VFACTS figures released today contain confirmation of a dramatic slowdown in sales, some emerging trends and a couple of surprises. So what will we discuss first… the good news, of which there’s some?  Or the bad news, of which there is quite a lot?

Let’s start with the grinners.

In the passenger car market, Hyundai has got [...]

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New car sales for January have dropped 18.5 percent over the same period last year, according to the latest data released by VFACTS.

67,079 passenger cars, 4WDs and commercial vehicles were sold last month, whereas  82,270 vehicles were sold in January 2008. Toyota led the sales race with 13,427 cars sold, while Holden and Mazda followed [...]

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In spite of rising interest rates and fuel prices, the Australian motor vehicle market continues to power on setting new records. Official VFACTS figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show that 542,695 new cars, trucks and buses were sold in the first six months of 2008 - [...]

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