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Toyota’s Corolla has taken an early lead as Australia’s best-selling vehicle in 2008, according to official sales figures released today. Corolla posted a January sales record with 3,843 finding new homes in Australia, an increase of 10.3 percent over the previous January’s result.
Corolla has achieved top-seller status in seven months - once in 2005 (September), twice in 2006 (June and July), three times in 2007 (January, June and December) as well as in January 2008.
据2008年3月5日drive.com.au报道,Toyota Corolla在08年头两个月的销量稳居全澳第一。它在澳洲已经是七个月位列销量榜首位置。
Corolla challenges Commodore for sales crown
drive.com.au, March 5, 2008
The Toyota Corolla has outsold the Holden Commodore this year, sparking speculation that Commodore's long run as Australia's most popular car might be in jeopardy.
Toyota’s Corolla remains the top-selling car in the country after the first two months of this year, shading Australia’s favourite car for more than a decade, the Holden Commodore.
While talk of a permanent changing of the guard is premature, the Corolla has never before led the Commodore in sales at the end of February. It now leads by 511 units.
Commodore sales for the first two months of this year are down by more than 15 per cent, while Corolla sales are up 13.5 per cent.
But Holden spokesman John Lindsay says the figures are skewed by the fact that Holden is no longer selling the VZ Commodore wagon, which can account for up to 1000 sales a month.
“You have to compare apples with apples. Our sedan and ute sales are actually quite strong. The drop is totally down to the wagon,” Lindsay says. Combined ute and sedan sales are up 4.5 per cent this year, but sedan sales are down 6 per cent.
Holden’s new VE-based Commodore SportWagon won’t go on sale until mid-year, which will give Corolla a big head start in the sales race for 2008.
Lindsay admits the race for the title of Australia’s favourite car will be closer than ever in 2008.
“There’s no doubt it will be closer than last year, but judging by the interest shown in the new SportWagon it should be an extremely strong seller when it enters the market,” he says.
But Lindsay stopped short of predicting Commodore would retain its number one spot.
The launch of a new Falcon in April will put further pressure on Commodore, although the demise of the Mitsubishi 380 large car has created an opportunity for more sales volume.
Toyota spokesman Mike Breen says the company won’t be chasing number one status for the Corolla.
“It’s only February and there’s a lot of the year to come yet,” Breen says.
“We’ve said in the past we’re not chasing number one (for Corolla) and nothing’s changed. We have our own internal sales targets for Corolla and that is what we focus on,” he says.
Overall, the car industry remains defiant in an environment of higher interest rates, with sales up 7.4 per cent in February.
Small cars, commercial vehicles and four-wheel-drives drove the growth, with large and medium car sales dipping.
Light car and four-wheel-drive sales were up by 22 per cent, while large car sales dropped by 20 per cent.
Overall, Toyota maintained its dominance of the market, with a record 20,703 sales for the month, an increase of 11.3 per cent on the same month last year.
In contrast, Holden sales were down 22.2 per cent for the month. Ford managed a small increase in sales, despite continued soft sales for Falcon. Toyota now leads Holden by more than 15,000 sales year-to-date.
Toyota’s Kluger outsold Ford’s Territory for the first time, but sales of the locally made Camry and Aurion continue to fall short of the company’s initial targets for the pair.
The Ford Falcon managed just 2520 sales, leaving it fifth in the sales race behind the Corolla, Commodore, Toyota HiLux and Mazda3.
Elsewhere, Mazda remained number one among the vehicle importers, registering a 10.3 per cent lift in sales.
Some of the more notable winners so far in 2008 include Audi (up 36.5 per cent), Volkswagen (up 27.8 per cent) and Suzuki (up 21.6 per cent).
:si92
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