The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is up to #12 in May.

The Australian new vehicle market edges down -1.6% year-on-year in May to 109,425 units, still the 2nd best ever May volume below last year’s 111,099. Were it not for sales to rental companies, up a fantastic +15.1% to 5,810, the market would have fallen much faster. Indeed private sales, traditionally a good indicator of a market’s health, fall -6.4% to 52,728. Meanwhile business fleets are down -2.7% to 39,893 and government fleets off -25.7% to 2,927. SUVs continue to dominate the Australian new car landscape, up 12.9% to 67,440 and 61.6% share vs. 53.8% a year ago and 55.8% in 2023. Light Commercials skid -7.2% to 23,493 and 21.5% share vs. 22.8% last year and 22.5% two years ago and Passenger Cars sink -31.5% to 14,565 and 13.3% share vs. 19.1% in 2024 and 17.1% in 2023. Heavy Commercials amount to 3,927 units for a 3.6% market share.

In terms of sales by power source, petrol is down -9% to 41,147, diesel off -1.1% to 34,115, HEVs up 5.5% to 17,089, BEVs register a very solid 10.4% year-on-year gain to 10,065 and 9.2% share and PHEV sales shoot up 117.6% to 3,081 despite the end of a Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for PHEVs from April 1. All states and territories are down this month (this excludes Tesla and Polestar). New South Wales is at -2.9% to 32,177, Victoria at -4.7% to 28,671, Queensland at -2.6% to 22,924, Western Australia at -10.1% to 11,084, South Australia at -12.1% to 6,596, Tasmania at -14.8% to 1,549, Australian Capital Territory at -15.5% to 1,413 and Northern Territory at -12.8% to 871. Looking at country of production, Japan is down -6.1% to 32,110, Thailand is off -9.3% to 22,540, China is lurking just behind, up 27.1% to 21,381, South Korea is down -14.4% to 12,531 and Germany off -1.4% to 5,080.

Its facelift pushes the Tesla Model Y up to #4 

In the brands ranking, Toyota goes agains the negative trend with a tiny uptick at +0.8% year-on-year, leading to a strong 21.5% market share vs. 20.3% so far this year. Ford (-3.9%), Mazda (-2%) and Kia (-8%) follow with negative results. Hyundai (+3.3%) is up but stuck in 5th place while Mitsubishi (-25.6%) dives and ensures the Top 6 is unchanged on last month. Isuzu Ute (-2.6%) is back above GWM (+11.8%) still in great shape followed by Tesla (+9.3%) back inside the Top 10 for the first time this year at #9. MG (-21.4%) disappoints at #10. Chery (+283.7%) continues to shoot up, breaking its monthly volume record at 2,755 but down one spot on April to #15. Mini (+126.5%), BYD (+68.5%), Lexus (+34.9%), Land Rover (+18%) and Porsche (+13.3%) also shine below. Recent launch Geely is up to #26 while we welcome Omoda Jaecoo (#31), Deepal (#42) and GMC (#46) in the charts.

Model-wise, the Toyota Hilux (-13.2%) repeats at #1 despite a steep year-on-year fall, however this is still better than the Ford Ranger (-19.5%) and Toyota RAV4 (-27.4%). Note the Ranger overtakes the RAV4 to rank #1 year-to-date, and the Ranger 4×4 outsold the Hilux 4×4 by 4,481 to 4,208. The Tesla Model Y (+122.5%) surges 76 spots on April to #4 overall thanks to the new model and in complete contrast with its results in the rest of the world. This is the nameplate’s highest ranking since March 2024 (#3). The Toyota Prado (+2935.6%) repeats at #5 and ranks #4 year-to-date, it is followed by the Isuzu D-Max (+1.2%) and Ford Everest (+12.3%) both solid. The Mazda CX-5 (+7.4%), Toyota Land Cruiser (+37.7%) and Hyundai Kona (+5.9%) complete the Top 10. This is the Kona’s fourth time at a record #10 after last  October, February and March. The other performance of the month is delivered by the new Chery Tiggo 4 Pro. After scoring its first Top 20 finish last month at #20, it improves its record ranking to #12, becoming the best-selling Chinese model in Australia above the MG ZS (#13). Note the BYD Shark 6 slips out of the Top 20 at #22.

Complete models ranking will be uploaded to this article when made available to us.

Previous month: Australia April 2025: GWM and Chery break records, Toyota Hilux #1

One year ago: Australia May 2024: All time high market, Toyota Camry (+185.6%) and Hyundai Kona (+127.4%) stand out

Full May 2025 Top 60 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Australia May 2025 – brands:

