VFACTS: December 2025 new car sales results for Australia

December VFACTS figures are out for 2025 so we can see what were the best-selling cars in Australia for the year. Tesla and Polestar do not report sales to VFACTS, so for this report those sales are excluded (aside from a special mention in the overall brands leaderboard just below).

Firstly, in the month of December there were 98,744 sales (new vehicle registrations) according to VFACTS, which is up 3.0 per cent on last December. And then across the year (YTD) there were 1,209,808 sales, down 0.9 per cent compared with 2024.

As for the most popular new vehicle brands, Toyota remains at the top both for the month and for the year. Quite easily, actually. But further down the top 10 we see some reshuffling of other brands, with MG dropping from 7th in 2024 to 10th in 2025, while BYD jumps into the list at number 8.

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

Toyota: 18,541 (-0.6% on December 2024)
Ford: 8541 (+2.8%)
Mazda: 7562 (+4.2%)
Kia: 6101 (-3.2%)
Hyundai: 5640 (+12.2%)
GWM: 4875 (+19.7%)
Mitsubishi: 4420 (-23.2%)
Chery: 3694 (+96%)
Isuzu: 3462 (-2.7%)
Subaru: 3211 (+8.2%)

Top 10 best sellers for the year 2025:

1. Toyota: 239,863 (-0.6% on 2024)

2. Ford: 94,399 (-5.8%)

3. Mazda: 91,923 (-4.2%)

4. Kia: 82,105 (+0.4%)

5. Hyundai: 77,208 (+7.7%)

6. Mitsubishi: 61,198 (-17.9%)

7. GWM: 52,809 (+23.4%)

8. BYD: 52,415 (+156.2%)

9. Isuzu: 42,297 (-12.2%)

10. MG: 41,298 (-18.4%)

For reference, Tesla reported 28,856 sales in 2025 according to the Electric Vehicle Council, and that’s down 24.8 per cent on 2024 efforts.

Moving into the best-selling vehicles in Australia in December and for 2025, the Toyota RAV4 crossed the line as the most popular for the month. The Ford Ranger, however, was the best-selling vehicle in 2025, and that’s now the third consecutive year at the top for the versatile ute.

Other interesting findings in the top 10 for December, the BYD Sealion 7 jumped straight into fourth spot, while the GWM Haval Jolion joined the ranks in number seven, with the Chery Tiggo 4 in ninth. It’s pretty clear to see some Chinese brands are creeping up. However, we see this with MG a year or two ago. Will these other brands be able to maintain strength? Let’s keep an eye on it in 2026.

See below for the top 10 best-selling vehicles during December 2025, including the percentage change compared with the same month last year, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers of 2025 overall:

Toyota RAV4: 6038 (+18.0% on December 2024)
Ford Ranger: 5430 (+20.9%)
Toyota HiLux: 2622 (-21.3%)
BYD Sealion 7: 2546 (new model)
Ford Everest: 2149 (13.2%)
Isuzu D-Max: 2105 (-11.2%)
GWM Haval Jolion: 2062 (+21.9%)
Mazda CX-5: 2021 (+26.5%)
Chery Tiggo 4: 1998 (+144.0%)
Toyota LandCruiser: 1959 (+33.4%)

Top 10 best sellers for the year 2025:

Ford Ranger: 56,555 (-9.6% on 2024)
Toyota RAV4: 51,947 (-11.5%)
Toyota HiLux: 51,297 (-4.1%)
Isuzu D-Max: 26,839 (-11.1%)
Ford Everest: 26,161 (-1.3%)
Toyota Prado: 26,106 (+166%)
Hyundai Kona: 22,769 (+31.1%)
Mazda CX-5: 22,742 (-0.4%)
Mitsubishi Outlander: 22,459 (-18.7%)
Chery Tiggo 4: 20,149 (+950%)

Into the micro, light under $30,000, and light above $30k classes, the MG3 remains in the lead for the month and indeed the year. It managed 8350 sales in 2025 (down 33.5 per cent), beating the runner up, Kia Picanto, which reported 7166 sales (up 23.1 per cent)

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

Micro

Kia Picanto: 438 (-18.1% from December 2024)
Fiat 500/Abarth: 34 (+30.8%)

Light under $30,000

MG MG3: 514 (-64.0%)
Mazda2: 363 (-12.9%)
Suzuki Swift: 285 (-27.1%)
Toyota Yaris: 155 (+16.5%)
BYD Atto 1: 88 (new model)

Light under $30,000

MINI hatch: 150 (+50.0%)
Volkswagen Polo: 89 (-44.0%)
Hyundai i20: 68 (-51.4%)
Skoda Fabia: 26 (+30.0%)
Audi A1: 25 (+999%)
MINI Aceman: 17 (-65.3%)
Citroen C3: 0 (-100%)

2026 MG MG3 - yellow

Stepping up into the small under $40,000 class., and we see the Toyota Corolla isn’t moving anywhere from its top spot. The favourite also crossed the line as the best-seller for the year.

