Australia Vehicle Sales By Brand : 2000-04

The top three were clearly ahead of the rest but a pattern had emerged. Toyota took number one spot in 2003 and was pulling away comfortably. People were moving away from big cars to big SUVs and the 'Big T' was well placed to take advantage of that. In addition, its reputation for reliable vehicles was also having an effect. GM was at least holding on to 2nd spot, while Ford was well back at 3rd, both safe in their positions at least. Or were they?

Below them Nissan and Mazda were going well but Mitsubishi was not. Kia had charged into the Top 10 impressively while Daewoo was struggling. Total sales were approaching the million mark and leader Toyota passed the 200,000 mark. A few spaces lower down may be due to lack of data.

		Make	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	1	Toyota	156,385	141,282	157,864	186,370	201,737
	2	Holden	149,786	165,579	178,392	175,412	178,027
	3	Ford	113,810	106,730	109,194	126,581	135,172
	4	Nissan	45,867	43,633	50,628	58,568	63,654
	5	Mazda	27,505	34,126	39,152	53,217	55,560
	6	Mitsubishi	73,241	65,512	65,054	70,190	53,670
	7	Hyundai	45,331	40,056	34,176	30,921	42,510
	8	Honda	30,034	20,782	23,587	30,817	36,474
	9	Subaru	26,647	27,049	28,112	29,829	33,619
	10	Kia	9,921	12,179	12,237	17,235	24,454
	11	Mercedes	13,411	16,312	18,077	18,988	17,489
	12	BMW	9,607	12,206	12,663	12,973	14,860
	13	VW	8,216	11,007	9,886	12,357	10,754
	14	Suzuki	6,387	7,021	6,854	7,025	7,206
	15	Peugeot	2,712	3,452	6,630	7,309	7,005
	16	Isuzu	5,351	4,817	5,571	5,834	6,757
	17	Chrysler	6,145	6,310	6,675	6,398	6,669
	18	Daewoo	20,514	11,318	9,377	8,143	5,514
	19	Daihatsu	5,397	5,751	6,010	4,845	5,016
	20	Lexus	2,542	2,318	3,111	4,490	5,009
	21	Hino	2,126	2,446	2,828	3,304	4,397
	22	Audi	3,016	3,507	4,160	4,450	3,701
	23	Renault		1,947	4,565	3,178	3,354
	24	Fuso	see Mits	2,245	2,342	2,599	3,297
	25	Land Rover	5,517	5,490	4,524	3,898	3,143
	26	Volvo	3,849	4,485	3,169	2,692	2,802
	27	Citroën	652	1,005	1,705	2,309	2,400
	28	Kenworth	890	678	1,319	1,658	2,289
	29	Iveco			1,325	2,140	2,141
	30	Saab	2,524	2,778	2,631	2,152	1,848
	31	Alfa Romeo	1,744	2,023	2,513	2,006	1,800
	32	MINI			1,450	1,633	1,499
	33	Proton	2,742	1,705	873	1,320	1,378
	34	Porsche	689	812	712	1,187	1,264
	35	Volvo Comm		see Volvo	858	1,144	1,164
	36	Ssangyong					1,106
	37	Mack	802	753	767	921	1,078
	38	Jaguar	1,024	1,057	1,751	1,433	1,015
	39	Niss Diesel	see Niss	543	751	786	975
	40	Freightliner	598	554	573	676	809
	41	MG Rover	156	1,008	823	665	566
	42	Western Str	175	139	133	318	545
	43	smart				255	479
	44	Sterling		346	289	307	411
	45	Scania	253	289	410	461	408
	46	Fiat			63	200	343
	47	DAF		99	155	251	292
	48	MAN		90	103	127	176
	49	Bentley	12	14	21	31	126
	50	Maserati	55	41	73	60	93
	51	Lotus	22	23	45	50	81
	52	International	908	1,057	35	12	79
	53	Ferrari	62	82	73	73	69
		Others	475	25	20	13	51
		Total	787,100	772,681	824,309	909,811	956,335

Data source: VFACTS.