What were the best-selling cars in Australia in 2024? Let’s check out the December VFACTS report and find out. This report is compiled by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, and counts new vehicle registrations for all makes and models except Tesla, Polestar and Mahindra (and some other newly-arrived brands).
Overall, we can see there were 95,895 new registrations in December (we’ll call them sales), which is down 2.7 per cent on December 2023 efforts. For the entire year, the tally stands at 1,220,607, which is up 0.3 per cent compared with the year 2023. This is an all-time record for yearly sales in Australia.
Although it was a record year, the FCAI is concerned about the future trajectory, which isn’t so rosy. Tony Weber, FCAI chief, said the second-half of 2024 saw sales dropping to very low levels, with high interest rates and high cost of living stresses to blame. Weber said:
“Customers are also increasingly making choices regarding environmental outcomes and the associated total cost of ownership of moving to low emissions technologies. So, while the sales of battery electric vehicles are lower than expected, this is offset to a degree by an increasing number of buyers turning to hybrid and plug-in hybrid models which make up 14.1 per cent and 1.9 per cent of the total market respectively.”
Speaking of which, the government is putting a lot of pressure on car brands to make more EVs, basically. And up until now such pressures have mainly been applied in big markets such as USA and Europe. But as of January 1, 2025, car brands here in Australia have to adhere to our new New Vehicle Efficiency Standard.
However, if buyers continue to show little interest in EVs, the new policies are likely to cause car brands to raise their vehicle prices even more to pay for any penalties incurred by their vehicles that do sell (the non-EVs). Weber said:
“The industry is responding to NVES by increasing the range of zero and low emission vehicles on offer. However, a continuation of current customer buying preferences will inevitably lead to the accrual of substantial penalties under the Government’s new scheme, which will create price inflation within the new vehicle market.
“If consumers do not want, cannot afford or cannot find new low emission vehicles that meet their needs, then no amount of effort from governments and car makers will make a difference.”
According to the VFACTS report – which no longer includes Tesla and Polestar, don’t forget – fully electric vehicle sales hit 74,612 units. That’s down 14.5 per cent on 2023. However, adding Tesla and Polestar results in a total figure of around 91,000, which would be a slight increase on 87,217 units in 2023.
It’s not a big jump considering all of the incentives that aim to push buyers into EVs, the slashed prices for many EVs in recent times, and the sheer influx of new EVs hitting the market.
Let’s get stuck into the most popular new vehicle brands, and no surprises here, Toyota is in front. It reported 18,657 sales in December, down 3.2 per cent on last December. It crosses the line as the most popular brand for the entire year once again, with 241,296 (about 1 in 5 new cars sold is a Toyota), up a whopping 12.1 per cent on 2023 efforts.
See below for the top 10 best-selling car brands for December 2024, including the percentage change from the same month last year in brackets. And further below for the top 10 brands for the year:
- Toyota: 18,657 (-3.2% on December 2023)
- Ford: 8305 (-15.5%)
- Mazda: 7256 (+7.3%)
- Kia: 6302 (+12.9%)
- Mitsubishi: 5754 (+12.1%)
- Hyundai: 5025 (+2.8%)
- Nissan: 4224 (+58.9%)
- MG: 4218 (+10%)
- GWM: 4073 (+5.5%)
- Isuzu: 3558 (-10.8%)
Top 10 best sellers for the year 2024:
- Toyota: 241,296 (+12.1% on 2023)
- Ford: 100,170 (+14.4%)
- Mazda: 95,987 (-4.0%)
- Kia: 81,787 (+7.4%)
- Mitsubishi: 74,547 (+17.4%)
- Hyundai: 71,664 (-4.7%)
- MG: 50,592 (-13.3%)
- Isuzu: 48,172 (+6.2%)
- Nissan: 45,284 (+15.0%)
- GWM: 42,782 (+17.5%)
In terms of the best-selling vehicles in Australia in December, the RAV4 came home with the most once again. It managed to outsell the popular utes from Ford and Toyota by quite a bit. Was it the best-selling vehicle in 2024?
Not quite. It narrowly missed the top spot, which would have been a first for an SUV in Australia. The overall crown went to the Ford Ranger with 62,593 sales, against 58,718 RAV4 sales.
