Hero car for Honda, Accord Euro up 27.4 percent (VFACTS)

THE MOTOR REPORT POLL conducted over the month of May indicates an underlying softness in the new vehicle market, despite the strengthening new vehicle sales results for May reported by VFACTS.

Run for four weeks from May 6th, The Motor Report Poll sampled the views of respondents [...]

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The VFACTS figures for March 2009 are in and despite the overall Australian new car market having fallen by 19.2 percent compared to March sales 2008, sales of the two most popular locally-built large cars are doing okay.

Down, but definitely not out.

Compared to March 2008  sales figures, the Falcon and Commodore were down 14.3 percent and 11.1 percent [...]

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New vehicle sales in Australia softened last month, indicating the increasing pressure placed on the public’s purse strings in the current economic climate.

Official VFACTS figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show a total of 83,976 cars, trucks and buses sold in July - a drop of 2,315 vehicles (2.7%) when [...]

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