MG breaks records again, places all three models inside Top 20 for 1st time, sales down -12.2% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The MG HS breaks into the Australian Top 20 for the first time in April at #16.

81,065 new vehicles hit Australian roads in April, that a -12.2% year-on-year fall and, when removing pandemic-hit 2020 (38,322), the worst April result in 8 years: since 2014 (80,710). This follows two months in positive as global supply chain issues and delivery delays going from 3 to 14 months continue to plague the industry. This situation is expected to continue well into 2023. The year-to-date volume now stands at 343,501 units, off 3.5% over the same period in 2021. Private sales resist relatively well at -8.9% to 43,237 while business fleets are down -17.6% to 27,157 and sales to rental company fall -20.4% to 4,976. Government fleets also outpace the market slighted at -9.8% to 2,080.

All States and Territories are down year-on-year this month. New South Wales is at -12.7% to 25,432, Victoria at -11% to 21,339, Queensland at -11.2% at 17,424, Western Australia at -20.4% to 7.896, South Australia at -6.2% to 5,459, Tasmania at -7.9% to 1,466, ACT at -14.1% to 1,201 and Northern Territory at -4.8% to 848. SUVs skid -13.8% to 42,370 and 52.3% share vs. 53.3% a year ago and 46.3% two years ago, light commercials are off -9.6% to 19,636 and 24.2% share vs. 23.5% in 2021 and 24.2% in 2020. Passenger cars keep on freefalling at -14.5% to 15,444 and 19.1% share vs. 19.6% a year ago and 23.5% two years ago. Looking at sales by country of production, Japan is down a steep -30.1% to 24,353 sales, Thailand down -8.6% to 19,271, South Korea dips -2.2% to 12,137, China continue to grow spectacularly at +47% to 8,284 units similarity to the USA up 32,3% to 2,959.

The Toyota Hilux remains the best-selling vehicle in Australia.

Over in the brands ranking, Toyota (-11.1%) almost matches the market on its way to a 22.2% share, in line with the 22.1% it commands year-to-date. Mazda (-26.6%) is in difficulty at 9.1% share vs. 10.8% YTD while Mitsubishi is off -14% in third place to 8% share vs. 8.7% YTD. In 4th place, Kia (+8.3%) posts the only year-on-year gain in the Top 6 and overtakes sister brand Hyundai (-3.8%) as it also does YTD. Ford (-30.4%) is stuck in 6th place while the hero of the month, again, is MG (+58.7%) equalling its best-ever ranking at #7, a position it has held continuously since last November. MG also smashes its volume record at 4,773 (previous best 4,303 in June 2021) and its share record at 5.9% (previous best 4.6% in November 2021). The brand seems unstoppable at the moment in Australia. Isuzu Ute (+6.4%) and Mercedes (+3.8%) also sign market-defying gains in the remainder of the Top 10 whereas Nissan (-41.4%) is in freefall at #10. Notice also Suzuki (+36.5%), GWM Haval (+1.2%), LDV (+16.5%), Volvo (+7.6%), Renault (+103.4%), Porsche (+35.9%), Ram (+86.4%) and Chevrolet (+62.2%) also posting upticks in the remainder of the Top 25.

The Toyota Hilux (+6.4%) defies the market slump to cement its pole position with 5.5% share vs. 5.6% so far this year. The Ford Ranger (-28.7%) rallies back up four spots on March to #2 but freefalls year-to-date as the new generation’s launch is imminent. At #4, the Toyota RAV4 (-25.1%) remains the best-selling SUV in the country above the Mazda CX-5 (+14.8%) very strong at #4. The Isuzu D-Max (+18.8%) and Mitsubishi Triton (-4.1%) both outpace the market and make it four pickups in the April Top 6. The Toyota Corolla (+6.2%) reclaims the passenger car top spot off the Hyundai i30 (+3.3%) while the MG ZS (+42.4%) is back inside the Top 10 at #9. The Toyota Prado (+19.1%) rounds out the Top 10 with a splendid year-on-year score. The MG3 (+40.3%) is up six ranks on last month to end April just 16 sales off a new Top 10 finish. In fact MG places all its three models indie the Top 20 for the very first time, with the MG HS (+143.6%) up 23 spots on March to #16. Notice also the Toyota Kluger up 1323.7% on a very low base and due to the arrival of the new generation, the Kia Sportage (+116.1%) also helped by a new generation, the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport (+110.5%), Suzuki Baleno (+275.4%) up to 21 and the Hyundai Tucson (+59.5%) back up to #24.