See below for the top 10 best-selling vehicles during December 2024, including the percentage change compared with the same month last year, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers of 2024 overall:
- Toyota RAV4: 5119 (+133.5% on December 2023)
- Ford Ranger: 4493 (-42.2%)
- Toyota HiLux: 3333 (-35.2%)
- Toyota Prado: 2687 (+8.6%)
- Ford Everest: 2476 (+65.5%)
- Isuzu D-Max: 2370 (-16.3%)
- Kia Sportage: 2213 (+43.1%)
- Nissan X-Trail: 2096 (+123%)
- Mitsubishi Outlander: 1991 (+5.8%)
- GWM Haval Jolion: 1691 (+56.1%)
Top 10 best sellers for the year 2024:
- Ford Ranger: 62,593 (down from 63,356 in 2023)
- Toyota HiLux: 53,499 (down from 61,111)
- Isuzu D-Max: 30,194 (down from 31,202)
- Toyota RAV4: 29,627 (up from 29,627)
- Mitsubishi Outlander: 27,613 (up from 24,263)
- Toyota LandCruiser: 27,186 (up from 26,449)
- Ford Everest: 26,494 (up from 15,071)
- Toyota Corolla: 24,027 (up from 19,986)
- Mazda CX-5: 22,835 (down from 23,083)
- MG ZS: 22,629 (down from 29,258)
Just briefly on the micro, light under $30,000, and light above $30k classes, MG continues to lead the lot with its MG3. It was the best-seller of the year as well, with 12,563 sales (down 18.6 per cent on 2023).
Overall sales for December 2024 were as follows, with the percentage change from December last year in brackets.
Micro
- Kia Picanto: 535 (+31.1% from December 2023)
- Fiat 500/Abarth: 26 (-38.1%)
Light under $30,000
- MG MG3: 1428 (+96.2%)
- Mazda2: 417 (+27.9%)\
- Suzuki Swift: 391 (-8.6%)
- Toyota Yaris: 133 (-37.0%)
Light under $30,000
- Volkswagen Polo: 159 (+1.9%)
- Hyundai i20: 140 (+976.9%)
- MINI hatch: 100 (-35.1%)
- MINI Aceman: 49 (new model)
- Skoda Fabia: 20 (-16.7%)
- Citroen C3: 2 (-75%)
- Audi A1: 1 (-96.4%)
Over in the small under $40,000 class. It saw 4758 sales for the month, down 7.3 per cent on the same month last year. And overall for the year, the class reported 70,975 sales, up 14.8 per cent, surprisingly.
See below for the full results for this class in December 2024, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the full sales for 2024:
- Toyota Corolla: 1501 (-20.5%)
- Hyundai i30: 1066 (+1.8%)
- Mazda3: 910 (+61.1%)
- Kia Cerato: 695 (+7.8%)
- BYD Dolphin: 231 (-2.1%)
- MG MG5: 197 (-61.4%)
- Subaru Impreza: 135 (+3.8%)
- Skoda Scala: 23 (-79.3%)
Total results for the year 2024:
- Toyota Corolla: 24,027 (+20.2% on year 2023)
- Kia Cerato: 15,502 (+167.5%)
- Hyundai i30: 12,682 (-38.5%)
- Mazda3: 10,528 (+16.0%)
- MG MG5: 3871 (+61.4%)
- BYD Dolphin: 2116 (+128.8)
- Subaru Impreza: 1833 (-11.9%)
- Skoda Scala: 416 (-56.1%)
Moving to the small above $40,000 segment, and yes it’s the MG4 out with a clear lead in December, with the VW Golf and BMW 1 Series following behind. The MG4 electric vehicle also posted the most sales in this class for all of 2024, with 6934 units, up 121.3 per cent. Although, it wasn’t on sale for the full year in 2023.
The class reported 2023 sales in December (down 7.4 per cent) and 21,989 for the year (down 2.4 per cent). See below for the complete results for December, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers of the year:
- MG MG4: 855 (+40.9% on December 2023)
- Volkswagen Golf: 336 (+40.0%)
- BMW 1 Series: 213 (+129%)
- Subaru WRX: 167 (-32.1%)
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class: 160 (+2.6%)
- Honda Civic: 85 (-44.8%)
- GWM Ora: 43 (-55.7%)
- Audi A3: 41 (-88.9%)
- BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: 38 (-17.4%)
- Nissan Leaf: 29 (+141.7%)
- Cupra Leon: 26 (-46.9%)
- Cupra Born: 26 (-58.1%)
- Peugeot 308: 3 (-82.4%)
- Renault Megane: 1 (-50%)
- MINI Clubman: 0 (-100%)
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 0 (-100%)
- Ford Focus: 0 (-100.0%)
Top 10 best sellers for the year 2024:
- MG MG4: 6934 (+121.3% on year 2023)
- Volkswagen Golf: 2929 (-18.5%)
- Audi A3: 2375 (-28.4%)
- Subaru WRX: 2188 (-20.2%)
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class: 1997 (-16.5%)
- BMW 1 Series: 1297 (-26.1%)
- GWM Ora: 1225 (+132.9%)
- Honda Civic: 966 (-26.7%)
- BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: 555 (-51.0%)
- Cupra Born: 465 (-47.6%)
Into the sales rep specials, the medium below $60,000 class reported 957 sales in December (down 52.8 per cent) and 24,740 sales in all of 2024 (up 63.5 per cent). The best-seller for the month was the BYD Seal and the Camry took the crown for the full year.
