VFACTS: August 2025 new car sales results for Australia

New vehicle registration figures are out for August 2025, in the form of the VFACTS report, as we storm into the second half of the year. And, first impressions, sales are up for the month but down so far this year.

According to the report, which counts new vehicle registrations rather than pure sales, there were 100,539 units added to Aussie roads in August. That’s up 2.2 per cent on August last year. The year-to-date (YTD) total is 812,447, which is down 2.1 per cent on the same eight-month period in 2024.

Keep in mind Tesla and Polestar withdrew from being included in the VFACTS report, so their sales are not reflected here. There is a separate chart for those two but this report covers VFACTS exclusively.

Kicking off with the most popular new vehicle brands, yep, you guessed it, Toyota wins. It sold 20,791 vehicles (newly registered, but we’ll call them sales because it’s easier). That’s down 3.3 per cent on the same month last year.

Looking at the top 10, it seems all of the new Chinese brands are reporting a positive in sales from the same month last year, while all others report a decline except Kia and Hyundai.

See below for the top 10 best-selling car brands for August 2025, including the percentage change from the same month last year in brackets:

Toyota: 20,791 (-3.3% on August 2024)
Ford: 8002 (-10.0%)
Kia: 7402 (+7.2%)
Mazda: 6814 (-17.5%)
Hyundai: 6322 (+1.8%)
BYD: 4877 (+141.3%)
Mitsubishi: 4551 (-17.5%)
GWM: 4488 (+42.6%)
MG: 3927 (+10.3%)
Chery: 3305 (+203.8%)

2025 Toyota Yaris

In terms of the best-selling vehicles in Australia in August? The Ford Ranger jumps back into top spot, overtaking the HiLux, just. Interestingly, there was only one Chinese vehicle in the top 10 despite a big presence in the top 10 brands as above.

See below for the top 10 best-selling vehicles during August 2025, including the percentage change compared with the same month last year:

Ford Ranger: 4942 (-9.0% on August 2024)
Toyota HiLux: 4823 (+7.3%)
Toyota RAV4: 4115 (-38.7%)
MG ZS: 2680 (+70.1%)
Isuzu D-Max: 2314 (-9.2%)
Ford Everest: 2203 (-3.1%)
Toyota LandCruiser: 2117 (-15.5%)
Toyota Prado: 2033 (+1000%)
Hyundai Kona: 1983 (+18.5%)
Toyota Corolla: 1823 (-1.7%)

Into the micro, light under $30,000, and light above $30k classes, and it seems the Kia Picanto is still in the lead. Sales of the MG MG3 are dropping off, with sales down 54.7 per cent for the month.

Overall sales in August 2025 were as follows, with the percentage change from August last year in brackets.

Micro

Kia Picanto: 705 (+35.1% from August 2024)
Fiat 500/Abarth: 41 (-4.7%)

Light under $30,000

MG MG3: 418 (-54.7%)
Mazda2: 305 (-38.0%)
Suzuki Swift: 238 (-56.6%)
Toyota Yaris: 218 (+21.8%)

Light under $30,000

MINI Cooper hatch: 163 (+176.3%)
Hyundai i20: 103 (+692.3%)
Volkswagen Polo: 90 (-43.4%)
MINI Aceman: 55 (new model)
Audi A1: 37 (+516.7%)
Skoda Fabia: 26 (-18.8%)
Citroen C3: 0 (-100%)
Peugeot 208/e208: 0 (new model)

In the small under $40,000 class, Toyota is still easily in the lead with its Corolla, more than doubling the sales of the Mazda3 and Kia K4. Hyundai i30 sales remained relatively strong.

Total class sales reached 4694 units, down 21.3 per cent on the same month last year. See below for the full results for this class in August 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

Toyota Corolla: 1823 (-1.7%)
Hyundai i30: 975 (-11.2%)
Mazda3: 748 (-23.1%)
Kia K4: 533 (new model)
BYD Dolphin: 434 (+163.0%)
Subaru Impreza: 112 (-8.9%)
MG MG5: 57 (-82.7%)
Skoda Scala: 8 (-38.5%)
Kia Cerato: 4 (-99.7%)

2025 VW Golf GTI

Up to the small above $40,000 class, Audi A3 numbers continue to push, with 259 units up from 175 in the same month last year. But the VW Golf leads the way in August, with an 8.8 per cent increase over the same month last year.

