Australia Best Selling Cars ranking up to October 2023 is lead by the  Toyota Hilux (-8.4%) followed by the Ford Ranger (+30.6%). Tesla Model Y jumps 39 spots into 6th.

Considering data up to August 2023 the Australian Best-Selling Car is still the Toyota Hilux with 50,067 sales (-8.4%), followed by the Ford Ranger, with 49,288 new registrations (+30.6%).

In third place ranks the MG ZS -up 7 spots- with 25,689 sales (+57.0%), followed by the Toyota RAV4 -down 1 spot- at 24,986 units sold (-17.7%) and the Isuzu D-MAx -up 1 spot- with 24,677 new registrations (+16.4%). 

The Tesla Model Y rises 39 spots into 6th, reporting 24,267 sales, a 275.5% year-on-year growth.

Behind ranks the Mitsubishi Outlander in 7th with 20,000 sales (+28.0%) followed by the Mazda CX-5 with 19,404 (-17.3%), the Hyundai i30 with 18,013 units sold (-3.5%) and the Hyundai Tucson -up 3 spots- in 10th with 17,935 sales (+23.7%). 

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World Best Selling Compact Cars of  2023. Toyota Corolla keeps dominating the rankings (-0.1%), followed by the Honda Civic (+13.4%) and the Hyundai Elantra (+11.3%). Maruti Baleno, GAC Aion S and Nissan Sentra all enter the Top 10 for the first time.

Taking into consideration sales up to October 2023, as in the past few years, the best-selling compact car remains the Toyota Corolla with 921,568 sales, a 0.1% decrease in sales from the prior year. Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 20 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 50 million sold so far.

In second place we have the Honda Civic with 392,180 units sold (+13.4%). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 11th generation (since 2021), available as both sedan and liftback. The last generation is the only Civic not to offer a coupe version since the second generation because of its declining sales.

In third position there is the Hyundai Elantra with 273,183 sales  (+11.3%), followed by the Volkswagen Golf with 229,847 new registrations (-11.7%), the Volkswagen Sagitar with 220,450 sales (+25.5%), and the GAC Aion S -up 15 spots- with 193,960 sales (+124.2%).

The Audi A3 with 182,114 registrations maintains 7th spot (+4.9%). Next we have the Maruti Baleno  -up 5 spots- with 170,359 sales (+15.3%), the Nissan Sentra -up 9 spots- at 160,741 (+37.3%) and in 10th place the Mazda3 -up 1 spot- with 155,118 sales (+4.8%).

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Market Trend and Outlook

Pakistan’s economy slowed sharply in FY23 with real GDP estimated to have contracted by 0.6%. According to the World Bank’s latest Pakistan Development Update: Restoring Fiscal Sustainability, released on October 3rd 2023, the decline in economic activity reflects the cumulation of domestic and external shocks including the floods of 2022, government restrictions on imports and capital flows, domestic political uncertainty, surging world commodity prices, and tighter global financing.

In particular the continuous floods started in June of 2022 have affected many live in Pakistan, causing more than 1500 death, over 12,000 injuries and displacing around 33 million people. The heavy rain also destroyed many cars both on the road and in dealerships, inducing a collapse in the countries vehicle industry.

The Pakistani Vehicle Market, in fact, hasn’t yet recovered, with sales in October 2023 continuing to fall, posting the 16th consecutive monthly loss with 6,121 new registrations (-54.0%). YTD figures at 69,481 are down 63.4% from the prior year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, the leader is Suzuki, in 1st with 31,749 sales (-68.9%), in front of Toyota at 18,355 (-62.3%), Honda  with 8,745 new registrations (-67.6%) and Hyundai with 7,752 units sold (-34.5%).

Haval rises into 5th with 2,179 sales, Chery follows in 6th with 562 new registrations and BAIC in 7th with 139 units sold (-62.2%).

Looking at specific models the Suzuki Alto is the best seller with an 67.2% year-on-year loss in volume, followed by the Toyota Corolla down 69.7%.

Medium-Term Market Trend

Pakistani automotive industry is closed to import by the huge duties imposed by the government. The industry is so deputy to a small group of foreign (Japanese) companies which have invested years ago to produce locally, which offer dated models at huge (for the local purchase power) price.

Consumers have very limited choice as model, specification, negotiation.

The most of people prefer to purchase a motorcycle instead of car for personal use and the car industry is very small compared to the population living in the country.

Anyhow, the light vehicles market was growing up until the 2019 introduction of additional duties, with the all-time record established in the 2018 at 264K.

In 2019 the market fell down for increased prices correlated with increased taxes and in 2020 collapsed again for the effect of covid restrictions, hitting the lowest level in the last 15 years.

Despite surging 89.4% in 2021, the market took a substantial hit in 2022. In June of 2022 Pakistan started to experienced heavy floods that destroyed the country and induced the automotive industry to collapse. In fact, the last 6 months of the year reported losses, with total sales reaching 231,248 by the end of 2022 (-4.8%).

