Best Sellers for 2023
Classed as the best-selling new vehicle in Australia for 2023, and nearly doubling the number sold to third place getter, the Toyota Hilux remains Australia’s favourite.
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Just behind, and in second place, is the magnificent Ford Ranger, with its sales on the up and up.
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At about half the number of Toyota Hilux vehicles sold new, the perky little MG ZS has made a fantastic effort to take third place with 25,689 of these bargain-priced new SUVs shifted by early November this year.
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Down 18% from last year, the Toyota RAV4 sales took fourth spot – perhaps due to the MG ZS’s success.
Another Ute with a strong showing was the fifth place getter: the mighty Isuzu D-Max ute.
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Up a whopping 276% is Tesla’s Model Y. The Model Y took sixth spot. It will be interesting to see if the trend continues over time.
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In seventh place is a petrol/Hybrid/EV SUV that has made a strong showing with a 28% increase in sales over this last year. And this is the rather likable SUV: the Mitsubishi Outlander – having managed to shift 20,000 units.
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Mazda’s CX-5 is another small SUV that has had to settle for a reduced portion of the pie this year. It’s in eighth place – maybe because there are still plenty of happy Mazda CX-5 owners driving about in the CX-5 which they purchased over the last couple of years!
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Ninth spot goes to Hyundai’s i30.
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Close behind in tenth place is the i30’s bigger brother: The Hyundai Tucson.
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- 16,122 Toyota Corollas were sold – 11th.
- 15,718 Tesla Model 3s were sold – 12th.
- 15,145 Toyota LandCruiser Prados were sold – 13th.
- 14,727 Mazda BT-50s were sold – 14th.
- 13,600 Mitsubishi Tritons were sold – 15th.
- 13,497 MG 3s were sold – 16th.
- 13,464 Subaru Foresters were sold – 17th.
- 13,324 Mazda CX-3s were sold 18th.
- 12,642 Kia Sportages were sold – 19th.
- 12,266 Toyota LandCruiser 300/76/78 Series were sold – 20th.
It’s amazing how closely contested place getters 11 through to 20 actually are – most of them SUVs. It’s nice to see a Subaru in the mix. Isn’t there a glaringly obvious absence of European vehicles? Where was Honda?