See below for the full class results, with the percentage change compared with December 2023 in brackets, and further below for full 2024 results:
- BYD Seal: 412 (-12.5%)
- Toyota Camry: 387 (-70.5%)
- Mazda6: 92 (+7.0%)
- Hyundai Sonata: 30 (-28.6%)
- Skoda Octavia: 26 (-69.4%)
- Honda Accord: 8 (+60%)
- Volkswagen Passat: 2 (-92.6%)
Total results for the year 2024:
- Toyota Camry: 15,401 (+45.6% on year 2023)
- BYD Seal: 6393 (+999%)
- Mazda6: 1354 (-11.4%)
- Skoda Octavia: 846 (-39.4%)
- Hyundai Sonata: 506(+49.7%)
- Honda Accord: 137 (-4.9%)
- Volkswagen Passat: 103 (-84.8%)
In the medium above $60,000 class, it reported 660 sales in December (down 67.4 per cent) and finished up with 21,406 sales for the year (down 35.3 per cent). The numbers across the board look pretty bleak, perhaps as buyers shift to SUVs and utes.
The best-seller for the month was the BMW i4, just ahead of the 3 Series, while the best-seller for the year was the 3 Series (excluding the Tesla Model 3).
See below for the full results in this class in December 2024, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for 2024:
- BMW i4: 196 (+206.3%)
- BMW 3 Series: 157 (-16.9%)
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 113 (+8.7%)
- Lexus ES: 63 (-46.2%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLA: 39 (-42.6%)
- Audi A4: 29 (-21.6%)
- BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe: 13 (+18.2%)
- Audi A5 Sportback: 12 (-55.6%)
- Hyundai IONIQ 6: 12 (-78.9%)
- Volvo V60 Cross Country: 11 (-47.6%)
- Volvo S60: 7 (-63.2%)
- Alfa Romeo Giulia: 5 (-54.5%)
- Genesis G70: 2 (-60.0%)
- Jaguar XE: 1 (0.0%)
- Peugeot 508: 0 (-100%)
- Volkswagen Arteon: 0 (-100%)
Top 10 best sellers for the year 2024:
- BMW 3 Series: 2472 (-21.4%)
- BMW i4: 2062 (+484.1%)
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 1943 (-26.0%)
- Lexus ES: 1025 (-40.6%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLA: 757 (-32.7%)
- Audi A4: 511 (-40.8%)
- Audi A5 Sportback: 383 (-33.0%)
- Hyundai IONIQ 6: 374
- BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe: 256 (-68.2%)
- Volvo S60: 153 (+0.7%)/Volvo S60 Cross Country: 153 (-21.5%)
Just two models make up the large below $70,000 segment, with zero new registrations of the Kia Stinger for the full year for the first time since its launch (production stopped some time ago). And now with Citroen exiting Australia, it’s down to the Skoda Superb only.
But the Czech isn’t doing too well either, with just 3 sales in December and 153 for the year. That’s down 87 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively. The class reported 3 sales in December, down 91.7 per cent, and 192 in total for the year, down 91.1 per cent.
See below for the full results for December 2024, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the full year results:
- Skoda Superb: 3 (-87.0%)
- Citroen C5 X: 0 (-100%)
- Kia Stinger: 0 (-100%)
Total results for the year 2024:
- Skoda Superb: 153 (-45.0%)
- Citroen C5 X: 39 (-42.6%)
- Kia Stinger: 0 (-100%)
Over in the large above $70,000 category, things aren’t much better. The class reported 137 sales in December (down 40.7 per cent), and 1959 sales for the year (down 26.6 per cent). Only a handful of models post double figures for the month, led by the BMW 5 Series.