Overall class sales reached 1197 units, down 19.8 per cent on last August. See below for the complete results, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

Volkswagen Golf: 273 (+8.8%)
Audi A3: 259 (+48.0%)
Mercedes-Benz A-Class: 160 (+0.6%)
Subaru WRX: 147 (-23.4%)
MG MG4: 104 (-66.3%)
BMW 1 Series: 102 (+5.2%)
Honda Civic: 56 (-18.8%)
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: 41 (+192.9%)
GWM Ora: 33 (-68.9%)
Cupra Leon: 17 (-39.3%)
Peugeot 308: 4 (-81.8%)
Cupra Born: 1 (-95.8%)
Nissan Leaf: 0 (-100%)
Renault Megane: 0 (-100%)
MINI Clubman: 0 (-100%)
Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 0 (-100%)

As for the medium below $60,000 segment, of course the Toyota Camry was the best-seller for the month. It’s extremely like to be the best-seller for the year, reporting 6585 sales so far, leaving the runner-up, the BYD Seal, with 2505 units YTD.

Total class sales reached 1898 units, and that’s actually up 26.2 per cent for the month. The YTD figure of 10,799 is down though, by 47.1 per cent. See below for the full class results, with the percentage change compared with August 2024 in brackets:

Toyota Camry: 1170 (+25.4%)
BYD Seal: 623 (+67.9%)
Skoda Octavia: 47 (+23.7%)
Hyundai Sonata: 27 (-44.9%)
Mazda6: 26 (-70.8%)
Honda Accord: 3 (-76.9%)
Volkswagen Passat: 2 (-81.8%)

Over in the medium above $60,000 segment, and the BMW 3 Series sets the pace, followed by the Lexus ES and Mercedes Class. The Alfa Romeo Giulia saw a small spike in August.

Total class sales reached 541 units for the month, which is down 25.4 per cent. See below for the full results in this class in August 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

BMW 3 Series: 171 (+20.4%)
Lexus ES: 94 (+34.3%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 76 (-56.6%)
Audi A5: 73 (+284.2%)
BMW i4: 54 (-54.6%)
Mercedes-Benz CLA: 45 (-29.7%)
Alfa Romeo Giulia: 16 (+14.3%)
Volvo V60 Cross Country: 5 (-54.5%)
Hyundai IONIQ 6: 4 (-86.2%)
Genesis G70: 2 (-60.0%)
BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe: 1 (-94.1%)
Audi A4: 0 (-100.0%)
Jaguar XE: 0 (-100%)
Peugeot 508: 0 (-100.0%)
Volkswagen Arteon: 0 (-100%)
Volvo S60: 0 (-100.0%)

Into the large below $70,000 class, it’s just two vehicles. Sales reached 45 units, and that’s up 181.3 per cent on the same month last year. See below for the full results for August 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

Skoda Superb: 44 (+300%)
Citroen C5 X: 1 (-80%)

And then in the large above $70,000 segment, the Mercedes E-Class holds onto its lead from the previous month, ahead of its main rival, the BMW 5 Series.

Total class sales reached 147 units, down 17.9 per cent for the month. See below for the complete results for this segment, with the percentage change compared with August last year in brackets:

Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 39 (-23.5%)
BMW 5 Series: 32 (-3.0%)
BMW i5: 20 (+150%)
IM IM5: 10 (new model)
Audi A6: 10 (-52.4%)
Porsche Taycan: 10 (-58.3%)
Mercedes-Benz EQE: 9 (-70.0%)
Genesis G80: 8(+300%)
Audi A7: 5 (+25.0%)
Audi e-tron GT: 4 (+33.3%)
Maserati Ghibli: 0 (-100.0%)
Jaguar XF: 0 (-100%)
Toyota Mirai: 0 (-100.0%)

2025 Porsche Panamera

And then lastly for the passenger sedans, wagons and hatchbacks, the upper large above $100,000 class saw the Mercedes S-Class, Porsche Panamera, and BMW i7 all cross the line with the same figure.

Overall, the class reported 21 sales, which is 61.5 per cent up on last August. See below for the full results for this class in August 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

BMW i7: 4 (0.0%)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class: 4 (+100%)
Porsche Panamera: 4 (-20%)
BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe: 3 (0.0%)
BMW 7 Series: 2 (0.0%)
Rolls-Royce Sedan: 2 (0.0%)
Lexus LS: 1 (0.0%)
Mercedes-AMG GT 4D: 1 (0.0%)
Audi A8: 0 (0.0%)
Bentley sedan: 0 (0.0%)
Lotus Emeya: 0 (0.0%)
Mercedes-Benz EQS: 0 (0.0%)

Now for the sports cars, the sports below $80,000 segment was led by the Ford Mustang once again. It remains as the best-selling sports car overall, although sales are down 4.4 per cent for the month.

