VFACTS July: Car Sales Up, VF Commodore Bolting; FBT? What FBT?

VFACTS NEW CAR SALES JULY 2013

Car sales were up again in July 2013. In a still-robust market, the biggest news is that Holden’s new VF Commodore has found renewed favour with buyers.

The VF has single-handedly reversed the declining trend in large car sales by dragging the whole segment into positive territory – just, it’s up 0.7 percent.

After its first full month of sales, but held back by production constraints as the factory gears to orders, the new Commodore notched up 2827 sales for July, a 17.8 percent increase on July 2012.

“We’ve seen very strong early sales for our performance sedans. The SS-V, Calais-V and our Redline variants have definitely hit the sweet spot,” Holden’s Director of Sales, Philip Brook said.

Add the 590 Holden Ute sales, and the new Commodore platform has recorded a very healthy 3447 sales for July.