The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI)  has set up its own working group to examine the challenges faced by importers and manufacturers of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Australia.

The group will primarily be concerned with assessing what plug-in electric cars will need in terms of infrastructure and what impact, if any, their unique [...]

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Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has launched a scathing retaliation against claims that taxpayer subsidies could fail to save Holden from going under.

The Centre for Independent Studies claims that Holden would be liquidated if General Motors were to sell off its global brands and file for insolvency. The report also referred to the Green [...]

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Cruzin’ into the future: FCAI boss Andrew McKellar, GM Holden chief Mark Reuss (and FCAI President), VACC’s Perce Makin and David Purchase sign the joint venture agreement at the 2009 Motor Show opening.

As many are now aware, the 2009 Motor Show is the last for Melbourne until 2011. A single Australian International Motor Show, to [...]

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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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As expected, the FCAI has announced a drop in new vehicles sales during October, which they say “reflects the broader slowdown in the Australian and world economies as well as reduced access to wholesale and consumer finance”.

The official VFACTS data released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) shows that 79,105 cars, trucks [...]

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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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Following the recent announcement by Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited that they are ceasing manufacture of the 380 sedan in Australia and in the face of continually falling locally made large car sales, comes the announcement that the Australian Federal Government will undertake a major review of Australia’s automotive manufacturing industry.

The move has been welcomed by [...]

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Last year was a record year for car sales in Australia with sales breaking through the one million mark in December for the first time in history. It was also a record year for motorcycle sales with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) showing that 129,966 motorcycles were sold last year - an increase [...]

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Well, the build up has almost been unbearable but its finally official, Australians have for the first time bought more than one million motor vehicles in a single calendar year, surpassing 2005, the previous “best” year with a paltry 988,269 sales.

VFACTS sales figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries show that 1,049,982 [...]

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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has released figures today that (as suspected) see the Australian motor vehicle market marching bravely towards an annual record in excess of one million sales. The announcement comes on the back of another strong month of sales in November.

A record total of 92,081 cars, trucks and buses [...]

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Quick to react to claims published today in The Australian newspaper, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), has issued a press release refuting the claims made in The Australian article.

The article in The Australian claimed that “the Australian motor industry has warned the Government that the viability of ‘two or even three’ of [...]

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Don’t let the highest oil prices in history fool you into thinking that Australians are ending their love affair with big cars, because their not. A boom in the sales of SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) and a rebound in passenger car sales combined to deliver a record sales result for the local automotive industry in [...]

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