Total class sales hit 523 units, and that’s up 2.8 per cent on the same month last year. See below for the full results for August, with the percentage change compared with the same month in 2024 in brackets:

Ford Mustang: 283 (-4.4%)
Toyota GR86: 72 (+94.6%)
Mazda MX-5: 61 (-24.7%)
Subaru BRZ: 49 (-26.9%)
MINI Cabrio: 41 (+999%)
Nissan Z: 17 (-34.6%)

In the next tier up, the sports above $80,000 category saw the BMW 2 Series set the pace. It was followed by the Mercedes CLE, and then the BMW 4 Series. Only the 2 Series of the top three experienced an increase over the same month last year.

Combined class sales totalled 319 units, down 13.6 per cent for the month. See below for the full segment results, with the percentage change compared with August 2024 in brackets:

BMW 2 Series coupe/convertible: 104 (+13.0%)
Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class: 63 (-19.2%)
BMW 4 Series Coupe/Conv: 50 (-2.0%)
Toyota GR Supra: 29 (+26.1%)
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: 28 (0.0%)
Porsche Cayman: 18 (-56.1%)
Porsche Boxster: 13 (-51.9%)
Lotus Emira: 7 (+40%)
BMW Z4: 4 (-50%)
MG Cyberster: 2 (new model)
Jaguar F-Type: 1 (-83.3%)
Audi A5: 0 (-100.0%)
Audi TT: 0 (-100.0%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe/convertible: 0 (-100%)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupe/convertible: 0 (-100%)

2025 Aston Martin Vantage

Lastly for the sports cars, the Porsche 911 remains the best-seller in the sports above $200,000 class. Total class sales reached 135 units, down 4.9 per cent on last August.

See below for the full lineup results for the month, with the percentage change compared with August last year in brackets:

Porsche 911: 80 (+6.7%)
Ferrari coupe/convertible: 11 (-26.7%)
Mercedes-AMG GT coupe/convertible: 9 (+800%)
Aston Martin coupe/convertible: 8 (+700.0%)
Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray: 6 (+500%)
McLaren coupe/convertible: 6 (-45.5%)
Lamborghini coupe/convertible: 5 (-64.3%)
Bentley coupe/convertible: 3 (0.0%)
Lexus LC: 3 (+200%)
BMW 8 Series: 1 (0.0%)
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 1 (-90.9%)
Maserati coupe/convertible: 1 (-83.3%)
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class: 1 (-66.7%)
Rolls-Royce coupe/convertible: 0 (0.0%)

And now to the most popular vehicle type of them all, SUVs. Of the 100,539 new vehicle sales in August, 60,495 of that were SUVs. That’s about 60 per cent. And the best-seller was the RAV4 once again, while the Audi Q3 was the best-selling premium SUV.

In terms of the most popular specific segments, the SUV Medium below $60,000 reported the most with 19,844 units (down 5.7 per cent on last August), followed by the SUV Small below $45,000 class with 14,465 sales (up 36.5 per cent). Rounding out the top three, SUV Large below $70,000 category reported 11,195 units (up 26.1 per cent).

See below for the complete results for each SUV category for August 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets:

Best-selling SUVs – Light

Mazda CX-3: 1269 (-24.2%)
Toyota Yaris Cross: 771 (-23.4%)
Hyundai Venue: 665 (+0.9%)
Kia Stonic: 654 (+53.5%)
Suzuki Jimny: 316 (-65.8%)
Suzuki Fronx: 104 (new model)
Volkswagen T-Cross: 97 (-60.2%)
Suzuki Ignis: 51 (-63.0%)
Hyundai Inster: 44 (new model)
Jeep Avenger: 42 (new model)
Nissan Juke: 42 (-33.3%)
Renault Captur: 0 (-100%)
Ford Puma: 0 (-100%)

Best-selling SUVs – Small below $45,000

MG ZS: 2680 (+70.1%)
Hyundai Kona: 1983 (+18.5%)
Chery Tiggo 4 Pro: 1780 (new model)
GWM Haval Jolion: 1562 (+67.8%)
Toyota Corolla Cross: 1269 (+100.5%)
Mazda CX-30: 968 (-15.7%)
Kia Seltos: 865 (+57.8%)
Subaru Crosstrek: 766 (0.0%)
Mitsubishi ASX: 579 (-43.5%)
Honda HR-V: 455 (+158.5%)
Chery Omoda 5: 433 (-6.9%)
Nissan Qashqai: 303 (-43.6%)
MG S5: 284 (new model)
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: 221 (-62.0%)
Skoda Kamiq: 146 (+39.0%)
Suzuki Vitara: 89 (-71.2%)
Suzuki S-Cross: 37 (-35.1%)
Renault Duster: 27(new model)
Renault Arkana: 13 (-50.0%)
Jeep Compass: 5 (-83.3%)
Mazda MX-30: 0 (-90.5%)

