Australia 2005: Commodore & Falcon still dominate but slow down

The Australian market is getting closer and closer to the million with 985,057 registrations this year, up 3% on 2004. The Holden Commodore is the best selling car in Australia for the 10th consecutive year with 66,794 sales and 6.8% (-15%). It ranked #1 10 times and peaked at 8.2% in March. The Ford Falcon is 2nd at 53,080 units and 5.4% (-19%), it was #1 in August at 6.8%, its best share this year.

2005 was the year the Toyota Corolla ranked #1 for the very first time. It did so in September with a best-ever 6.1% share, the first time an imported model was #1 since the Hyundai Excel in June 1998. It finished the year 3rd at 46,415 sales (4.7% and +19%).

The Toyota Camry is down 10% in 4th with 3.7% – it peaked in December at 5% – ahead of the Holden Astra, 5th at 3.5% (+31%) peaking at #3 and 4% in February. The Mazda3 is 6th for its first full year with 3.3% (+48%), it landed in the podium for the first time in January.

The Ford Territory is the only new entrant in the Yearly Top 10 at #9 with 23,454 sales and 2.4%, peaking at a best-ever 2.9% (#7) in December. The Mitsubishi Triton broke into the Top 10 in June and the VW Golf is up 57% at #30. Two significant launches occured in October: Toyota abandoned the Echo nameplate to launch the Yaris, already #11 in November, and Mitsubishi replaced the Magna/Verada by the 380, ranking #12 in November at 2.1 (which will end up being its career best).

Full Year 2005 Top 50 and every monthly Top 20: click on ‘Read more’ below.

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Australia Full Year 2005 Top 50:

Pos	Model	2005	%	05/04	2004	%	Pos
1	Holden Commodore	66,794	6.8%	-15%	78,731	8.2%	1
2	Ford Falcon	53,080	5.4%	-19%	65,182	6.8%	2
3	Toyota Corolla	46,415	4.7%	19%	39,053	4.1%	4
4	Toyota Camry	36,492	3.7%	-10%	40,356	4.2%	3
5	Holden Astra	34,218	3.5%	31%	26,202	2.7%	6
6	Mazda3	32,570	3.3%	48%	22,046	2.3%	9
7	Toyota Hilux	31,369	3.2%	12%	28,077	2.9%	5
8	Holden Rodeo	24,582	2.5%	2%	24,025	2.5%	7
9	Ford Territory	23,454	2.4%	73%	13,583	1.4%	18
10	Holden Commodore Ute	20,202	2.1%	-13%	23,311	2.4%	8
11	Ford Falcon Ute	18,384	1.9%	-10%	20,325	2.1%	10
12	Nissan Pulsar	17,643	1.8%	-10%	19,531	2.0%	11
13	Honda Accord	17,579	1.8%	40%	12,564	1.3%	23
14	Hyundai Getz	16,455	1.7%	4%	15,832	1.7%	15
15	Toyota Prado	15,335	1.6%	-8%	16,758	1.8%	13
16	Mazda6	14,783	1.5%	22%	12,075	1.3%	24
17	Toyota Echo	14,686	1.5%	-18%	17,879	1.9%	12
18	Mitsubishi Lancer	13,641	1.4%	0%	13,685	1.4%	17
19	Hyundai Elantra	13,287	1.3%	2%	13,087	1.4%	20
20	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	12,469	1.3%	-22%	15,968	1.7%	14
21	Subaru Forester	12,320	1.3%	4%	11,852	1.2%	25
22	Nissan X-Trail	12,072	1.2%	-7%	13,050	1.4%	21
23	Toyota Land Cruiser	12,017	1.2%	-14%	13,917	1.5%	16
24	Toyota RAV4	11,881	1.2%	-10%	13,220	1.4%	19
25	Ford Focus	10,728	1.1%	-15%	12,565	1.3%	22
26	Subaru Impreza	9,939	1.0%	22%	8,156	0.9%	30
27	Nissan Navara	9,857	1.0%	-10%	10,961	1.1%	26
28	Holden Barina	9,675	1.0%	32%	7,349	0.8%	33
29	Mitsubishi Triton	9,619	1.0%	41%	6,808	0.7%	37
30	Volkswagen Golf	9,311	0.9%	57%	5,920	0.6%	41
31	Honda CR-V	8,844	0.9%	1%	8,773	0.9%	29
32	Nissan Patrol Wagon	8,354	0.8%	-9%	9,132	1.0%	28
33	Suzuki Swift	8,052	0.8%	new	0	0.0%	n/a
34	Honda Jazz	7,914	0.8%	8%	7,360	0.8%	32
35	Ford Courier	7,775	0.8%	10%	7,077	0.7%	34
36	Subaru Liberty	7,681	0.8%	10%	6,953	0.7%	36
37	Kia Rio	7,348	0.7%	-20%	9,196	1.0%	27
38	Honda Civic	7,331	0.7%	70%	4,324	0.5%	52
39	Toyota Kluger	7,160	0.7%	-6%	7,655	0.8%	31
40	BMW 3-Series	6,835	0.7%	23%	5,559	0.6%	44
41	Hyundai Accent	6,582	0.7%	8%	6,100	0.6%	40
42	Mitsubishi Pajero	6,480	0.7%	-7%	6,984	0.7%	35
43	Toyota Land Cruiser PU	6,464	0.7%	-5%	6,773	0.7%	38
44	Subaru Outback	6,104	0.6%	-8%	6,658	0.7%	39
45	Mazda B-Series	6,102	0.6%	8%	5,676	0.6%	42
46	Toyota Hiace Van	6,050	0.6%	25%	4,821	0.5%	49
47	Mazda2	5,659	0.6%	12%	5,036	0.5%	48
48	Ford Fiesta	5,203	0.5%	32%	3,930	0.4%	54
49	Kia Cerato	5,052	0.5%	166%	1,900	0.2%	n/a
50	Mercedes Benz C-Class	4,749	0.5%	6%	4,475	0.5%	51