See below for the complete results for this segment, with the percentage change compared with December last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for 2024:
- BMW 5 Series: 49 (-5.8%)
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 28 (-30%)
- Audi A6: 27 (+92.9%)
- Porsche Taycan: 16 (-33.3%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQE: 5 (-89.8%)
- Audi A7: 4 (-42.9%)
- Audi e-tron GT: 4 (-88.6%)
- Genesis G80: 3 (-25%)
- Maserati Ghibli: 1 (0.0%)
- Jaguar XF: 0 (0.0%)
- Toyota Mirai: 0 (0.0%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class: 0 (0.0%)
Top 10 best-sellers for the year 2024:
- BMW 5 Series: 614 (+21.1%)
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 381 (-9.5%)
- Porsche Taycan: 282 (-47.3%)
- Audi A6: 280 (+12%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQE: 162 (-62.9)
- Audi e-tron GT: 84 (-75.2%)
- Audi A7: 60 (-22.1%)
- Genesis G80: 57 (+11.8%)
- Maserati Ghibli: 18 (-37.9%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLS: 10 (0.0%)
Rounding out sedans and wagon, the upper large above $100,000 segment posted 22 sales in December (down 46.3 per cent), with a total of 298 units for the year (down 44 per cent). The best-seller was the Porsche Panamera for both the month and year.
See below for the full results for this class in December 2024, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for 2024:
- Porsche Panamera: 10 (+900%)
- BMW 7 Series: 4 (+300%)
- BMW i7: 3 (+200%)
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class: 3 (-57.1%)
- Bentley sedan: 1 (-66.7%)
- Rolls-Royce Sedan: 1 (0.0%)
- Audi A8: 0 (-100%)
- Mercedes-AMG GT 4D: 0 (0.0%)
- BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe: 0 (-100.0%)
- Lexus LS: 0 (0.0%)
- Lotus Emeya: 0 (new model)
- Mercedes-Benz EQS: 0 (-100%)
- BMW 6 Series GT: 0 (0.0%)
- Maserati Quattroporte: 0 (0.0)
Top 10 results for the year 2024:
- Porsche Panamera: 66 (-5.7%)
- BMW 7 Series: 49 (-41.7%)
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class: 43 (-60.2%)
- BMW i7: 36 (-42.9%)
- Bentley sedan: 20 (+17.6%)
- Mercedes EQS: 20 (-70.1%)
- BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe: 14 (-66.7%)
- Mercedes-AMG GT 4D: 11 (-50.0%)/Lexus LS: 11 (-45%)
- Audi A8: 10 (-47.4%)/Rolls-Royce sedan: 10 (-41.2%)
- Lotus Emeya: 5 (new model)
Into the more exciting stuff, starting with the sports below $80,000 segment. It was led by the Ford Mustang in December, with sales up over 1000 per cent (the new model wasn’t on sale in December last year). Sales for the year are down 0.7 per cent. It managed to cross the line as the best-selling sports car overall for the year, despite arriving in September.
The entry segment reported 630 sales in December (up 100.6 per cent), and 4229 sales for the year (down 25.6 per cent). See below for the full results for December, with the percentage change compared with the same month in 2023 in brackets, and further below for year 2024 results:
- Ford Mustang: 432 (+999%)
- Subaru BRZ: 81 (+2.5%)
- Toyota GR86: 64 (-29.7%)
- Mazda MX-5: 41 (-35.9%)
- Nissan Z: 12 (-33.3%)
- MINI Cabrio: 0 (-100%)
Total results for the year 2024:
- Ford Mustang: 1465 (-0.7%)
- Subaru BRZ: 980 (-37.7%)
- Mazda MX-5: 662 (+1.4%)
- Toyota GR86: 614 (-46.3%)
- Nissan Z: 320 (-28.7%)
- MINI Cabrio: 188 (-51.8%)
As for the sports above $80,000 class, it reported 360 sales in December (up 13.2 per cent), and 4804 sales in 2024 (up 1.7 per cent). The BMW 2 Series two-door was the best-seller for both, since being bumped up from the entry class last year.
See below for the full segment results, with the percentage change compared with December 2023 in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for year 2024:
- BMW 2 Series coupe/convertible: 112 (+14.3%)
- BMW 4 Series coupe/conv: 67 (+13.6%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class: 51 (new model)
- Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: 46 (+76.9%)
- Porsche Cayman: 24 (+242.9%)
- Porsche Boxster: 18 (0.0%)
- BMW Z4: 13 (+44.4%)
- MG Cyberster: 13 (new model)
- Toyota GR Supra: 6 (-79.3%)
- Lotus Emira: 4 (-55.6%)
- Audi A5: 2 (-87.5%)
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe/convertible: 2 (-93.9%)
- Jaguar F-Type: 1 (-66.7%)
- Lexus LC: 1 (-83.3%)
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupe/convertible: 0 (-100%)
- Audi TT: 0 (-100.0%)
Top 10 best-selling cars in this segment during year 2024:
- BMW 2 Series coupe/convertible: 1585 (+34.5%)
- BMW 4 Series coupe/convertible: 802 (-6.5%)
- Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class: 499 (new model)
- Porsche Cayman: 445 (+57.8%)
- Chevrolet Corvette: 358 (+6.2%)
- Porsche Boxster: 301 (+121.3%)
- Toyota GR Supra: 222 (-19.6%)
- Lotus Emira: 138 (-24.6%)
- Audi A5: 122 (-31.5%)
- BMW Z4: 100 (+16.3%)
And then finally for the driver’s cars, the sports above $200,000 segment reported 97 sales in December (down 4.9 per cent) and 1600 sales for the year (up 18.6 per cent. The best-seller was the Porsche 911 for both the year and the month.
