Industry insights

LET’S CRUNCH THE NUMBERS

The November 2022 sales figures are in, so let’s kick things off with the national scene. A total of 95,080 vehicles were sold in November, an increase of 17.9 per cent or 14,441 vehicles over the same time last year.

All market segments were up in November, except passenger vehicles which recorded a slight fall in sales (-0.8 per cent) for the month.

Total sales year to date are only 6,491 vehicles shy of the one million sales mark, and I reckon we will comfortably exceed that by the end of the year – which is fast approaching!

In the EV arena, 4,457 battery electric vehicles were sold in November. Just under half of all battery electric vehicle sales for the month were Tesla cars. Compare this to the 420 plug-inhybrid electric vehicles sold. Year to date 5,093 plug-in hybrids have been sold, up 88.8 per cent over the same time last year.

Here are the hybrid, petrol and diesel numbers. There were 8,529 conventional hybrid vehicles sold in November, up 71.2 per cent over last year; 46,717 petrol vehicles were sold in November, up 3.4 per cent over last year and 30,404 diesel vehicles were sold in November, up 18.5 per cent over the same period last year.

Let’s look at both spectrums of the sales by segment and vehicle brand results. The micro-vehicle segment was the worst performing for the month, with sales down 53 per cent and 30.3 per cent year to date. RAM, SsangYong and Volvo had the best sales results for November, with sales growth of 79.7, 69.6 and 59.4 per cent respectively.

Lamborghini was the best performer in the luxury/sports sales segment with 19 sales for the month, up from 10 sales in November last year. Nice.

Prepared by Tasmanian Automotive Chamber of Commerce