PosBrandMay-25%/24Apr2025%/24PosFY241Toyota  23,57621.5%+ 0.8%1100,75320.3%+ 0.4%112Ford  8,4647.7%– 3.9%237,1977.5%– 7.3%323Mazda  7,8457.2%– 2.0%339,5378.0%+ 1.2%234Kia  6,9036.3%– 8.0%432,9406.6%– 0.4%445Hyundai  6,7086.1%+ 3.3%530,5416.1%+ 3.4%566Mitsubishi4,7664.4%– 25.6%628,0435.6%– 12.1%657Isuzu Ute4,2863.9%– 2.6%916,7313.4%– 22.0%1088GWM4,2723.9%+ 11.8%719,7254.0%+ 13.7%7109Tesla3,8973.6%+ 9.3%239,5571.9%– 48.2%171210MG3,2703.0%– 21.4%1117,7783.6%– 12.7%8711Subaru  3,2333.0%– 4.9%1315,3003.1%– 11.5%111112BYD3,2252.9%+ 68.5%1015,1993.1%+ 94.7%121713BMW2,7922.6%+ 8.3%1211,0712.2%+ 5.5%151414Nissan  2,7732.5%– 19.0%817,1363.5%– 16.9%9915Chery2,7552.5%+ 283.7%1411,0992.2%+ 245.1%142216Volkswagen2,5472.3%– 24.2%1511,8222.4%– 21.8%131317Mercedes2,4622.2%– 4.4%1610,6862.2%+ 11.9%161518Lexus1,3761.3%+ 34.9%175,9151.2%+ 16.5%202119Suzuki  1,3731.3%– 23.8%186,9891.4%– 19.8%181620Honda  1,2261.1%– 8.0%196,5571.3%– 9.0%192021Audi1,1571.1%– 27.0%225,2171.1%– 19.9%221922LDV1,1531.1%– 18.6%205,7591.2%– 19.3%211823Land Rover8110.7%+ 18.0%213,5030.7%+ 15.9%232424Volvo5830.5%– 44.0%262,8910.6%– 21.0%242325Porsche5530.5%+ 13.3%242,4510.5%– 9.8%252526Geely5110.5%new281,0230.2%new33 –27Mini4870.4%+ 126.5%252,3040.5%+ 81.1%263028KGM Ssangyong3980.4%– 36.2%311,7750.4%– 27.6%282729Renault3870.4%– 15.5%271,9130.4%– 17.5%272630Skoda3680.3%– 22.0%291,7480.4%– 30.1%292831Omoda Jaecoo3100.3%new –3100.1%new41 –32Ram2840.3%+ 4.0%301,3320.3%– 18.6%313133Chevrolet2600.2%– 31.6%321,5160.3%– 7.3%302934Polestar2430.2%+ 66.4%348340.2%+ 40.4%353635Cupra2330.2%– 6.8%331,2530.3%+ 25.4%323336Jeep  1810.2%+ 7.7%359130.2%– 17.6%343237Fiat1550.1%– 3.1%368290.2%+ 23.0%363438Genesis1420.1%+ 35.2%385980.1%+ 4.0%383739JAC1390.1%new377890.2%new37 –40Peugeot1010.1%– 62.0%395740.1%– 38.6%393541Zeekr700.1%new403390.1%new40 –42Deepal670.1%new –670.0%new49 –43Jaguar560.1%– 3.4%422590.1%– 17.0%423844Leapmotor550.1%new412490.1%new434845Alfa Romeo520.0%+ 23.8%432180.0%– 29.0%443946GMC290.0%new –290.0%new53 –47Lamborghini210.0%– 38.2%441240.0%+ 30.5%454148Maserati170.0%– 45.2%451210.0%– 24.8%464049Ferrari160.0%– 27.3%47870.0%+ 2.4%474250Aston Martin130.0%+ 8.3%46840.0%+ 35.5%484551Bentley80.0%– 60.0%48510.0%– 34.6%504352Lotus70.0%– 30.0%51290.0%– 65.5%544453McLaren60.0%+ 0.0%50340.0%+ 25.9%524754Rolls-Royce50.0%– 28.6%49350.0%+ 75.0%514955Citroen10.0%– 93.3% –60.0%– 88.7%5546

Australia May 2025 – models:

PosModelMay-25%/24Apr2025%/24PosFY241Toyota Hilux4,9524.5%– 13.2%120,0724.0%– 12.3%332Ford Ranger4,7614.4%– 19.5%222,0184.4%– 19.2%113Toyota RAV44,0033.7%– 27.4%321,6134.4%+ 0.5%224Tesla Model Y3,5803.3%+ 122.5%806,9741.4%– 27.4%18115Toyota Prado2,7322.5%+ 2935.6%513,4062.7%+ 286.1%4376Isuzu D-Max2,6432.4%+ 1.2%610,9462.2%– 15.4%547Ford Everest2,3692.2%+ 12.3%49,5891.9%+ 6.4%768Mazda CX-52,2642.1%+ 7.4%109,4091.9%+ 1.9%889Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon2,0401.9%+ 37.7%253,9660.8%– 49.5%342110Hyundai Kona1,9511.8%+ 5.9%118,7571.8%+ 22.6%91711Hyundai Tucson1,7941.6%+ 25.1%147,9401.6%+ 3.6%121212Chery Tiggo 4 Pro1,7251.6%new206,2281.3%new2111713MG ZS1,6931.5%– 8.0%128,2321.7%– 16.3%11914Isuzu MU-X1,6431.5%– 8.2%185,7851.2%– 32.1%231515Toyota Corolla1,5761.4%– 35.4%87,9071.6%– 27.8%13716Mitsubishi Triton1,4671.3%+ 4.4%227,1941.4%– 4.9%161417GWM Haval Jolion1,4461.3%+ 14.3%137,0291.4%+ 20.6%172418Kia Sportage1,4221.3%– 20.6%78,7231.8%+ 1.2%101019Mitsubishi Outlander1,3961.3%– 44.2%1610,2032.1%– 10.5%6520Toyota Kluger1,3641.2%+ 243.6%773,4890.7%+ 8.3%3936

Source: VFACTS