See below for the full lineup results for the month, with the percentage change compared with December last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers of 2024:
- Porsche 911: 28 (+21.7%)
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 15 (+999%)
- Lamborghini coupe/convertible: 15 (+7.1%)
- McLaren coupe/convertible: 13 (+225%)
- Ferrari coupe/convertible: 9 (-30.8%)
- Aston Martin coupe/convertible: 8 (-11.1%)
- Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray: 2 (new model)
- Mercedes-AMG GT coupe/convertible: 2 (new model)
- Bentley coupe/convertible: 2 (-88.2%)
- Maserati coupe/convertible: 1 (0.0%)
- Rolls-Royce coupe/convertible: 1 (0.0%)
- Mercedes-Benz SL-Class: 1 (-94.1%)
- BMW 8 Series: 0 (-100%)
Top 10 best-selling cars in this segment during year 2024:
- Porsche 911: 783 (+40.3%)
- Ferrari coupe/convertible: 185 (-14.0%)
- Lamborghini coupe/convertible: 165 (+3.8%)
- McLaren coupe/convertible: 95 (+11.8%)
- Aston Martin coupe/convertible: 91 (+11.0%)
- Bentley coupe/convertible: 79 (-24.8%)
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 72 (+999%)
- Mercedes-Benz SL: 41 (-35.9%)
- Maserati coupe/convertible: 26 (+23.8%)
- BMW 8 Series: 25 (-54.5%)
The ever-popular SUVs now, and as before, the SUV Medium below $60,000 segment remains the most popular, reporting 19,739 sales (up 27.6 per cent on last December), followed by the SUV Large below $70,000 class with 11,662 sales (up 5.2 per cent). Finishing off the top three is the SUV Small below $45,000 category with 11,450 sales (up 7.5 per cent) for the month.
As for the best-selling SUV in 2024? It was the Toyota RAV4 with 58,718 sales for the year (up 98.2 per cent), while the best-selling luxury SUV was the Lexus NX with 6123 sales (down 10.9 per cent).
See below for the complete results for each SUV category for December 2024, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets. The top 10 best-selling models of the year are listed below each respective segment list.
Best-selling SUVs – Light (December)
- Mazda CX-3: 1404 (+12.1%)
- Toyota Yaris Cross: 729 (+8.0%)
- Kia Stonic: 722 (+81.0%)
- Suzuki Jimny: 601 (+82.7%)
- Hyundai Venue: 579 (+45.8%)
- Volkswagen T-Cross: 271 (+8.4%)
- Suzuki Ignis: 121 (-2.4%)
- Nissan Juke: 82 (-43.1%)
- Ford Puma: 8 (-88.1%)
- Jeep Avenger: 7 (new model)
- Renault Captur: 6 (-70.0%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Mazda CX-3: 18,461 (+17.0%)
- Kia Stonic: 6189 (-11.4%)
- Toyota Yaris Cross: 8206 (+26.0%)
- Hyundai Venue: 6949 (+13.0%)
- Volkswagen T-Cross: 2003 (-65.2%)
- Suzuki Jimny: 9697 (+93.9%)
- Suzuki Ignis: 1815 (+20.4%)
- Ford Puma: 847 (-58.2%)
- Nissan Juke: 1674 (+33.3%)
- Renault Captur: 169 (-82.0%)
Best-selling SUVs – Small below $45,000 (December)
- GWM Haval Jolion: 1691 (+56.1%)
- MG ZS: 1167 (-23.3%)
- Mitsubishi ASX: 1005 (+61.1%)
- Hyundai Kona: 943 (-5.2%)
- Mazda CX-30: 902 (+11.8%)
- Subaru Crosstrek: 877 (-0.1%)
- Chery Tiggo 4 Pro: 819 (new model)
- Toyota Corolla Cross: 804 (+13.1%)
- Chery Omoda 5: 591 (+8.8%)
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: 589 (-2.2%)
- Volkswagen T-Roc: 526 (-30.4%)
- Nissan Qashqai: 431 (+16.5%)
- Kia Seltos: 331 (-49.8%)
- Honda HR-V: 258 (+1.6%)