Best-selling SUVs – Small above $45,000

Audi Q3: 446 (+70.9%)
Volkswagen T-Roc: 324 (-48.7%)
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class: 317 (-21.1%)
Kia EV3: 295 (new model)
Toyota C-HR: 284 (-11.5%)
Volvo XC40: 282 (-11.6%)
BMW X1: 263 (+37.0%)
MINI Countryman: 171 (+90.0%)
Lexus LBX: 161 (+6.6%)
BMW X2: 148 (+55.8%)
Mercedes-Benz EQA: 132 (+103.1%)
Lexus UX: 111 (+109.4%)
Zeekr X: 79 (new model)
Volvo EX30: 71 (-67.7%)
Cupra Formentor: 68 (+19.3%)
Audi Q2: 64 (-60.5%)
Cupra Ateca: 23 (0.0%)
Kia Niro: 10 (-90.6%)
Renault Megane E-Tech: 9 (-50.0%)
Alfa Romeo Tonale: 8 (-57.9%)
Jaguar E-Pace: 7 (-56.3%)
Volvo C40: 7 (-89.6%)
Peugeot 2008: 4 (-83.3%)
Genesis GV60: 3 (-40.0%)

2025 Volkswagen T-Roc R Wolfsburg-Australia

Best-selling SUVs – Medium below $60,000

Toyota RAV4: 4115 (-38.7%)
Mitsubishi Outlander: 1775 (-18.9%)
Kia Sportage: 1653 (-19.4%)
Subaru Forester: 1582 (+35.7%)
Mazda CX-5: 1492 (-22.6%)
BYD Sealion 7: 1413 (new model)
Hyundai Tucson: 1340 (-13.4%)
Nissan X-Trail: 1167 (-2.8%)
GWM Haval H6: 1147 (+36.2%)
BYD Atto 3: 594 (+39.1%)
Chery Tiggo 7 Pro: 582 (+46.6%)
BYD Sealion 6: 552 (-47.8)
Volkswagen Tiguan: 437 (+23.4%)
Geely EX5: 401 (new model)
Honda CR-V: 369 (+2.5%)
Jaecoo J7: 336 (new model)
Honda ZR-V: 302 (+32.5%)
MG HS: 206 (-51.4%)
GWM Haval H7: 104 (new model)
Renault Koleos: 88 (+151.4%)
Nissan Ariya: 35 (new model)
Leapmotor C10: 29 (new model)
SsangYong Torres: 27 (new model)
Skoda Karoq: 25 (-52.8%)
Skoda Elroq: 23 (new model)
SsangYong Korando: 20 (-37.5%)
Deepal S07: 16 (new model)
SsangYong Actyon: 14 (new model)
Ford Escape: 0 (-100%)
Citroen C5 Aircross: 0 (-100%)

Best-selling SUVs – Medium above $60,000

Lexus NX: 442 (-15.0%)
Mazda CX-60: 386 (-12.7%)
Kia EV5: 367 (new model)
Audi Q5: 270 (+68.8%)
BMW X3: 264 (0.0%)
Mercedes-Benz GLC: 233 (-28.1%)
Volkswagen ID.4: 219 (new model)
Volvo XC60: 193 (+38.8%)
Porsche Macan: 151 (-38.9%)
Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe: 119 (-39.6%)
Toyota bZ4x: 114 (+62.9%)
Genesis GV70: 102 (+47.8%)
Audi Q6 e-tron: 57 (new model)
Audi Q4 e-tron: 56 (0.0%)
Volkswagen ID.5: 52 (new model)
BMW X4: 50 (-34.2%)
Cupra Terramar: 50 (new model)
Mercedes-Benz EQB: 42 (-20.8%)
Land Rover Discovery Sport: 40 (+33.3%)
Hyundai IONIQ 5: 37 (-9.8%)
Range Rover Evoque: 37 (-7.5%)
Mercedes-Benz GLB: 36 (-69.5%)
Peugeot 3008: 30 (+42.9%)
Cupra Tavascan: 29 (new model)
Maserati Grecale: 21 (-4.5%)
Skoda Enyaq: 18 (new model)
Peugeot 408: 9 (+800%)
Subaru Solterra: 5 (-77.3%)
Alfa Romeo Stelvio: 4 (-55.6%)
Hyundai Nexo: 0 (0.0%)
Mercedes-Benz EQC: 0 (-100%)
Peugeot 5008: 0 (-100%)

