Wheels Australia – August 2019

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Wishlist

TheeMarket

Winning

Tanking

2019 ARRIVALS

NOSPIKEFOR‘EOFY’

Advancefromtherear

AnyFordnota Ranger

heoriginal ord umawasneversold

inAustralia;nowthemoderncrossover

versionis settoremainlockedoffin

Europe.Whichis a shame,because

asa high-ridingwagonit looksmore

convincing,startledheadlightsandall.It’s

loadedwithtech,too,includinga 48Vmild

hybridsystemand1.0-litreturbotriple.

HIGHLIGHTSChallengerbrandshad

winsagainsttheestablishedplayers,Kia

leadingthechargewith1.9%growth

acrossitsrange.Skodawasevenhappier,

jumping35%.LDV(+30%),GreatWall

(+50%)Haval(+313%),MG(+207%)and

Ram(+1210%)wereothersjoininginthe

spoilsasbuyerscastasideallegiances,

althoughallwereoffverylowbases.At

theotherendofthescalewasPorsche

(+15%),theupdatedMacansettlinginto

a nicestride,backedupbytheCayenne.

LOWLIGHTSPlentyofgloomyfaces

acrossthemarketinwhatwasa tough

month;the9.6%dropgreaterthanthe

restof2019.Hardesthitwerestruggling

luxurybrandssuchasAlfaRomeo(-49%),

Audi(-46%),Infiniti(-45%)andJaguar

(-24%).Holden’ssalesslidecontinued,

down35%,asdidJeep(-27%).Big

hittersweren’timmunetotheslump,

withMazda(-13%),Nissan(-17%)and

Mitsubishi(-13%)stuckinreverse.

1 Toyota Hilux 5396 1 5787

2 Ford Ranger 4851 2 4768

3 Hyundai i30 3343 4 3547

4 Toyota Corolla 3137 5 3780

5 Mazda CX-5 2911 7 3136

6 Kia Cerato 2832 8 2485

7 Mitsubishi Triton 2695 18 3919

8 Mazda3 2533 6 3327

9 Toyota RAV4 2449 3 2690

10 Hyundai Tucson 2344 11 2000

11 Mitsubishi ASX 2204 27 2053

12 Holden Colorado 2149 10 2472

13 Nissan X-Trail 2148 13 2151

14 Toyota Prado 2045 9 1688

15 Isuzu D-Max 2027 15 2223

16 Subaru Forester 2014 14 1004

17 Honda CR-V 1987 25 2232

18 Mitsu’ Outlander 1892 19 1881

19 Honda HR-V 1769 30 1760

20 Mazda CX-3 1708 20 1869

TOTAL SALES

117,817

MODEL SALES RANK SALES

(MAY ’19) (JUNE ’18)

It was once known as the Falconcar

company, but Ford could now beca

the Ranger brand, with 68% of the

Blue Oval’s sales attributable tothe

workhorse ute. Take Ranger outoft

mix and many non-ute brands troun

Ford’s paltry 2304 June sales: Suba

(4615), Kia (7200), Hyundai (10,001

and Honda (6232), to name a few.

There’s still strength in the boutique

rear-drive market. Buoyed by an end

year push from Mercedes-Benz with

C-Class and Kia with its Stinger, take-

up of rear-drivers grew 4.7%, which

is decent given the overall market

decline. Even the struggling Chrysler

300 managed an uptick, no doubt

helped by orders from NSW police.

JUNE 2019

AUGUST

BMW X3/X4 M Competition

Hyundai Venue; Veloster

Mercedes-Benz GLC facelift

Skoda Kodiaq RS

Ssangyong Korando

Tesla Model 3

SEPTEMBER

Hyundai Ioniq facelift

Mazda MX-5 30th Anniversary

Mercedes-AMG A35

Mercedes-Benz GLC; CLA

Lamborghini Huracan Evo

Peugeot 508

Porsche 911 Speedster

To y o t a S up r a

Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI; Polo Style

OCTOBER

Audi Q3; TT update

Citroen C5 Aircross

Toyota Corolla sedan; Granvia

Kia Seltos

Mercedes-Benz EQC

Hyundai Sonata

Ssangyong Korando

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