See below for the full results for this class in December 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the full sales for 2025:

Toyota Corolla: 1568 (+4.5%)
Mazda3: 807 (-11.3%)
Kia K4: 684 (new model)
Hyundai i30: 608 (-43.0%)
BYD Dolphin: 265 (+14.7%)
Subaru Impreza: 119 (-11.9%)
MG MG5: 56 (-71.6%)
Skoda Scala: 15 (-34.8%)
Kia Cerato: 0 (-100%)

Total results for the year 2025:

Toyota Corolla: 18,968 (-21.1% on year 2024)
Hyundai i30: 10,688 (-15.7%)
Mazda3: 10,291 (-2.3%)
Kia K4: 6626 (new model)
BYD Dolphin: 3248 (+53.5)
MG MG5: 1927 (-50.2%)
Subaru Impreza: 1618 (-11.7%)
Kia Cerato: 1094 (-92.9%)
Skoda Scala: 249 (-40.1%)

Over in the small above $40,000 class, the Audi A3 continues as the favourite for the month, but it narrowly missed out on being the best-seller for the year. The crown went to the VW Golf.

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:

Audi A3: 268 (+553.7%)
Mercedes-Benz A-Class: 209 (+30.6%)
Volkswagen Golf: 182 (-45.8%)
MG MG4: 85 (-90.1%)
Subaru WRX: 126 (-24.6%)
Honda Civic: 79 (-7.1%)
BMW 1 Series: 147 (-31.0%)
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: 126 (+231.6%)
GWM Ora: 75 (+74.4%)
Cupra Leon: 17 (-34.6%)
Peugeot 308: 6 (+100%)
Cupra Born: 0 (-100%)
Nissan Leaf: 0 (-100%)
Renault Megane: 0 (-100%)
MINI Clubman: 0 (-100%)
Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 0 (-100%)

Top 10 best sellers for the year 2025:

Volkswagen Golf: 3047 (+4.0%)
MG MG4: 2986 (-56.9%)
Audi A3: 2331 (-1.9%)
Mercedes-Benz A-Class: 2121 (+6.2%)
Subaru WRX: 2013 (-8.0%)
BMW 1 Series: 1722 (+32.8%)
Honda Civic: 933 (-3.4%)
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: 792 (+42.7%)
GWM Ora: 763 (-37.7%)
Cupra Leon: 339 (-2.3%)
Cupra Born: 315 (-32.3%)
Peugeot 308: 88 (-41.3%)
Nissan Leaf: 62 (-82.6%)
Renault Megane: 1 (-96.4%)
MINI Clubman: 0 (-100%)
Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 0 (-100%)

Volkswagen Golf R

Into the quieter medium below $60,000 class, of course the Toyota Camry was the best-seller for the year. However, sales only just beat the BYD Seal for December.

See below for the full class results, with the percentage change compared with December 2024 in brackets, and further below for full 2025 results:

Toyota Camry: 551 (+42.4%)
BYD Seal: 413 (+0.2%)
Skoda Octavia: 61 (+134.6%)
Hyundai Sonata: 32 (+6.7%)
Honda Accord: 7 (-12.5%)
Mazda6: 2 (-97.8%)
Volkswagen Passat: 0 (-100%)

Total results for the year 2025:

Toyota Camry: 9860 (-36.0% on 2024)
BYD Seal: 3784 (-40.8%)
Mazda6: 852 (-37.1%)
Skoda Octavia: 731 (-13.6%)
Hyundai Sonata: 375 (-25.9%)
Honda Accord: 98 (-28.5%)
Volkswagen Passat: 66 (-35.9%)

Moving up to the medium above $60,000 segment, the Audi A5 takes the cake for December, but in terms of the year’s best-seller, it was the BMW 3 Series. Mercedes C-Class efforts came close, and even the Lexus ES is showing a decent spike for the month.

See below for the full results in this class in December 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for 2025:

Audi A5: 227 (+999%)
BMW 3 Series: 163 (+3.8%)
Lexus ES: 111 (+76.2%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 110 (-2.7%)
BMW i4: 88 (-55.1%)
Mercedes-Benz CLA: 43 (+10.3%)
Hyundai IONIQ 6: 21 (+75.0%)
Alfa Romeo Giulia: 15 (+200%)
Genesis G70: 6 (+200%)
Audi A4: 0 (-100%)
BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe: 0 (-100%)
Jaguar XE: 0 (-100%)
Peugeot 508: 0 (-100.0%)
Volkswagen Arteon: 0 (-100%)
Volvo S60: 0 (-100.0%)
Volvo V60 Cross Country: 0 (-100%)