Best-selling SUVs – Large below $70,000

Ford Everest: 2203 (-3.1%)
Toyota Prado: 2033 (+999%)
Isuzu MU-X: 909 (-33.9%)
Toyota Kluger: 693 (-37.2%)
Hyundai Santa Fe: 616 (+30.5%)
Kia Sorento: 569 (-20.3%)
Subaru Outback: 541 (-19.0%)
Chery Tiggo 8 Pro: 510 (+125.7%)
GWM Tank 300: 461 (+52.6%)
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport: 452 (-6.6%)
Toyota Fortuner: 350 (+96.6%)
Mazda CX-80: 328 (new model)
LDV D90: 294 (+74.0%)
Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace: 203 (+14.0%)
Hyundai Palisade: 167 (-16.1%)
MG QS: 151 (new model)
Volkswagen Tayron: 144 (new model)
GWM Tank 500: 127 (-27.4%)
Jaecoo J8: 108 (new model)
SsangYong Rexton: 86 (-23.2%)
Skoda Kodiaq: 83 (+9.2%)
Nissan Pathfinder: 58 (+132.0%)
Jaecoo Omoda 9: 56 (new model)
Jeep Wrangler: 42 (-32.3%)
Peugeot 5008: 11 (new model)
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack: 0 (-100%)
Mazda CX-8: 0 (-100%)
Mazda CX-9: 0 (-100%)
Dodge Journey: 0 (0.0%)

Best-selling SUVs – Large above $70,000

Land Rover Defender: 295 (-2.0%)
BMW X5: 239 (+50.3%)
Range Rover Sport: 202 (+27.0%)
Lexus RX: 200 (+29.9%)
Mercedes-Benz GLE: 175 (+20.7%)
Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV: 166 (+268.9%)
Audi Q7: 81 (+17.4%)
Porsche Cayenne Coupe: 74 (-30.2%)
Porsche Cayenne: 69 (+7.8%)
Volvo XC90: 65 (+18.2%)
Mazda CX-90: 61 (-38.4%)
Volkswagen Touareg: 58 (-43.1%)
Audi Q8: 53 (+65.6%)
BMW X6: 53 (+43.2%)
Jeep Grand Cherokee: 43 (-32.8%)
BMW iX: 36 (-45.5%)
Mazda CX-70: 31 (new model)
Mercedes-Benz GLE coupe: 31 (-8.8%)
Jaguar F-Pace: 25 (-53.7%)
Range Rover Velar: 25 (-44.4%)
Kia EV6: 22 (-80.7%)
Volvo EX90: 18 (new model)
IM IM6: 15 (new model)
Genesis GV80: 15 (-44.4%)
Ford Mustang Mach-E: 6 (-93.5%)
Genesis GV80 Coupe: 3 (-76.9%)
Audi Q8 e-tron: 2 (-86.7%)
Lexus RZ: 1 (-93.8%)
Maserati Levante: 0 (-100.0%)
Jaguar I-Pace: 0 (0.0%)

Best-selling SUVs – Upper large below $120,000

Toyota LandCruiser: 1208 (-16.2%)
Nissan Patrol: 397 (-43.7%)
Land Rover Discovery: 32 (-15.8%)
Kia EV9: 23 (-11.5%)
Hyundai IONIQ 9: 6 (new model)

Best-selling SUVs – Upper large above $120,000

Lexus GX: 105 (+2.9%)
BMW X7: 75 (+36.4%)
Mercedes-Benz GLS: 61 (-6.2%)
Mercedes-Benz G-Class: 51 (+64.5%)
GMC Yukon: 44 (new model)
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: 39 (+25.8%)
Lexus LX: 38 (+31.0%)
Range Rover: 35 (-50.0%)
Lamborghini Urus: 10 (+11.1%)
Bentley Bentayga: 9 (+125.0%)
Ferrari Purosangue: 9 (+80%)
BMW XM: 4 (-33.3%)
Aston Martin DBX: 3 (0.0%)
Rolls-Royce Cullinan: 2 (+100%)
Lotus Eletre: 1 (-66.7%)

2025 LDV Terron 9

And then finally, the utes and American pickup trucks. See below for the top 20 best-selling utes in Australia for August 2025, according to VFACTS, including 4×2 and 4×4 and the large above $100,000 segments combined: