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

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