Category: Australia

SUVs drive Australia to record month for vehicle sales

The September tally set a record for vehicle sales, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), and was the fourth of the past five months to reach record sales. Electric vehicles

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When it’s cheaper to charge your electric car at BP Pulse stations

BP Pulse has started rolling out time-based pricing at a number of its public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Australia. The company detailed this move to peak and off-peak charging prices in

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Ranger who? Mazda out-muscles Ford to chase down Toyota as new-car sales boom in September – Car News

Mazda has emerged as the clear second-best-selling brand in Australia, extending its lead over Ford in September despite the enduring popularity of the latter’s Ranger dual-cab. In the battle of the models, the

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Used car prices continue to fall, but not as quickly

Used car prices fell incrementally from August to September, but the overall decline in prices is slowing. A report from financial intelligence firm Moody’s Analytics found prices declined 0.5 per cent from August

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VFACTS September 2023: Records smashed again as utes fill three of top four spots, Tesla Model Y best-selling passenger vehicle

Deliveries of new cars remained in top gear for the third record month in a row – as vehicles ordered months and years ago finally arrived – however industry analysts say a slowdown

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Data drives innovative approach to selling used cars

Still, used car values remain a whopping 49 per cent higher than they were in August 2019, just before COVID-19 hit. According to Yosuke Hall, co-founder of the online used car dealership Carma,

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Australia Automotive Market Segments, Regions, and Latest Trends and Drivers

The latest study from Report Ocean on the Global Australia Automotive Market analyzes the market in-depth and offers a wealth of information about its present and future conditions. In 2019, the Australia Automotive

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French-style CO2 tax would decimate dual-cab 4×4 ute sales

Some of Australia’s most popular new vehicles would more than treble in price under France’s new CO2 emissions tariffs Australians would see their love affair with dual-cab 4×4 utes smashed if the federal

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Repairers should be included in franchising code review says MTAA

The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) today lodged a submission in reply to the Federal Government’s 2023 Franchising Code Review. Minister for Small Business, The Hon. Julie Collins MP announced a comprehensive

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NZ Sales: September sales remain soft

  NEW ZEALAND’S Motor Industry Association (MIA) says new vehicle registrations remained soft in September with just 10,909 units sold – a decrease of 26.7 per cent on the same month last year

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