- Suzuki Vitara: 208 (-24.1%)
- Toyota C-HR: 169 (+999%)
- Skoda Kamiq: 50 (-72.8%)
- Suzuki S-Cross: 34 (-26.1%)
- Renault Arkana: 24 (-83.9%)
- Jeep Compass: 14 (-85.4%)
- Peugeot 2008: 13 (-78.7%)
- Mazda MX-30: 4 (-88.6%)
- Citroen C4: 0 (-100.0%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- MG ZS: 22,629 (-22.7%)
- Kia Seltos: 17,374 (+55.4%)
- GWM Haval Jolion: 14,238 (+26.5%)
- Mazda CX-30: 12,672 (-3.4%)
- Mitsubishi ASX: 12,330 (+34.4%)
- Subaru Crosstrek: 11,545 (+28.4%)
- Hyundai Kona: 11,183 (-3.1%)
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: 9221 (+18.4%)
- Toyota Corolla Cross: 8902 (+12.2%)
- Volkswagen T-Roc: 7777 (-13.0%)
Best-selling SUVs – Small above $45,000 (December)
- Audi Q3: 633 (+211.8%)
- BMW X1: 349 (-6.9%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class: 294 (+59.8%)
- Volvo XC40: 229 (-56.5%)
- BMW X2: 224 (+999%)
- MINI Countryman: 157 (+336.1%)
- Lexus UX: 142 (-36.3%)
- Lexus LBX: 115 (new vehicle)
- Volvo EX30: 109 (new vehicle)
- Mercedes-Benz EQA: 69 (-50.7%)
- Kia Niro: 59 (-60.9%)
- Volvo C40: 56 (+60.0%)
- Renault Megane E-Tech: 20 (+999%)
- Jaguar E-Pace: 14 (-30.0%)
- Audi Q2: 13 (-93.0%)
- Alfa Romeo Tonale: 11 (-67.6%)
- Genesis GV60: 1 (-87.5%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Audi Q3: 5497 (+23.3%)
- BMW X1: 4536 (-2.3%)
- Volvo XC40: 3142 (-46.2%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLA: 3103 (+65.0%)
- Volvo EX30: 2129 (new model)
- BMW X2: 1955 (+565%)
- MINI Countryman: 1878 (+19.8%)
- Lexus LBX: 1470 (new model)
- Kia Niro: 1455 (-20.3%)
- Audi Q2: 1130 (-24.0%)
Best-selling SUVs – Medium below $60,000 (December)
- Toyota RAV4: 5119 (+133.5%)
- Kia Sportage: 2213 (+43.1%)
- Nissan X-Trail: 2096 (+123%)
- Mitsubishi Outlander: 1991 (+5.8%)
- Mazda CX-5: 1598 (+12.3%)
- Hyundai Tucson: 1318 (-5.2%)
- BYD Sealion 6: 1122 (new model)
- Subaru Forester: 1059 (-26.8%)
- GWM Haval H6: 731 (-19.1%)
- MG HS: 558 (+19.5%)
- Honda CR-V: 457 (-19.0%)
- GWM Haval H6 GT: 303 (-29.4%)
- Honda ZR-V: 277 (-53.8%)
- Volkswagen Tiguan: 248 (-29.7%)
- BYD Atto 3: 228 (-69.8%)
- Chery Tiggo 7 Pro: 188 (+0.5)
- Leapmotor C10: 64 (new model)
- Renault Koleos: 53 (-39.8%)
- Skoda Karoq: 39 (-62.9%)
- SsangYong Torres: 30 (new model)
- SsangYong Korando: 24 (-62.5%)
- Peugeot 3008: 18 (-33.3%)
- Ford Escape: 4 (-96.0%)
- Citroen C5 Aircross: 1 (-75.0%)
- Haval H7: 0 (0.0%)
- Jeep Cherokee: 0 (-100%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Toyota RAV4: 58,718 (+98.2%)
- Mitsubishi Outlander: 27,613 (+13.8%)
- Mazda CX-5: 22,835 (-1.1%)
- Kia Sportage: 22,210 (+41.0%)
- Hyundai Tucson: 19,061 (-10.2%)
- Nissan X-Trail: 17,494 (+36.0%)
- Subaru Forester: 13,445 (-17.9%)
- GWM Haval H6: 8973 (0.0%)
- BYD Sealion 6: 6198 (new model)
- BYD Atto 3: 5751 (-47.9%)
Best-selling SUVs – Medium above $60,000 (December)
- Lexus NX: 504 (-0.4%)
- Porsche Macan: 389 (+117.3%)
- Mazda CX-60: 376 (+24.1%)
- BMW X3: 354 (+27.8%)
- Audi Q5: 326 (-1.2%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLC: 292 (-26.1%)
- Kia EV5: 272 (new model)
- Audi Q4: 267 (new model)
- Cupra Formentor: 255 (+57.4%)