Previous month: Australia March 2022: Tesla Model 3 lands at #5 in market up 1.2%

One year ago: Australia April 2021: Ford Ranger tops charts, Toyota Land Cruiser #4 in all-time record April volume

Full April 2022 Top 47 All-brands and Top 25 models below.

Australia April 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-22	%	/21	Mar	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota	17,956	22.2%	-11.1%	1	76,003	22.1%	-0.9%	1	1
2	Mazda	7,378	9.1%	-26.6%	2	37,213	10.8%	-1.2%	2	2
3	Mitsubishi	6,463	8.0%	-14.0%	3	29,816	8.7%	17.7%	3	6
4	Kia	6,180	7.6%	8.3%	5	23,632	6.9%	3.3%	4	5
5	Hyundai	5,552	6.8%	-3.8%	4	22,845	6.7%	-8.0%	5	3
6	Ford	4,974	6.1%	-30.4%	6	18,357	5.3%	-20.0%	6	4
7	MG	4,773	5.9%	58.7%	7	16,040	4.7%	36.7%	7	9
8	Isuzu Ute	3,032	3.7%	6.4%	8	11,838	3.4%	8.7%	8	11
9	Mercedes	2,682	3.3%	3.8%	12	9,481	2.8%	-18.7%	11	12
10	Nissan	2,050	2.5%	-41.4%	9	10,372	3.0%	-33.7%	9	7
11	Suzuki	1,786	2.2%	36.5%	14	6,491	1.9%	11.7%	14	16
12	Volkswagen	1,721	2.1%	-44.9%	11	7,846	2.3%	-35.8%	12	8
13	BMW	1,663	2.1%	-22.8%	15	7,032	2.0%	-15.5%	13	13
14	Subaru	1,644	2.0%	-52.4%	13	9,796	2.9%	-27.6%	10	10
15	GWM Haval	1,353	1.7%	1.2%	20	4,239	1.2%	6.1%	18	14
16	LDV	1,265	1.6%	16.5%	17	4,818	1.4%	13.7%	16	18
17	Honda	1,073	1.3%	-37.2%	16	5,162	1.5%	-38.5%	15	15
18	Audi	1,036	1.3%	-19.1%	18	3,749	1.1%	-34.0%	19	17
19	Volvo	854	1.1%	7.6%	19	3,477	1.0%	1.9%	20	22
20	Renault	606	0.7%	103.4%	21	3,151	0.9%	98.6%	21	24
21	Skoda	596	0.7%	-36.3%	25	2,066	0.6%	-44.2%	24	21
22	Land Rover	585	0.7%	-9.3%	24	1,788	0.5%	-25.2%	26	25
23	Lexus	552	0.7%	-39.3%	22	2,640	0.8%	-21.7%	22	20
24	Porsche	481	0.6%	35.9%	23	2,057	0.6%	19.5%	25	26
25	Ram	466	0.6%	86.4%	27	1,429	0.4%	36.9%	27	27
26	Jeep	377	0.5%	-42.4%	26	2,161	0.6%	-11.9%	23	23
27	Mini	202	0.2%	-26.8%	30	878	0.3%	-20.5%	29	28
28	Chevrolet	180	0.2%	62.2%	32	623	0.2%	51.2%	31	31
29	Ssangyong	164	0.2%	-23.7%	28	888	0.3%	0.8%	28	29
30	Peugeot	105	0.1%	-44.4%	29	647	0.2%	1.9%	30	30
31	Jaguar	93	0.1%	-1.1%	34	271	0.1%	-12.3%	33	33
32	Polestar	93	0.1%	new	33	208	0.1%	new	35	–
33	Fiat	90	0.1%	-32.3%	31	505	0.1%	-2.9%	32	32
34	Tesla	52	0.1%	n/a	10	4,469	1.3%	n/a	17	19
35	Genesis	43	0.1%	38.7%	36	258	0.1%	101.6%	34	34
36	Maserati	41	0.1%	-12.8%	37	188	0.1%	6.8%	37	36
37	Alfa Romeo	31	0.0%	-38.0%	35	193	0.1%	4.9%	36	35
38	Citroen	23	0.0%	666.7%	38	119	0.0%	221.6%	38	39
39	Bentley	23	0.0%	91.7%	39	74	0.0%	15.6%	39	37
40	Ferrari	15	0.0%	-34.8%	40	72	0.0%	10.8%	40	38
41	Chrysler	13	0.0%	116.7%	41	55	0.0%	-14.1%	42	40
42	Aston Martin	11	0.0%	22.2%	43	38	0.0%	-26.9%	43	41
43	Lamborghini	9	0.0%	-50.0%	44	32	0.0%	-42.9%	44	42
44	Rolls-Royce	6	0.0%	20.0%	45	21	0.0%	23.5%	45	45
45	Lotus	5	0.0%	-16.7%	42	58	0.0%	176.2%	41	44
46	McLaren	4	0.0%	-42.9%	46	13	0.0%	-53.6%	46	43
47	Alpine	1	0.0%	n/a	47	4	0.0%	300.0%	47	46