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World Best Selling Compact Cars of  2022. Toyota Corolla keeps dominating the rankings, followed by the Honda Civic and the Volkswagen Golf. Audi A3, MG 5 and Maruti Baleno all enter the Top 10 for the first time.

In 2022, as in the past few years, the best-selling compact car remains the Toyota Corolla with 1.1 million sales, a 2.8% decrease in sales from the prior year. Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 20 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 50 million sold so far.

In second place we have the Honda Civic with 402.022 units sold (-31.6%). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 11th generation (since 2021), available as both sedan and liftback. The last generation is the only Civic not to offer a coupe version since the second generation because of its declining sales.

In third position there is the Volkswagen Golf with 303,376 sales  (-4.0%), followed by the Hyundai Elantra with 299,221 new registrations (-16.1%), the Volkswagen Bora with 230,215 sales (-7.3%), and the Volkswagen Sagitar with 225,534 sales (-4.3%).

The Audi A3 with 211,996 registrations enters the top 10 taking seventh place, rising 5 spots from the previous year (+19.7%). Next we have the MG 5  -up 3 spots- with 201,441 sales (+10.7%), the Toyota Levin -down 1 spot- at 197,501 (-11.4%) and in 10th place the Maruti Baleno -up 5 spots- with 185,665 sales (+7.8%).

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Market Trend and Outlook

Continuous rain since the beginning of June 2022 has affected many lives in Pakistan, especially in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. The flood, considered the worst in the Country’s history, has killed more than 1,500 people, more than 12,000 people were injured, and more than 33 million people were displaced.

Due to the heavy rainfall and landslides, roads were swept away, bridges collapsed, and houses were surrounded by floodwater. The communities are currently experiencing flood-related diseases such as diarrhea, dengue, malaria, and malnutrition due to massive devastation to crops and livestock. Many live in temporary shelters as their houses were destroyed during the massive flood in July and August.

Vehicles at home or in the road on the dealerships have been destroyed by the flood and the people’s priority dramatically shifted to surviving. Of course new vehicles market collapsed in this period and before recovering will need time.

The Pakistani Vehicles Market in 2022 totals 225,050 registrations, a 4.7% decrease from 2021. Sales in December at 16,921 fell for the 6th month in a row (-37.8%).

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, all brands in the rankings remain in the same position as the previous year. Suzuki in 1st with 125,947 sales (+2.6%), followed by Toyota at 54,769 (-20.8%), Honda with 31,006 (-11.8%) and finally Hyundai at 12.882 sales (+44.7%).

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Australia Best Selling Cars in 2022 the leader is still the Toyota Hilux (+22.0%) maintaining a huge gap from second place. In the Top 50, Kia Sportage, Toyota Kluger and MG HS shine.

Toyota dominates the Australian four-wheeler market and is able to place four models within the top 10.

As in the previous years even in 2022, the market leader is still the pick-up Toyota Hilux with 64,391 sales and a strong increase from last year (+22.0%).

In second place the Ford Ranger keeps its place in second with 47,479 sales (-5.6%) and a safe margin over the third. The Toyota Rav4 sells 34,835 units (-2.6%). 

In fourth position the Mitsubishi Triton with 27,436 booming +42.7%.

Behind ranks the Mazda CX-5 with 27,062 (+8.4%) followed by the Toyota Corolla -down 2 spots- with 25,284 (-12.1%), the Isuzu D-Max -down 1 spot- with 24,336 (-3.1%) and the MG Zs with 22,266 (+21.9%).

In ninth position there is the Hyundai i30 with 21,166 units (-17.2%)  ahead of the Toyota Prado with 21,102 (-0.9%)

Further down the rankings the Kia Sportage in 12th place reports a remarkable performance (+136.4%). Other great growths are held by The Toyota Kluger (+34.8%) and the MG HS in 26th, up 60.3%

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World Best Selling Compact Cars segment in 2021 final data drops 1.4% with 9.9 million global sales. The Toyota Corolla keeps dominating the ranking, followed by the Honda Civic and the Hyundai Elantra. The Mazda 3 enters the leaderboard, rising 4 spots.

In 2021 final data, as in the past few years, the best-selling compact car remains the Toyota Corolla with 1,147k sales, holding 11.6% market share. Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 20 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 45 million sold so far.

In second place we have the Honda Civic with 587k units sold (5.9% share). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 10th generation (since 2016), available with 3/4/5 doors. The 2017 volume was boosted by the last generation distribution in all countries (over 140) including Europe, where the model is produced in the UK (for hatch version) and Turkey (for the sedan).

In third place we have the Hyundai Elantra -up 4 spots- with 333k sales and 3.4% share.