Top 10 best sellers for the year 2025:

BMW 3 Series: 1877 (-24.1%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 1425 (-26.7%)
Lexus ES: 1062 (+3.6%)
Audi A5: 972 (+153.8%)
BMW i4: 886 (-57.0%)
Mercedes-Benz CLA: 554 (-26.8%)
Alfa Romeo Giulia: 210 (+10.5%)
Hyundai IONIQ 6: 200 (-46.5%)
Volvo V60 Cross Country: 95 (-37.9%)
Genesis G70: 38 (-15.6%)
Volvo S60: 37 (-75.8%)
Audi A4: 28 (-94.5%)
BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe: 20 (-92.2%)
Jaguar XE: 3 (-95.5%)
Peugeot 508: 2 (-96.9%)
Volkswagen Arteon: 0 (-100%)

2026 Audi S5

In the lonely large below $70,000 segment, just the Skoda Superb holding it together. It was obviously the best-seller for the month and the year.

See below for the full results for December 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the full year results:

Skoda Superb: 18 (+500%)
Citroen C5 X: 0 (-100%)

Total results for the year 2025:

Skoda Superb: 199 (+30.1%)
Citroen C5 X: 2 (-94.9%)

The large above $70,000 category saw the new IM5 rank equally at the top with the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which could be a sign of times ahead. Even the BMW 5 Series didn’t stand a chance for the month.

However, across the year, the E-Class takes the win as the most popular. Interestingly, the segment is reporting a 6.4 per cent increase across the year. And we all thought sedans were dead.

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 2025:

IM IM5: 32 (new model)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 32 (+14.3%)
BMW 5 Series: 14 (-53.3%)
Porsche Taycan: 11 (-31.3%)
BMW i5: 10 (-47.4%)
Mercedes-Benz EQE: 5 (0.0%)
Audi A6: 4 (-85.2%)
Audi A7: 4 (0.0%)
Genesis G80: 4 (+33.3%)
Volvo ES90: 4 (new model)
Audi e-tron GT: 2 (-50%)
Jaguar XF: 0 (-100%)
Maserati Ghibli: 0 (0.0%)
Toyota Mirai: 0 (0.0%)

Top 10 best-sellers for the year 2025:

Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 519 (+36.2%)
BMW i5: 484 (+238.5%)
BMW 5 Series: 315 (-33.1%)
Porsche Taycan: 176 (-37.6%)
IM IM5: 164 (new model)
Audi A6: 159 (-43.2%)
Mercedes-Benz EQE: 117 (-27.8%)
Audi A7: 46 (-23.3%)
Genesis G80: 41 (-28.1%)
Audi e-tron GT: 33 (-60.7%)
Volvo ES90: 21 (new model)
Maserati Ghibli: 7 (-61.1%)
Toyota Mirai: 2 (-77.8%)
Jaguar XF: 0 (0.0%)

BMW i7

Finishing off the main passenger ‘cars’ with the upper large above $100,000 segment, it was led by the BMW i7 in December, while the Porsche Panamera took the crown for the year. Segment sales are up 15.2 per cent for the year in this class as well.

See below for the full results for this class in December 2025, with the percentage change compared with the same month last year in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for 2025:

BMW i7: 25 (+733.3%)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class: 3 (0.0%)
Rolls-Royce Sedan: 3 (+200.0%)
Bentley sedan: 2 (+100.0%)
Porsche Panamera: 1 (-90.0%)
BMW 7 Series: 1 (-75.0%)
Audi A8: 0 (-100.0%)
BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe: 0 (-100.0%)
Lotus Emeya: 0 (-100.0%)
Lexus LS: 0 (0.0%)
Mercedes-Benz EQS: 0 (-100.0%)
Mercedes-AMG GT 4D: 0 (-100.0%)

Top 10 results for the year 2025:

Porsche Panamera: 82 (+24.2%)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class: 80 (+86.0%)
BMW i7: 70 (+94.4%)
BMW 7 Series: 38 (-22.4%)
Rolls-Royce Sedan: 18 (+80.0%)
BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe: 17 (+21.4%)
Lexus LS: 13 (+18.2%)
Bentley sedan: 12 (-40%)
Mercedes-Benz EQS: 6 (-70.0%)
Mercedes-AMG GT 4D: 6 (-60.0%)
Audi A8: 3 (-70.0%)
Lotus Emeya: 3 (-40.0%)

Now for the sports below $80,000, the Ford Mustang is back on the board and back to where it usually sits. Despite a halt in sales for a period there, the might Mustang still takes the win as the best-seller for the year. And in fact it was the best-selling sports car outright, across all categories.