Australia April 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-22	%	/21	Mar	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Toyota Hilux	4,493	5.5%	6.4%	1	19,211	5.6%	5.2%	1	1
2	Ford Ranger	3,581	4.4%	-28.7%	6	13,241	3.9%	-11.9%	3	2
3	Toyota RAV4	3,373	4.2%	-25.1%	2	13,862	4.0%	0.1%	2	3
4	Mazda CX-5	2,701	3.3%	14.8%	4	10,951	3.2%	15.2%	5	7
5	Isuzu D-Max	2,374	2.9%	18.8%	8	8,646	2.5%	14.1%	7	6
6	Mitsubishi Triton	2,357	2.9%	-4.1%	3	12,852	3.7%	49.1%	4	9
7	Toyota Corolla	2,202	2.7%	6.2%	10	7,239	2.1%	-23.4%	9	4
8	Hyundai i30	2,071	2.6%	3.3%	7	7,924	2.3%	-8.7%	8	5
9	MG ZS	1,923	2.4%	42.4%	12	7,220	2.1%	33.3%	10	10
10	Toyota Prado	1,631	2.0%	19.1%	9	9,205	2.7%	72.2%	6	8
11	MG3	1,615	2.0%	40.4%	17	6,131	1.8%	34.5%	12	20
12	Toyota Kluger	1,381	1.7%	1323.7%	34	3,054	0.9%	346.5%	27	32
13	Mazda BT-50	1,333	1.6%	-7.6%	14	5,811	1.7%	15.1%	13	12
14	Kia Sportage	1,327	1.6%	116.1%	16	5,263	1.5%	86.6%	15	35
15	Mitsubishi ASX	1,300	1.6%	-35.9%	24	4,178	1.2%	-25.8%	19	14
16	MG HS	1,235	1.5%	143.6%	39	2,689	0.8%	52.8%	30	42
17	Mazda CX-30	1,175	1.4%	13.5%	11	6,211	1.8%	53.4%	11	21
18	Mitsubishi Pajero Sport	1,124	1.4%	110.5%	13	3,360	1.0%	57.6%	24	43
19	Mitsubishi Outlander	1,086	1.3%	-19.1%	15	5,730	1.7%	25.0%	14	15
20	Kia Cerato	1,007	1.2%	-34.1%	20	4,641	1.4%	-22.6%	17	11
21	Suzuki Baleno	991	1.2%	275.4%	26	2,712	0.8%	83.4%	29	71
22	Hyundai Kona	980	1.2%	-35.9%	19	4,118	1.2%	-23.8%	20	24
23	Kia Stonic	949	1.2%	23.4%	36	2,569	0.7%	46.5%	33	39
24	Hyundai Tucson	882	1.1%	59.5%	60	2,804	0.8%	-21.6%	28	17
25	Nissan Navara	869	1.1%	-18.9%	18	4,856	1.4%	24.7%	16	13