Following a pretty miserable year in 2020 for the new car market in Australia, 2021 has kicked off with a positive. An 11.1 per cent positive, to be exact. New vehicle registration figures, in the form of January 2021 VFACTS, show the local market is on the mend.
Consumers purchased 79,666 new vehicles in January, which is up 11.1 per cent on the 71,731 units registered in January last year. Our guess is this positive trend will continue throughout this year against the low numbers recorded throughout 2020, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At the top of the charts, Toyota has once again set the benchmark. It sold 16,819 vehicles in January, up 13.6 per cent on last January. Mazda crossed the line in second spot, with 8508 sales (up 27.1 per cent), with Hyundai rounding out the top three with 5951 sales (up 9.3 per cent).
autoevolution 10 Jan 2021, 19:53 UTC ·
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