- Volvo XC60: 140 (-39.4%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe: 134 (-40.4%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQB: 95 (+48.4%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLB: 87 (+2.4%)
- Genesis GV70: 86 (+26.5%)
- Hyundai IONIQ 5: 83 (+56.6%)
- BMW X4: 75 (+82.9%)
- Range Rover Evoque: 67 (+67.5%)
- Toyota bZ4x: 63 (new model)
- Land Rover Discovery Sport: 45 (+542.9%)
- Skoda Enyaq: 17 (new model)
- Cupra Ateca: 16 (+77.8%)
- Subaru Solterra: 14 (new model)
- Maserati Gracale: 13 (-55.2%)
- Peugeot 408: 10 (+900%)
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio: 7 (-41.7%)
- Audi Q6 e-tron: 2 (new model)
- Peugeot 5008: 0 (-100%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQC: 0 (-100%)
- Hyundai Nexo: 0 (0.0%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Lexus NX: 6123 (-10.9%)
- Mazda CX-60: 4058 (+46.0%)
- BMW X3: 3374 (-15.7%)
- Porsche Macan: 3323 (+13.6%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLC: 2930 (-19.3%)
- Audi Q5: 2737 (-35.0%)
- Volvo XC60: 1905 (-25.1%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe: 1508 (-16.2%)
- Cupra Formentor: 1265 (-40%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLB: 1243 (-25.2%)
Best-selling SUVs – Large below $70,000 (December)
- Toyota Prado: 2687 (+8.6%)
- Ford Everest: 2476 (+65.5%)
- Isuzu MU-X: 1188 (+2.9%)
- Kia Sorento: 698 (+67.8%)
- Subaru Outback: 636 (-24.6%)
- Toyota Kluger: 632 (-33.3%)
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport: 514 (-23.5%)
- Hyundai Santa Fe: 435 (+17.6%)
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace: 408 (-19.4%)
- Toyota Fortuner: 321 (-6.7%)
- GWM Tank 300: 306 (-18.2%)
- Mazda CX-80: 299 (new model)
- Chery Tiggo 8 Pro: 287 (new model)
- Hyundai Palisade: 172 (-38.4%)
- LDV D90: 167 (-35.8%)
- GWM Tank 500: 142 (new model)
- SsangYong Rexton: 124 (-20.5%)
- Skoda Kodiaq: 80 (-19.2%)
- Jeep Wrangler: 52 (-42.2%)
- Nissan Pathfinder: 15 (-70.6%)
- Mazda CX-8: 15 (-96.5%)
- Mazda CX-9: 5 (-95.4%)
- Volkswagen Passat Alltrack: 3 (-83.3%)
- Dodge Journey: 0 (0.0%)
- Mitsubishi Pajero: 0 (0.0%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Ford Everest: 26,494 (+75.8%)
- Isuzu MU-X: 17,978 (+27.2%)
- Subaru Outback: 10,227 (-20.7%)
- Toyota Kluger: 9868 (-5.4%)
- Toyota Prado: 9802 (-52.7%)
- Kia Sorento: 9791 (+17.0%)
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport: 7306 (+31.7%)
- Hyundai Santa Fe: 5392 (-10.6%)
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace: 4211 (-7.3%)
- GWM Tank 300: 3968 (+105.4%)
Best-selling SUVs – Large above $70,000 (December)
- BMW X5: 279 (-34.4%)
- Lexus RX: 204 (+29.9%)
- Land Rover Defender: 180 (-29.7%)
- Range Rover Sport: 153 (-21.5%)
- Audi Q7: 150 (+32.7%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLE: 143 (-25.9%)
- BMW X6: 99 (+32.0%)
- BMW iX: 84 (+29.2%)
- Porsche Cayenne Coupe: 76 (+111.1%)
- Kia EV6: 75 (-70.2%)
- Volkswagen Touareg: 75 (+59.6%)
- Volvo XC90: 64 (-32.6%)
- Mazda CX-90: 58 (-25.6%)
- Jeep Grand Cherokee: 43 (-43.4%)
- Porsche Cayenne: 41 (+28.1%)
- Audi Q8: 40 (-53.5%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLE coupe: 40 (-42.0%)
- Range Rover Velar: 36 (-20.0%)
- Mazda CX-70: 34 (new model)
- Ford Mustang Mach-E: 34 (+30.8%)
