Wheels Australia - June 2018

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LAND ROVER

DISCOVERY SPORT

187

RANGE ROVER

VELAR 110

RANGE ROVER

EVOQUE 76

JAGUAR F-PACE

34

ALFA ROMEO
STELVIO 34

MERCEDES-BENZ

GLC-CLASS

440

MERCEDES-BENZ

GLC COUPE 76

BMW X4

114

AUDI Q5

321

LEXUS NX

313

VOLVO XC60

212

HIGHLIGHTS:There were few winners in a new-car market that finished

0.2% behind 2017’s result – this is the third April running to peg a sales

decline. Holden recovered from March’s disastrous 10th place, buoyed slightly

by the Barina (269 sales, up 39%) and its SUVs, including the Equinox (see

below). Other upward movers included the Mitsubishi Lancer (374, up 49%),

Toyota Fortuner (318, up 27%), Porsche 911 (57, up 27%) and Jeep Grand

Cherokee (404, up 23%).Among mainstream brands, only Chinese upstart MG

built on the previous month’s sales, rising 27% to 180 for the month.

LOWLIGHTSNi l ll d i A il f lling 51% compared with

ctober 2005; its usual heavy

rail (1103, down 56%), both

o post its lowest result since

, also down 45%) languished.

a sales to just 279 units.

Few winners amongst nervous grinners

APR

2018

JUNE 2018

1 Toyota Corolla 2979 1 2555

2Mazda3 2261 2 2313

3Hyundaii30 1903 3 1979

4 Hyundai Tucson 1816 12 1530

5 Mazda CX-5 1725 6 2166

6 Mitsubishi ASX 1706 5 1451

7ToyotaPrado 1699 10 1301

8 Toyota RAV4 1444 7 1389

9 Volkswagen Golf 1326 8 1151

10 Kia Cerato 1322 11 1490

11 Ma zda CX-3 1172 19 1195

12 Hyundai Accent 1160 13 1186

13 Subaru X V 1139 =17 411

14 Toyota Camr y 1114 =17 188 5

15 Nissan X-Trail 1103 4 730

age 1093 21 1001

ger 1063 22 939

Outlander 1003 16 1343

-V 930 9 417

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TOP 20

63,629

Passenger & SUV sales – April 2018

PASSENGER CARS SALES RANK SALES

(MAR ’18) (APR’17)

16,647 1 16,090

7723 2 8630

7132 4 6850

4 Mitsubishi 5508 3 5470

5 Ford 4822 5 5802

6 Holden 4576 10 5804

7 Kia 4502 11 4120

8 Subaru 4017 8 3854

9 Volkswagen 3918 9 3867

10 Nissan 3028 6 3350

11 Honda 3017 7 2827

12 Mercedes-Benz 2527 12 2832

13 BMW 1823 14 1802

14 Isuzu Ute 1713 13 1665

15 Audi 1495 16 1391

16 Suzuki 1085 15 1191

17 Lexus 830 19 689

18 Land Rover 733 17 552

19 Renault 700 18 677

20 Jeep 640 20 677

TOTAL SALES

82,930

April 2018

SALES RANK SALES

(MAR ’18) (APR ’17)

MarketPlace

NISSAN

X-TRAIL

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month of graft for

Nissan’s usually

competitive X-Trail,

coming in the

wake of a strong

Marchfinishtothe

Japanese financial

year for the mid-

size SUV. The only

year the X-Trail

hasn’t experienced

a sharp April sales

slump in the last

decade is 2014.

KIA

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brand’s rise up

thechartsinApril

was so rapid it

probably suffered

anosebleed.

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10.5 percent ahead

ofwhereitwas

compared with the

first four months

of last year, and is

now within a quiet

cooee of hauling in,

and overtaking, a

nervous Holden.

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significantly weaker. Honda, meanwhile, fell 46%t

April 2016 as Civic(800, down 45%) and CR-V(930,

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Aston Martin has marked the opening

of its AMR Performance Centre at the

Nurburgring with its new DB11 AMR, which

displaces the ‘regular’ V12 as the DB11

flagship. Tweaks to the 5.2-litre V12 see

peak power up 23kW to 470kW and torque

stays at 700Nm; 0-100km/h drops 0.4sec

to 3.5sec. Remapped adaptive dampers and

a modified LSD join tweaks to suspension

bushes and the front anti-roll bar to

sharpen dynamics without trading ride.

The $428K DB11 AMR is due in Oz in Q4.

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