In fourth position there is the Volkswagen Golf with 317k sales  (3.2% share) followed by the Volkswagen Bora with 248k units (2.5% share), and the Volkswagen Sagitar with 236k sales (2.4% share).

In seventh place the Toyota Levin -rising 3 spots- with 223k sales (2.3% share) followed by the Mazda 3  -rising 4 spots- with 213k units (2.2% share), the Geely Emigrand EC7 with 211k units (2.1% share) and in 10th place the Mercedes A Class -down 4 spots– with 210k units (1.8% share).

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Australia Best selling cars in 2021 is dominated one more time by the Toyota Hilux, followed by the Ford Ranger and the Toyota Rav4. The Isuzu D-Max reaches 6th place by rising 6 spots.

Looking at the 2021 ranking, the leader is still the Toyota Hilux with 52,801 units sold (5.3% of market share), followed by the Ford Ranger with 50,279 units (5% share). The Toyota Rav4 remains third with 3.6% market share and 35,751 units.

In fourth position we have the Toyota Corolla with 28,768 units sold (2.9% market share), ahead of the Hyundai i30 -up 1 spot- with 25,575 units sold (2.6% share) and the Isuzu D-Max which rose 6 spots with 2.5% share and 25,117 units sold. The Mazda CX-5 fell 2 spots and holds 2.5% share with 24,968 units.

In eight position there is the Toyota Prado with 21,299 units (2.1% share)  ahead of the Mitsubishi Triton -down 2 spots- with 1.9% share and 19,232 units sold.

The MG ZS reaches 10th place and holds 1.8% share with 18,423 units sold.

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Market Trend

Brand-wise, this year the leader Toyota (+0.1%) gained 0.3% market share, followed by the rising Ford (+12.1%) -up 4 spots-, which gained 0.8% share. Honda closed the podium and lost  0.5% share, falling 8.3%.  Nissan fell in 4th place and reported a loss of 16.7%, followed by Mercedes which lost 7.7%.

Taiwanese vehicles market (cars+LCVs) in recent years grew up with a series of all-time record and breaking the 400,000 units milestone in 2014. On this road, during 2017 sales hit a new record, the second in a row, with 446,669 units sold (+1.6%).

However, in 2018 the vehicles market decelerated, closing registrations at the lowest volume since 2015, with 432,314 sales (-3.2%) while in 2019 sales were at 435,915.

Full-Year sales for 2020 have been 451,235, reporting an increase of 3.5% compared to 2019.

In 2021 the year started positively for the Taiwanese market, in fact, in Q1 121,575 units have been sold, reporting a 17.1% increase in sales compared to Q1 2020, while in Q2 sales started falling slightly, reporting a 5.2% decrease in sales with 100,234 units.

In Q3 sales kept falling slowly, losing 2.8% sales with 112,345 units, and in Q4 the sharpest drop of the year was recorded, dropping 10.8% with 115,705 units.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2021 have been 449,859, reporting a 1.1% decrease compared to 2020.

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Market Trend

The Pakistani car market this year recovered extremely effectively from the pandemic crash of 2020 and reported a very positive performance all year, with the largest growth in Q2 due to the low levels of Q2 2020.

The market has been unstable in the 2010-2014 period of time, registering a sharp fall in 2013, before embarking on a positive pathway in the following years. In 2017 the market was sustained by robust internal demand, reaching 247,330 sales (+18.3%), followed by the current all-time record in 2018 at 264,442 (+6.9%).

However, in 2019, the market has imploded due to a tax introduction, making new car imports negligible. As a result, the Full-year ended at 192,814 units sold, losing 27.1% from the previous year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic sales fell in  2020. In fact, 127,939 units have been sold, reporting a decline of 33.6% compared to 2019.

In 2021 the year started positively for the Pakistan market, in fact, in Q1 56,031 units have been sold, reporting a 73.3% increase in sales compared to Q1 2020, and in Q2 sales accelerated, reporting a 249% increase in sales with 47,812 units due to the incredibly low volumes in Q2 2020.

In Q3 sales kept rising quickly, gaining 84.4% sales with 70,623 units, and in Q4 sales increased by 56.9% with 68,420 units.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2021 have been 242,886, reporting a 89.8% increase compared to 2020.

Brand-wise, this year the leader Suzuki (+107.9%) gained 3.7% market share, followed by Toyota (+71.5%), which lost 3.5% share. Honda lost 3% share, gaining 59.3%. 

Hyundai remained in 4th place (+372.6%), followed by Isuzu -up 1 spot- which reported the best performance by gaining 459.1%. Master gained 131.8%, followed by Hino -down 2 spots- which gained 19%, Jac which rose 83.2% and BAIC.

The most sold vehicle this year has been the Suzuki Alto (+128.6%) with 53,887 units sold, followed by the Toyota Yaris, which gained 102.3% registering 28,673 new sales this year. The Toyota Corolla (+37.2%) closes the podium and reports 25,831 new units sold.

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