January 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Jan-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	4,225	6.1%
2	Ford Falcon	3,514	5.1%
3	Mazda3	2,781	4.0%
4	Toyota Camry	2,733	3.9%
5	Toyota Corolla	2,593	3.7%
6	Holden Astra	2,580	3.7%
7	Holden Rodeo	1,874	2.7%
8	Holden Commodore Ute	1,695	2.4%
9	Toyota Echo	1,585	2.3%
10	Toyota Hilux	1,518	2.2%
11	Nissan Pulsar	1,474	2.1%
12	Honda Accord	1,473	2.1%
13	Ford Territory	1,468	2.1%
14	Mazda6	1,324	1.9%
15	Hyundai Getz	1,175	1.7%
16	Ford Focus	1,122	1.6%
17	Ford Falcon Ute	1,113	1.6%
18	Toyota Prado	1,105	1.6%
19	Subaru Forester	1,065	1.5%
20	Nissan X-Trail	1,062	1.5%

February 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Feb-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	5,890	7.3%
2	Ford Falcon	4,650	5.7%
3	Holden Astra	3,235	4.0%
4	Toyota Camry	3,183	3.9%
5	Mazda3	3,027	3.7%
6	Toyota Corolla	2,691	3.3%
7	Holden Rodeo	2,103	2.6%
8	Ford Territory	2,072	2.6%
9	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,782	2.2%
10	Toyota Echo	1,687	2.1%
11	Toyota Hilux	1,687	2.1%
12	Holden Commodore Ute	1,617	2.0%
13	Hyundai Getz	1,600	2.0%
14	Ford Falcon Ute	1,538	1.9%
15	Toyota Prado	1,422	1.8%
16	Nissan Pulsar	1,420	1.8%
17	Honda Accord	1,396	1.7%
18	Mazda6	1,376	1.7%
19	Toyota Land Cruiser	1,218	1.5%
20	Toyota RAV4	1,069	1.3%

March 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Mar-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	7,052	8.2%
2	Ford Falcon	5,026	5.8%
3	Toyota Corolla	3,482	4.0%
4	Holden Astra	2,923	3.4%
5	Toyota Camry	2,884	3.3%
6	Mazda3	2,622	3.0%
7	Holden Rodeo	2,446	2.8%
8	Ford Territory	2,275	2.6%
9	Ford Falcon Ute	1,762	2.0%
10	Nissan Pulsar	1,672	1.9%
11	Toyota Prado	1,561	1.8%
12	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,547	1.8%
13	Toyota Echo	1,533	1.8%
14	Toyota Hilux	1,529	1.8%
15	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,523	1.8%
16	Nissan X-Trail	1,400	1.6%
17	Holden Commodore Ute	1,389	1.6%
18	Hyundai Getz	1,321	1.5%
19	Mazda6	1,287	1.5%
20	Hyundai Elantra	1,242	1.4%