See below for the full results for December, with the percentage change compared with the same month in 2024 in brackets, and further below for full year 2025 results:

Ford Mustang: 340 (-21.3%)
Toyota GR86: 63 (-1.6%)
Mazda MX-5: 61 (+48.8%)
Subaru BRZ: 52 (-35.8%)
MINI Cabrio: 29 (+999%)
Nissan Z: 11 (-8.3%)

Total results for the year 2025:

Ford Mustang: 4052 (+176.6%)
Mazda MX-5: 821 (+24.0%)
Subaru BRZ: 767 (-21.7%)
Toyota GR86: 729 (+18.7%)
MINI Cabrio: 383 (+103.7%)
Nissan Z: 158 (-50.6%)

2025 Ford Mustang Dark Horse

In terms of the sports above $80,000 segment, the BMW 2 Series two-door was the best-seller for the month and for the year. Even so, sales are on the decline for the driver’s favourite. The Mercedes CLE was one of only two models to report an increase on total YTD sales, along with the MG Cyberster.

See below for the full segment results, with the percentage change compared with December 2025 in brackets, and further below for the top 10 best-sellers for year 2025:

BMW 2 Series coupe/convertible: 110 (-1.8%)
Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class: 72 (+41.2%)
BMW 4 Series Coupe/Conv: 37 (-44.8%)
Lotus Emira: 12 (+200%)
MG Cyberster: 7 (-46.2%)
Porsche Cayman: 7 (-70.8%)
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: 6 (-87%)
Porsche Boxster: 6 (-66.7%)
Jaguar F-Type: 5 (+400%)
Toyota GR Supra: 5 (-16.7%)
BMW Z4: 3 (-76.9%)
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%)

Top 10 best-selling cars in this segment during year 2025:

BMW 2 Series coupe/convertible: 1175 (-24.9%)
Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class: 934 (+87.2%)
BMW 4 Series Coupe/Conv: 577 (-28.1%)
Porsche Cayman: 208 (-53.3%)
Toyota GR Supra: 182 (-18.0%)
Porsche Boxster: 155 (-48.5%)
Lotus Emira: 60 (-56.5%)
MG Cyberster: 58 (+34.9%)
BMW Z4: 52 (-48.0%)
Jaguar F-Type: 25 (-49.0%)
Audi A5: 7 (-94.3%)
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: 6 (-44.1%)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupe/convertible: 1 (-94.4%)
Audi TT: 0 (-100.0%)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe/convertible: 0 (-100%)

And then lastly the sports above $200,000 class. The Porsche 911 remains the king. And so it should, being such an iconic and legendary model that’s also held onto its heritage. Supercars from Lamborghini and Ferrari posted decent figures for year as well, but nothing like the 911.

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 2025:

Porsche 911: 83 (+196.4%)
Mercedes-AMG GT coupe/convertible: 14 (+999%)
Aston Martin coupe/convertible: 13 (+62.5%)
Bentley coupe/convertible: 12 (+500%)
Ferrari coupe/convertible: 12 (+33.3%)
Lamborghini coupe/convertible: 12 (-20%)
McLaren coupe/convertible: 4 (-69.2%)
Lexus LC: 2 (+100%)
BMW 8 Series: 1 (+100%)
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 1 (-93.3%)
Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray: 1 (-50.0%)
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class: 0 (-100.0%)
Maserati coupe/convertible: 0 (-100.0%)
Rolls-Royce coupe/convertible: 0 (-100%)

Top 10 best-selling cars in this segment during year 2025:

Porsche 911: 724 (-7.5%)
Ferrari coupe/convertible: 164 (-11.4%)
Mercedes-AMG GT coupe/convertible: 142 (+999%)
Aston Martin coupe/convertible: 127 (+39.6%)
Lamborghini coupe/convertible: 118 (-28.5%)
Bentley coupe/convertible: 70 (-11.4%)
McLaren coupe/convertible: 68 (-28.4%)
Lexus LC: 54 (+5.9%)
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 32 (-55.6%)
BMW 8 Series: 27 (+8.0%)
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class: 27 (-34.1%)
Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray: 18 (+63.6%)
Rolls-Royce coupe/convertible: 16 (-15.8%)
Maserati coupe/convertible: 13 (-50.0%)

2025 Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport

And then we arrive at the hugely popular SUVs. The SUV Medium below $60,000 segment remains the favourite, with 22,959 sales in December (up 16.4 per cent on last December), and then the SUV Small below $45,000 category with 12,704 for the month (up 18.3 per cent), leaving the SUV Large below $70,000 segment to round out the top three, reporting 10,409 sales (down 10.7 per cent) for the month.

What was the best-selling SUV of 2025? The Toyota RAV4, while the Lexus NX was the best-selling luxury SUV (not including the Tesla Model Y). For the month of December, the RAV4 was also the leader, but the BMW X1 was the favourite premium SUV.

See below for the complete results for each SUV category for December 2025, 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.