- Jaguar F-Pace: 23 (-54.0%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV: 18 (-71.0%)
- Genesis GV80: 16 (-42.9%)
- Lexus RZ: 15 (-58.3%)
- Maserati Levante: 7 (+16.7%)
- Genesis GV80 Coupe: 5 (new model)
- Jaguar I-Pace: 1 (-66.7%)
- Audi e-tron: 0 (0.0%)
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in this segment during year 2024:
- Land Rover Defender: 3209 (-16.6%)
- BMW X5: 3157 (-14.3%)
- Range Rover Sport: 2206 (-0.8%)
- Lexus RX: 2075 (-24.4%)
- Kia EV6: 1785 (-2.5%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLE: 1485 (-41.4%)
- Porsche Cayenne Coupe: 1009 (+19.1%)
- Audi Q7: 940 (-52.1%)
- Mazda CX-90: 932 (+54.6%)
- Volkswagen Touareg: 908 (-1.4%)
Best-selling SUVs – Upper large below $120,000 (December)
- Nissan Patrol: 726 (+30.6%)
- Toyota LandCruiser: 711 (-45.8%)
- Land Rover Discovery: 38 (-44.1%)
- Kia EV9: 34 (-62.6%)
Total class figures during year 2024:
- Toyota LandCruiser: 15,257 (+1.5%)
- Nissan Patrol: 8293 (+6.2%)
- Kia EV9: 568 (+173.1%)
- Land Rover Discovery: 468 (-12.2%)
Best-selling SUVs – Upper large above $120,000 (December)
- Lexus GX: 115 (new model)
- BMW X7: 116 (+18.4%)
- Lexus LX: 81 (+39.7%)
- Range Rover: 39 (+2.6%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLS: 49 (-10.9%)
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class: 49 (+25.6%)
- BMW XM: 20 (+42.9%)
- Bentley Bentayga: 17 (+54.5%)
- Ferrari Purosangue: 2 (new model)
- Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: 7 (-46.2%)
- Aston Martin DBX: 7 (0.0%)
- Rolls-Royce Cullinan: 3 (-25.0%)
- Lamborghini Urus: 4 (-55.6%)
- Lotus Eletre: 1 (new model)
Top 10 class figures during year 2024:
- BMW X7: 1135 (+12.2%)
- Lexus GX: 868 (new model)
- Range Rover: 685 (-3.9%)
- Lexus LX: 585 (-40.4%)
- Mercedes-Benz GLS: 472 (-27.2%)
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class: 421 (+6.9%)
- BMW XM: 144 (-4.0%)
- Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: 136 (+126.7%)
- Lamborghini Urus: 108 (+31.7%)
- Bentley Bentayga: 84 (-21.5%)
And finally, the utes and American pickup trucks. See below for the top 15 best-selling utes in Australia for December 2024, according to VFACTS, including 4×2 and 4×4 and the large above $100,000 segments combined. See further below for the top 10 best-selling utes in 2024.
- Ford Ranger: 4493
- Toyota HiLux: 3333
- Isuzu D-Max: 2370
- Mitsubishi Triton: 1655
- Mazda BT-50: 1101
- Nissan Navara: 833
- Toyota LandCruiser 70: 758
- GWM Ute: 692
- Volkswagen Amarok: 480
- LDV T60/T60 EV: 456
- Ford F-150: 344
- RAM 1500: 277
- Chevrolet Silverado: 228
- GWM Cannon Alpha: 165
- SsangYong Musso: 113
Top 10 best-selling utes during year 2024:
- Ford Ranger: 62,593
- Toyota HiLux: 53,499
- Isuzu D-Max: 30.194
- Mitsubishi Triton: 18,077
- Mazda BT-50: 15,164
- Toyota LandCruiser 70: 11,929
- Nissan Navara: 10,063
- Volkswagen Amarok: 8400
- GWM Ute: 8163
- LDV T60/T60 EV: 6330
There we have it, it was a record year of sales overall, with some interesting trends coming and going. It seems large luxury SUVs are on the rise in popularity, mid-size sedans are dropping, and utes remain a big favourite. It will be interesting to see what 2025 brings, with more and more brands to be introduced and some interesting new utes.