April 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Apr-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	5,773	7.6%
2	Ford Falcon	4,174	5.5%
3	Toyota Corolla	3,279	4.3%
4	Holden Astra	2,939	3.9%
5	Toyota Camry	2,499	3.3%
6	Mazda3	2,390	3.1%
7	Holden Rodeo	2,278	3.0%
8	Toyota Hilux	2,220	2.9%
9	Ford Territory	2,093	2.7%
10	Honda Accord	1,700	2.2%
11	Ford Falcon Ute	1,382	1.8%
12	Toyota Echo	1,378	1.8%
13	Nissan Pulsar	1,354	1.8%
14	Toyota Prado	1,345	1.8%
15	Holden Commodore Ute	1,319	1.7%
16	Hyundai Getz	1,261	1.7%
17	Mazda6	1,176	1.5%
18	Hyundai Elantra	1,149	1.5%
19	Toyota Land Cruiser	987	1.3%
20	Mitsubishi Lancer	983	1.3%

May 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	May-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	6,451	8.0%
2	Ford Falcon	4,530	5.6%
3	Toyota Corolla	3,804	4.7%
4	Holden Astra	3,009	3.7%
5	Toyota Camry	2,738	3.4%
6	Toyota Hilux	2,661	3.3%
7	Mazda3	2,521	3.1%
8	Holden Rodeo	2,257	2.8%
9	Ford Territory	2,154	2.7%
10	Holden Commodore Ute	1,591	2.0%
11	Ford Falcon Ute	1,572	2.0%
12	Nissan Pulsar	1,532	1.9%
13	Toyota Echo	1,499	1.9%
14	Hyundai Getz	1,473	1.8%
15	Honda Accord	1,418	1.8%
16	Toyota Prado	1,335	1.7%
17	Mazda6	1,328	1.6%
18	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,311	1.6%
19	Mitsubishi Triton	1,205	1.5%
20	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,071	1.3%

June 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Jun-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	6,837	6.7%
2	Ford Falcon	5,433	5.3%
3	Toyota Corolla	5,221	5.1%
4	Toyota Camry	4,004	3.9%
5	Toyota Hilux	3,770	3.7%
6	Holden Astra	3,279	3.2%
7	Mazda3	3,099	3.0%
8	Holden Rodeo	2,744	2.7%
9	Ford Territory	2,537	2.5%
10	Mitsubishi Triton	2,322	2.3%
11	Hyundai Getz	2,272	2.2%
12	Ford Falcon Ute	2,065	2.0%
13	Holden Commodore Ute	1,923	1.9%
14	Honda Accord	1,887	1.9%
15	Nissan Pulsar	1,690	1.7%
16	Subaru Forester	1,688	1.7%
17	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,642	1.6%
18	Toyota Echo	1,635	1.6%
19	Toyota Prado	1,568	1.5%
20	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,487	1.5%

July 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Jul-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	5,445	7.0%
2	Toyota Corolla	4,038	5.2%
3	Ford Falcon	3,784	4.9%
4	Holden Astra	2,868	3.7%
5	Mazda3	2,825	3.6%
6	Toyota Camry	2,822	3.6%
7	Toyota Hilux	2,647	3.4%
8	Holden Rodeo	2,014	2.6%
9	Honda Accord	1,729	2.2%
10	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,710	2.2%
11	Holden Commodore Ute	1,658	2.1%
12	Ford Territory	1,641	2.1%
13	Toyota Echo	1,391	1.8%
14	Ford Falcon Ute	1,283	1.6%
15	Nissan Pulsar	1,275	1.6%
16	Hyundai Getz	1,260	1.6%
17	Toyota Prado	1,053	1.4%
18	Mazda6	1,038	1.3%
19	Toyota RAV4	1,000	1.3%
20	Honda CR-V	948	1.2%

August 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Aug-05	%
1	Ford Falcon	5,826	6.8%
2	Holden Commodore	5,618	6.5%
3	Toyota Corolla	4,783	5.6%
4	Holden Astra	3,359	3.9%
5	Toyota Camry	2,982	3.5%
6	Toyota Hilux	2,954	3.4%
7	Mazda3	2,074	2.4%
8	Holden Rodeo	2,058	2.4%
9	Holden Commodore Ute	1,967	2.3%
10	Ford Falcon Ute	1,823	2.1%
11	Ford Territory	1,735	2.0%
12	Honda Accord	1,479	1.7%
13	Toyota Echo	1,455	1.7%
14	Hyundai Getz	1,351	1.6%
15	Mitsubishi Magna/Verada	1,351	1.6%
16	Nissan Pulsar	1,336	1.6%
17	Mazda6	1,324	1.5%
18	Hyundai Elantra	1,185	1.4%
19	Toyota Prado	1,131	1.3%
20	Subaru Forester	1,045	1.2%

