Official V-FACTs Car industry sales figures for February reflect continuing
growth in the new vehicle market with sales up 1.8 per cent on February last year
– the passenger vehicle market up 4.8 per cent while SUVs showed growth of 6.6
per cent. Light commercial sales however fell by 13.6 per cent. Biggest seller was
Ford’s popular Ranger Ute followed by the Toyota Hilux ute, the Tesla Model 3,
the Mazda CX-5 SUV and Mitsubishi’s Outlander SUV. Battery electric vehicles
(BEV’s) accounted for 6.8 percent with nearly 6000 deliveries while BEVs, Hybrid
electric vehicles (PHEV’s) and (HEVs) accounted for 12,100 sales or 13.9 per cent
of all vehicles sold. Japan remains the largest supplier of new vehicles to our
market followed by Thailand, China rapidly overtaking South Korea to gain third
place. I’m David Berthon

Official V-FACTs Car industry sales figures for February reflect continuing growth in the new vehicle market with sales up 1.8 per cent on February last year – the passenger vehicle market up 4.8 per cent while SUVs showed growth of 6.6 per cent. Light commercial sales however fell by 13.6 per cent. Biggest seller was Ford’s popular Ranger Ute followed by the Toyota Hilux ute, the Tesla Model 3, the Mazda CX-5 SUV and Mitsubishi’s Outlander SUV. Battery electric vehicles (BEV’s) accounted for 6.8 percent with nearly 6000 deliveries while BEVs, Hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV’s) and (HEVs) accounted for 12,100 sales or 13.9 per cent of all vehicles sold. Japan remains the largest supplier of new vehicles to our market followed by Thailand, China rapidly overtaking South Korea to gain third place. I’m David Berthon

A weekly show with all the latest information and news in the motoring industry. Hosted by 2GB's very own motoring corespondent David Berthon. 

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A weekly show with all the latest information and news in the motoring industry. Hosted by 2GB's very own motoring corespondent David Berthon.&nbsp;
For more engaging content visit the 2GB website, or listen live to 2GB 873.

Motor Torque with David Berthon

A weekly show with all the latest information and news in the motoring industry. Hosted by 2GB's very own motoring corespondent David Berthon. 

For more engaging content visit the 2GB website, or listen live to 2GB 873 

A weekly show with all the latest information and news in the motoring industry. Hosted by 2GB's very own motoring corespondent David Berthon.&nbsp;
For more engaging content visit the 2GB website, or listen live to 2GB 873&nbsp;