments so far this year with HiLux 4x4 and 4x2, Camry, LandCruiser Prado, LandCruiser 200 Series, HiAce van and HiAce bus.
In June, HiLux was Toyota's best-selling vehicle with 4,613 sales, followed by Corolla (4,427) and Camry (3,049), which was the clear leader among mid-size cars.
Executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said Toyota was strongly positioned to achieve market leadership for the 14th year in a row and the 20th year overall.
"Toyota is reaping the benefits of delivering ever-better cars backed by the industry's leading dealer network and strongly competitive offers," Mr Cramb said.
"Across the industry, local buyers continue to show confidence with record sales in June and for the first half of the year - and even an eight-week election campaign has not dented buyer demand," Mr Cramb said.