September 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Sep-05	%
1	Toyota Corolla	4,950	6.1%
2	Holden Commodore	4,851	6.0%
3	Ford Falcon	3,900	4.8%
4	Toyota Hilux	3,402	4.2%
5	Toyota Camry	3,357	4.2%
6	Holden Astra	3,056	3.8%
7	Mazda3	2,596	3.2%
8	Holden Rodeo	1,927	2.4%
9	Holden Commodore Ute	1,826	2.3%
10	Nissan Pulsar	1,671	2.1%
11	Ford Territory	1,634	2.0%
12	Hyundai Getz	1,605	2.0%
13	Ford Falcon Ute	1,399	1.7%
14	Hyundai Elantra	1,306	1.6%
15	Ford Focus	1,297	1.6%
16	Honda Accord	1,295	1.6%
17	Toyota Prado	1,238	1.5%
18	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,125	1.4%
19	Nissan X-Trail	1,122	1.4%
20	Toyota RAV4	1,116	1.4%

October 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Oct-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	4,906	6.7%
2	Toyota Corolla	3,988	5.5%
3	Ford Falcon	3,642	5.0%
4	Mazda3	3,142	4.3%
5	Holden Astra	2,867	3.9%
6	Toyota Hilux	2,619	3.6%
7	Toyota Camry	2,519	3.4%
8	Holden Rodeo	1,719	2.4%
9	Holden Commodore Ute	1,543	2.1%
10	Ford Territory	1,418	1.9%
11	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,383	1.9%
12	Ford Falcon Ute	1,351	1.8%
13	Mazda6	1,231	1.7%
14	Honda Accord	1,103	1.5%
15	Nissan Pulsar	1,030	1.4%
16	Ford Focus	1,021	1.4%
17	Subaru Forester	999	1.4%
18	Toyota Land Cruiser	993	1.4%
19	Hyundai Getz	968	1.3%
20	Mitsubishi 380	951	1.3%

November 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Nov-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	5,276	6.6%
2	Ford Falcon	5,064	6.3%
3	Toyota Corolla	4,002	5.0%
4	Toyota Hilux	3,207	4.0%
5	Toyota Camry	2,949	3.7%
6	Mazda3	2,772	3.4%
7	Holden Astra	2,473	3.1%
8	Ford Territory	2,224	2.8%
9	Holden Commodore Ute	1,916	2.4%
10	Holden Rodeo	1,756	2.2%
11	Toyota Yaris	1,733	2.2%
12	Mitsubishi 380	1,650	2.1%
13	Ford Falcon Ute	1,423	1.8%
14	Nissan Pulsar	1,388	1.7%
15	Honda Accord	1,276	1.6%
16	Mitsubishi Lancer	1,231	1.5%
17	Mazda6	1,192	1.5%
18	Hyundai Getz	1,131	1.4%
19	Hyundai Elantra	1,121	1.4%
20	Toyota Prado	1,089	1.4%

December 2005 Top 20:

Pos	Model	Dec-05	%
1	Holden Commodore	4,470	5.9%
2	Toyota Camry	3,822	5.0%
3	Toyota Corolla	3,584	4.7%
4	Ford Falcon	3,537	4.6%
5	Toyota Hilux	3,155	4.1%
6	Mazda3	2,721	3.6%
7	Ford Territory	2,203	2.9%
8	Nissan Pulsar	1,801	2.4%
9	Holden Commodore Ute	1,758	2.3%
10	Ford Falcon Ute	1,673	2.2%
11	Holden Astra	1,630	2.1%
12	Toyota Prado	1,611	2.1%
13	Honda Accord	1,603	2.1%
14	Toyota Yaris	1,463	1.9%
15	Hyundai Elantra	1,453	1.9%
16	Holden Rodeo	1,406	1.8%
17	Mazda6	1,077	1.4%
18	Holden Barina	1,056	1.4%
19	Hyundai Getz	1,038	1.4%
20	Ford Focus	999	1.3%

Source: VFACTS